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White House Declines Comment On Union Leader’s Anti-Tea Party Rhetoric At Labor Day Rally
ABC NEWS ^ | Sep 5, 2011 6:59pm | Mary Bruce

Posted on 09/05/2011 4:08:50 PM PDT by penelopesire

Despite President Obama’s repeated claims to change the tone in Washington, the White House has no comment this afternoon on incendiary statements made by a union leader who spoke before the president at today’s Labor Day rally. Warming up the crowd before President Obama’s speech in Detroit this afternoon, Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa, Jr. warned the largely-union crowd that the Tea Party was waging a “war on workers” and said that, come November, they should “take these sons of bitches out.” “We got to keep an eye on the battle that we face: The war on workers. And you see it everywhere, it is the Tea Party. And you know, there is only one way to beat and win that war. The one thing about working people is we like a good fight. And you know what? They’ve got a war, they got a war with us and there’s only going to be one winner. It’s going to be the workers of Michigan, and America. We’re going to win that war,” Hoffa told thousands of workers gathered for the annual event organized by the Detroit Labor Council. “President Obama, this is your army. We are ready to march… Let’s take these sons of bitches out and give America back to an America where we belong,” he concluded.

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To: freeangel

This is right out of OBlahblah’s playbook. He is trying to create as much chaos as possible. Race war? no problem. Union thugs beating up tea partiers? No problem. Whatever it takes.


61 posted on 09/05/2011 4:56:57 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: tumblindice

Good for you. My late daddy taught me to shoot too and those are wonderful memories that I will carry the rest of my life!

I also still pack heat and can shoot pretty good...lol.


62 posted on 09/05/2011 4:59:06 PM PDT by penelopesire (TIME FOR A SPECIAL PROSECUTOR!)
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To: Ann Archy
"Maybe you are just 29 and don’t realize that someone in the network has to GIVE YOU TIME to go in front of a mic and get airtime!! It;s not like you think.....and the leftist media do NOT want to give our side one minute on these things."

You are way too forgiving of the of the GOP leadership. If Boehner and McConnell came out to make a statement about these violent comments and demanded a disavowal by Obama they would get on the air and Fox, in particular, would followup. Other networks might disparage the GOP, but they would talk about it.

63 posted on 09/05/2011 4:59:33 PM PDT by Truth29
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To: penelopesire

Daymn that is a creepy website!


64 posted on 09/05/2011 5:00:27 PM PDT by mylife (OPINIONS ~ $ 1.00 HALFBAKED ~ 50c)
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To: penelopesire

The WH isn’t going to say anything because they agree with it.

I fear we may all think that this upcoming election cycle will get rid of all of this.

This could be a very dangerous one for candidates and voters.

The left is not going to just go away and they don’t plan to lose. Even if it means creating a crisis to stop the process.

Sounds like TV news people are treating this as just tough talk and election rhetoric to whip up support.

Problem is that it may very well incite some of the kooks on the dem side to violence and general mayhem.

2012 is going to be very ugly.


65 posted on 09/05/2011 5:01:39 PM PDT by dforest
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To: Truth29

You are DREAMING!!! Fox is NOT on the Pubbies side.....especially not on the weekends.


66 posted on 09/05/2011 5:02:35 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion is the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: penelopesire

President Obama exhibits his hypocrisy and abandons his pledge of bringing a new tone of civility to politics.

He’s the same as the so called moderate muslims that find nothing to condemn in Islamic terrorism.


67 posted on 09/05/2011 5:04:16 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (The liberal press applauded when the NY Times hacked Newt Gingrich's phone calls.)
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To: Noumenon
If a Granny Tea Partier in a wheelchair ran over a union thugs foot on the way to a meeting there would be assault with a deadly weapons charges. That darn barbaric bitch maimed me. Oh the humanity!! Oh it is tough asking the govt to live within it's means and be smaller, get off our backs and heed the founding documents. Poor Granny should be hung for her thoughts and principles and poor steering.
69 posted on 09/05/2011 5:05:41 PM PDT by vicar7 ("Polls are for strippers and cross-country skiers" Sarah Palin)
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To: Ann Archy
OK then, the GOP should just give up and be a door mat to the left’s thuggery. That will assure a Democrat victory in 2012 through demoralization and sporadic third party efforts by those that cannot abide the passivity. NOT.
70 posted on 09/05/2011 5:08:27 PM PDT by Truth29
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To: penelopesire

He’s just firing up the base. He needs the thugs in his camp.


71 posted on 09/05/2011 5:08:48 PM PDT by hope
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To: penelopesire

72 posted on 09/05/2011 5:09:48 PM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto.)
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To: penelopesire

The Teamsters contact:

http://www.teamster.org/content/contact-us


73 posted on 09/05/2011 5:10:18 PM PDT by Humble Servant
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To: tumblindice

LOL..you tell her that Pen just gave her honorary membership in the Texas Cowgirls(if she ain’t Texan already)!!


74 posted on 09/05/2011 5:10:52 PM PDT by penelopesire (TIME FOR A SPECIAL PROSECUTOR!)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
I will not buy anything that has the “Union Made” label on it.

Sheesh, grow up. Buy Union made. It is the public Unions that have poisoned this beyond belief and they don't make anything but excuses.

75 posted on 09/05/2011 5:11:59 PM PDT by Rippin
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To: penelopesire
COWARD!! CALL YOUR CONGRESSPERSON..DEMAND THAT OBAMA NOT BE GIVEN ACCESS TO GIVE HIS SPEECH IN THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE UNTIL HE DISAVOWS THIS VIOLENT RHETORIC!

In general, I don't see orchestrated email compaigns as being effective. But this one is the exception and it will work: Basically forcing the Chosen One to scream uncle if he wants a national audience before Thursday Night Football.

76 posted on 09/05/2011 5:12:26 PM PDT by Labyrinthos
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To: mylife

For sure...did you read some of the dumb ass lib comments...lol?

I have had my google open on this story to see how it is running through the internet and TPM was the first ones to report Hoffa ‘fiery reply’ when i hit refresh. The man is jumping the shark and so is Obama.


77 posted on 09/05/2011 5:13:14 PM PDT by penelopesire (TIME FOR A SPECIAL PROSECUTOR!)
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To: FReepers
para bellum
78 posted on 09/05/2011 5:13:55 PM PDT by tomkat (Sarah '12)
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To: Labyrinthos

It’s also a way to force his thuggery unto the national stage. The American people aren’t dumb...they know where the true violence and violent rhetoric is coming from and now they have to witness it coming directly from the President if he doesn’t condemn and disavow this kind of crap immediately.


79 posted on 09/05/2011 5:16:01 PM PDT by penelopesire (TIME FOR A SPECIAL PROSECUTOR!)
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To: Admin Moderator

Would you mind putting this thread in breaking news? Given the way this awful stuff is spreading over the internet, the White House response(or lack of) seems important. I should have done it to begin with.

THANKS!


80 posted on 09/05/2011 5:25:30 PM PDT by penelopesire (TIME FOR A SPECIAL PROSECUTOR!)
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