Posted on 03/18/2009 6:49:59 AM PDT by Mobile Vulgus
James P. Hoffa tried his hand at some spin against opponents of the Orwellian named Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) last week, denying that a secret ballot is a basic tenet of democracy.
"Since when is the secret ballot a basic tenet of democracy," Hoffa is quoted as saying in a Teamsters press release.
How does he justify this idiotic claim? Because, you see, the Soviet Union had a secret ballot "but those weren't democratic," Hoffa reminds us. A facile comparison, for sure.
So, Hoffa thinks that eliminating a worker's right to a safe and fair election is perfectly in keeping with "democratic tenet," apparently. No wonder he's so intimately aware of tactics by the Soviet Union. He is enamored by them...
Read the rest at Publiusforum.com...
I spit on union thugs!
The fact that we’re seriously even debating this means it’s already over. This and the fairness doctrine..two of the most sacred concepts of democracy being debated like it’s some local piece of legislation is downright frightening.
He is neither an idiot or a liar. He is a crook who thinks that he will make tens of millions of dollars if the secret ballot is eliminated. He’ll say anything to justify it.
From time-to-time I pickup a copy of the IBEW union magazine.
The idiots that write for this rag must undergo regular refresher training in China. To say they are Left-wing is an understatement.
Can’t it be both?
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