Arkansas: Bill Clinton Threw Unions Under the Bus While Campaigning For Lincoln

Welcome to the Twilight Zone:

Witness, if you will, Unions seem to have lost favor with some of the more high-profile Democrats. Bill Clinton even threw the unions under the bus in a stump speech for Blanche Lincoln that Lincoln turned into a campaign ad:

Here is an article from the Washington Post, it says “Some national unions made a decision a few months ago, that they wanted to make Senator Blanche Lincoln the quote “poster child” for what happens when a Democrat crosses them. This is about using you and manipulating your votes. If you want to be Arkansas’s advocate, vote for somebody who will fight for you. Vote for Blanche Lincoln.

According to Politico, this isn't just a case of a moderate Democrat trying to get elected in a red-state in a very Republican-friendly political climate. Democrats, such as Andrew Cuomo from New York, have joined in on the dog-pile of the unpopularity of the labor machine.

I believe that this started brewing ever since the near-collapse of the car industry in Detroit. Polls after the bailout of Detroit showed that almost around half of Americans blamed the unions, a close second to the corporate executives of the flailing companies. Many people have begun to see the unions for what they truly are: a parasite on that is slowly sapping the vitality out of our economy.

Card Check Puts One Foot in Grave As Another Democrat Bails

Lincoln commits to opposing Card Check posted at 8:49 am on April 7, 2009
by Ed Morrissey

Previously, Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) had only wavered in public on Card Check, along with a few other Democrats.  Yesterday, she fully and publicly committed to opposing Big Labor’s crown jewel of legislation, which should drive the stake a little deeper into the heart of the Orwellian named Employee Free Choice Act.  Unlike Arlen Specter, Lincoln rejected the bill itself as well as its timing:

“'I cannot support that bill,' Lincoln said, according to one attendee. 'Cannot support that bill in its current form. Cannot support and will not support moving it forward in its current form.'

"The measure, better known as the 'card check' bill, has been fought by business groups and championed by labor, after intense lobbying by both factions. …

“'While I may not have been clear about my position in the past, I am stating today that I cannot support Employee Free Choice Act in its current form and I can’t support efforts to bring it to Senate consideration in its current form,' Lincoln said in a statement late Monday afternoon."

Card Check now looks dead enough that Harry Reid may well decide not to bring it to the floor at all.  He has no Republican support, and this statement from Lincoln strongly implies that she will join a filibuster to keep Reid from “bring[ing] it to Senate consideration”.  Dianne Feinstein has indicated opposition, as have Tim Johnson and Ben Nelson, the latter who has also committed to a no vote.  He’s not going to come close to 60 votes, and he may in the end want to spare himself and Obama the embarrassment of Democrats supporting the Republican filibuster.

Thankfully, the secret ballot still means something to Americans.

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My Thoughts

This is good news for everyone.

Unions that are too strong will topple the companies, industries, and economies that it infests. It was one of the reasons why the Great Depression lasted as long as it did.

Not only is it bad for business, it also opens the door for fraud, corruption, and intimidation. It would bring the Godfather and Sopranos to life for many in this country. Big Labor will come to workers houses to "make them an offer they can't refuse".

We may have dodged a bullet this time.