Union tricks

NY Times:

When Mike Pyne and other union foot soldiers knock on doors to promote Senator Barack Obama, they often confront a tricky challenge: how to persuade union members to vote on the basis of their wallets rather than on issues like abortion, gun rights and race.

In battleground states like this one, union voters could be vital to the outcome of the election, and the labor movement has mounted a huge push on behalf of Mr. Obama, the Democratic presidential nominee, built largely around the message that with unemployment rising, the financial system reeling and gasoline and food prices soaring, the nation cannot afford to have another Republican in the White House.

The labor effort appears to be making headway. Social issues have moved to the background while the economy is foremost in the minds of many voters, and Mr. Obama appears to be benefiting politically. People like Tom Crooks, an electrician at a paper company’s research center, are telling union canvassers that they are “definitely leaning” toward Mr. Obama because they are worried about their financial well-being.

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Whenever liberals describe an issue as tricky, it means they are on the wrong side of it. It is good to keep that in mind when reading the NY Times. It is a give away on the slant of the article. In this case it is especially tricky since Democrats like Obama were responsible for causing the financial debacle as well as the energy shortage that has hurt the auto business.

Every major problem that has caused the decline in union jobs has been the result of Democrat policies. Add to that their opposition to free trade which is also killing jobs and it is surprising these voters do not slam the door in their face. Then there is the social issues that the Democrats are trying to minimize and denigrate, and there is little reason left to vote for a Democrat who wants to lose the war and give money to ACORN so they can screw up more businesses.

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