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this is NOT the third party i was hoping for
« on: June 01, 2010, 03:38:15 PM »
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/31/AR2010053103461.html?nav=hcmoduletmv

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By Philip Rucker
Tuesday, June 1, 2010

A defiant move by one of the nation's most powerful unions to help oust Democrats who voted against the health-care bill by establishing a third political party in North Carolina has failed because organizers did not collect enough signatures to qualify for the November midterm elections.

The Service Employees International Union and its North Carolina affiliate did not gather the 85,000 signatures by Tuesday's deadline. But organizers said they are drafting an independent candidate to challenge Rep. Larry Kissell, a first-term Democrat from a swing district who voted against the bill.

Organizers have recruited Wendell Fant, a registered Democrat and a former aide in Kissell's district office who said he was forced to resign over an ethics dispute, to run against his old boss. Democratic officials say the move could effectively hand the seat to a Republican.


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Re: this is NOT the third party i was hoping for
« Reply #1 on: June 01, 2010, 03:47:40 PM »
I'm perfectly okay with the results.

Blue dogs who voted against the health care bill are about on par (to me at least) with your average every day RINO.

Hurting a blue dog to seat a RINO is a zero-sum game.

Hurting a blue dog to seat a real conservative is a big win, IMO.

I don't know who the republican candidate here might be... but at worst, it's status quo.
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Re: this is NOT the third party i was hoping for
« Reply #2 on: June 01, 2010, 04:54:28 PM »
IMO, public employee unions ought to be outlawed.
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Re: this is NOT the third party i was hoping for
« Reply #3 on: June 01, 2010, 04:57:45 PM »
Quote from: roo_ster on June 01, 2010, 04:54:28 PM
IMO, public employee unions ought to be outlawed.

Wholeheartedly agreed.
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Re: this is NOT the third party i was hoping for
« Reply #4 on: June 01, 2010, 05:16:09 PM »
Quote from: roo_ster on June 01, 2010, 04:54:28 PM
IMO, public employee unions ought to be outlawed.
There we go.  ;)
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Re: this is NOT the third party i was hoping for
« Reply #5 on: June 01, 2010, 06:29:02 PM »
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IMO, public employee unions Service Employees International Union ought to be outlawed thrown in jail

I think that's better. ;)
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Re: this is NOT the third party i was hoping for
« Reply #6 on: June 01, 2010, 09:39:04 PM »
Their right to strike ought to be abrogated, that's for sure. 
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Re: this is NOT the third party i was hoping for
« Reply #7 on: June 01, 2010, 10:42:21 PM »
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There we go.  ;)
I would actually disagree with that.  I have no problems with unions though I don't care for close shops rules and other special advantages for unions. 

I really don't even care if public employees form an org to set up private pensions or benefits, but I don't think they should be able to do the union thing. 
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Re: this is NOT the third party i was hoping for
« Reply #8 on: June 08, 2010, 11:30:45 PM »
Quote from: S. Williamson on June 01, 2010, 05:16:09 PM
There we go.  ;)
No need for that pesky freedom of association right?

As a note, I do personally dislike unions. They tend to end up becoming that which they profess to hate.
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Re: this is NOT the third party i was hoping for
« Reply #9 on: June 08, 2010, 11:37:57 PM »
they tend to end up becoming that which they profess to hate.

ain't that the truth
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Re: this is NOT the third party i was hoping for
« Reply #10 on: June 09, 2010, 05:53:52 AM »
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IMO, public employee unions Service Employees International Union ought to be outlawed thrown in jail publically humiliated every chance one gets....

Where can one get a discount on tar and feathers (artificial, of course...don't want to offend their vegan tendencies....  ;/ )
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