September 12, 2007
Posted: September 12th, 2007 04:08 PM ET

Sen. Hillary Clinton received another union endorsement on Wednesday.

WASHINGTON (CNN) - Praising her record on health care and postal reform, the National Association of Letter Carriers officially endorsed Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-New York, Wednesday morning.

"In the primary elections next year, you can count on letter carriers to deliver for Senator Clinton, and I am confident that in the years to come, President Hillary Clinton will deliver for every citizen throughout America," NALC President William Young said.

Clinton praised the union workers, saying they are the only workers that physically reach every home in America and called them "part of the fabric of every community." The NALC is comprised of 300,000 active and retired city delivery carriers employed by the U.S. Postal Service

She promised to appoint experienced people to head government agencies and cut down on outsourcing and foreign contractors.

"Isn't it a sad commentary that it would be a campaign issue to restore competence? But what we've seen in the last six years is indifference and incompetence," Clinton said.

Clinton also criticized President Bush's plan to withdraw 30,000 troops from Iraq by next spring, calling it "simply too little too late."

"Mr. President, we don't need another ‘mission accomplished’ moment," Clinton said. "What we need is honesty and candor - an honesty and candor that demands that you announce that you will start bringing troops home now. If President Bush won't do that, when I am president I will."

– CNN Associate Producer Lauren Kornreich

Filed under: Hillary Clinton


copper, des moines ia.   September 14th, 2007 1:14 am ET

I don't get Hillary. Wasn't she a union basher when she sat on Wal-Mart's board of directors? Now she claims to be for the unions?

Tom Dedham, Mass   September 13th, 2007 9:25 pm ET

"People who have done nothing in their own lives often take pleasure in criticizing those who have done a great deal, and will do a great deal more.
If you had any sense of honor, you would conversely, have a sense of shame. I'd ask you to get real, but you would first have to get well, and sober up first."

Posted By TheRealist NYC : September 12, 2007 6:21 pm"

I respectfully request CNN not to delete my response to this "person".

I had a great sense of honor when I volunteered and proudly served this country for 6 years, which is 6 more years of military service than she can say.

Your real smart with your "get real" boring as hell mantra that you use instead of advancing any real dialogue.

As for serving the greater good of people, I volunteer at blood drives and I give to many charities that help animals and infant children, though I don't ask for credit for doing it, I think it is the right thing to do.

Since you stole the tag from another blogger, I could assume that you are a follower and not a leader, but that would be wrong to assume, as you are totally wrong about my sanity and sobriety.

I will leave it at this, I challenge you little man, to rationalize her NAFTA and Illegal immigration stances in a way that would make her lies and distortions not be lies and distortions.

Real simple, even for you, how was I wrong about NAFTA and Illegal immigration?

Proof in the pudding, the VAST majority of the responses on this subject agree with little old insane and drunken me.

See you around, you will hear from me again, little man.

James, Phoenix AZ   September 13th, 2007 1:06 pm ET

Has anyone else noticed how unhappy Hillary is in this picture getting the union endorsement but how HAPPY she is in the picture with illegal fundraiser Norman Hsu?

A picture is worth a 1000 words. Although in Hillary's case it's worth $850,000 of illegal campaign contributions.

TransparentTrollop   September 13th, 2007 12:17 pm ET

"In the primary elections next year, you can count on letter carriers to deliver for Senator Clinton"

And you can count on our stamps going up too. The US Postal Service is one of the most inefficient services in America, mainly because of the NALC, who, like other Unions, is more interested in self preservation than saving taxpayers dollars. Just like Hillary..

Bill W, Coatesville, PA   September 13th, 2007 11:08 am ET

"She promised to appoint experienced people to head government agencies and cut down on outsourcing and foreign contractors."

Oh yeah? Then how come one of her first acts as Senator of New York was to bring in TATA Consulting – the #1 outsourcer of American jobs to India -and set them up with a sweetheart deal?

More lies – which the Clintons are just famous for.

Eric, from THE Republic of Texas   September 13th, 2007 10:30 am ET

One gigantic, lethargic, bumbling, inefficient and fully-union-entrenched government bureaucracy supporting one of their own. I'm shocked!

The government mail carriers union, the people who can't manage to deliver your mail, is backing Hillary, the politician who was intent on having the government bring that same level of efficiency to delivering your healthcare.

This is like one of those Master Card "classic" advertisements.

Mary, Beaver, PA   September 13th, 2007 9:53 am ET

Thanks Tom of Dedham, Mass, and Henry Tucker of GA, for bringing up NAFTA and Clinton's part in it. Everyone who cares about the sovereignty of this nation should be concerned about these treacherous attempts in the name of "free trade" (there is nothing free about it) to bring us under this "one-world, one-government" new world order.

