washingtontimes.com - 11/21/2008
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By: WabashCannonball As we conservatives lament the possibility of card check (which even liberal former Sen. McGovern) opposes, we must blame those of us who sat home or voted third party as a way to punish McCain for not being conservative enough. In two letters to the editor during the ...
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“Boehner: GOP firmly against ‘card check’”
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“Boehner: GOP firmly against ‘card check’” Many Democrats, on the other hand, are all for it — though they are “quite relieved” that they are able to support it through a secret ballot. The irony would be dazzling, were Democrats capable of recognizing such things. But then, that would presuppose a recognition of equality that, to progressives, is an ideal — but one that requires some people to be more equal than others, if anything is actually to get done. For the greater good do they separate themselves from us, you see. Posted by Jeff G. @ ...
Irony escapes the House Democratic Caucus
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... “It’s a secret ballot, thank the Lord ,” Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY), about keeping her vote on the Dingell-Waxman caucus election secret. John Boehner highlighted this quote as one reason the House Republican Caucus will vociferously oppose the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), better known as Card Check. He challenged the Democrats’ hypocrisy in closing the ballots on politically tough votes within their caucuses while leaving employees open to harassment and intimidation in the workplace on organizing votes: House Republican Leader John A. Boehner said Democrats’ use of ...
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... The bottom line on “card check?” Republican John Boehner today is up in arms against card check because it goes against “workplace privacy” and the secret ballot, “a cornerstone of our American democracy.” But this is not true. ...
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