americablog.com - 12/13/2008
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Via Talking Points Memo , a UAW official in Shrevesport, Louisiana calls out his state's U.S. Senator, David Vitter, who led the effort to kill the auto bailout in order to screw the American workers : Morgan Johnson, president of the United Auto Workers local representing General Motors workers ...
washingtonpost.com - 12/14/2008
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U.S. 'Not Getting What We Pay For'
nola.com - 12/13/2008
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WASHINGTON -- Morgan Johnson, president of the United
Auto Workers local representing General Motors workers in Shreveport,...
said Friday that Sen. David Vitter's role in blocking an auto bailout indicates "he's chosen to play Russian roulette" with ...
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Vitter faulted for derailing auto bailout
google.com - 12/11/2008
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1 day ago WASHINGTON (AP) A Louisiana senator
is staunchly opposing legislation that would give struggling U.S....
automakers $14 billion in emergency loans. Republican David Vitter said he plans to vote against the bailout when the Senate takes a ...
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The Associated Press: Vitter remains opposed to $14B ...
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The Little Rock Nine and the Tuskegee Airmen have been invited to the inauguration of Barack Obama by the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies. A Louisiana UAW official gives his two cents on Sen. David Vitter's vote against the auto bailout: "I don't know what Sen. Vitter has against GM or the United Auto Workers or the entire domestic auto industry; whatever it is, whatever he thinks we've done, it's time for him to forgive us, just like Sen. Vitter has asked the citizens of Louisiana to forgive him, " said Johnson, ...
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"I don't know what Sen. Vitter has against GM or the United Auto Workers or the entire domestic auto industry; whatever it is, whatever he thinks we've done, it's time for him to forgive us, just like Sen. Vitter has asked the citizens of Louisiana to forgive him." Morgan Johnson, president of UAW Local 2166, Shreveport, LA I don't know either, except that Vitter shares the the general Republican contempt for American workers, sex workers excepted, apparently, in his case.
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