AFL to White House: 'Labor isn't an arm of the Democratic Party' (Rejects WH "flushed money" charge)
Politico ^ | June 08, 2010 | Ben Smith
AFL to White House: 'Labor isn't an arm of the Democratic Party'
The major labor federation AFL-CIO took sharp objection tonight to a White House official's assessment that they'd "flushed $10 million of their members' money down the toilet" in the "pointless exercise" of supporting the failed bid of Bill Halter to unseat Sen. Blanche Lincoln.
"If that's their take on this, then they severely misread how the electorate feels and how we're running our political program. When we say we're only going to support elected officials who support our issues," said AFL-CIO spokesman Eddie Vale. "When they say we should have targeted our money among some key house races among Blue Dog Democrats — that ain't happening."
"Labor isn't an arm of the Democratic Party," Vale said. "It exists to support working families. And that's what we said tonight, and that's what we're gong to keep saying."
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Thes progressive marxists are just pissed the revolution and communist takeover is not happening fast enough since they know come november, they are facing a very rude awakening.