Yeah, Hillary. Yammer on. There are a lot of us who are wise to you.

BCNU purple state, usa   September 13th, 2007 8:58 am ET

Take a close look at the picture. It scares me. Kind of militaristic in its appearance, don't you think?

S B   September 13th, 2007 4:09 am ET

Letter Carriers are hanging on by a thread. This endorsement is fools gold. CNN is so bias it's shameful

Pam, Scranton, Pa   September 13th, 2007 1:49 am ET

Just for this I will only use email from now on. HA! Take that! I can feel Clinton's evil by looking at that picture.

Juanito, Washington, DC   September 12th, 2007 11:06 pm ET

Hillary was praised for her record on healthcare????
WTF???
Is this a joke?

Earl, Ohio   September 12th, 2007 11:02 pm ET

You can deliver my mail anytime you desire NALC, but you will never deliver my vote to the Bush/Clinton dynasty.

It's time for change. Electing another Bush/Clinton is regression.

bprossersme   September 12th, 2007 10:23 pm ET

Too bad the employees are forced to vote for Hillary, kind of like slavery.

TransparentTrollop   September 12th, 2007 8:34 pm ET

"She promised to appoint experienced people to head government agencies and cut down on outsourcing and foreign contractors."

ie.. I promise to fill them with my cronies, experienced business people, like Hsu and MoveOn.org staff..

Bill W, Coatesville, PA   September 12th, 2007 7:42 pm ET

"She promised to appoint experienced people to head government agencies and cut down on outsourcing and foreign contractors."

What a hypocrite. One of the first things she did as senator of New York was to bring in TATA Consulting, the #1 outsourcer of American jobs to India. She set them up with a sweetheart deal in downtown Buffalo. This is the gods honest truth and is easily verifiable, all you Clinton supporters.

I was a computer programmer several years ago, but have not been able to get a job in the field for some time, due to a combination of outsourcing and the extremely large number of H1-B visa immigrants who have taken jobs in my field. So I have a personal vendetta against her on this one. Maybe when its your job, you will feel the same.

Once again, this liar will say or do anything that she thinks will help her get elected. And this is just another example of a Clinton lie.

Anonymous   September 12th, 2007 7:33 pm ET

What a crock.

Missy P, Kalapana, HI   September 12th, 2007 7:27 pm ET

The "union machines" have nothing on the corporate machines. Big government has become monstrously huge government under Republicans as the multi-billion dollar no-bid military contracts fly fast and furious. If only the unions could have that clout, more people might have health care and we'd all get 6 weeks vacation like they do in Europe. Or, they have better schools there too and less crime. You're right, unions are the problem.

Henry Tucker, GA   September 12th, 2007 6:56 pm ET

Just curious – are there ANY unions supporting conservative candidates?

Also, do the union appreciate Hillary's husband approving NAFTA?

Funny how voting blocks (unions) keep giving money to the same group which is sending jobs overseas – but calls those organizations which pay their budget (corporations) the "enemy".

Chip Celina OH   September 12th, 2007 6:39 pm ET

Tom – Dedham,

I saw the same thing you did:

"She promised to appoint experienced people to head government agencies and cut down on outsourcing and foreign contractors."

But, a small point of order. She merely promised to 'cut down' on outsourcing. Most likely only to jobs in districts she receives large campaign donations from or where IT and other high-tech jobs are. Leaving us with a highly skilled force of minimum wage earners. easier to get cradle-to-grave reforms through that way.

As for experienced heads of agencies...hopefully none of the crew in charge of vetting campaign donors. I wonder what Janet Reno is doing nowadays?

Have a good one,

Dan, TX   September 12th, 2007 6:21 pm ET

I'm not a Clinton fan, but the republicans are the ones spending all the money pal. Billions upon billions in Iraq. When will it stop. Our tax cuts went to Iraq 10 times over. The republican neocons have turned into the spenders, big time.

TheRealist NYC   September 12th, 2007 6:21 pm ET

The next real job she works will be her first.

"If she wants to talk about healthcare for all Americans, why not make it free and for a lifetime like her and her fellow do-nothings get?
Posted By Tom – Dedham, Mass : September 12, 2007 4:55 pm"

Excuse me senator Tom, no last name, but some people who don't have to take anti-psychotic medication and live on SSI, actually think that being selected as one of America's 100 most influential lawyers TWICE, before they served as First Lady of the United States of America, and as TWO TERM SENATOR from NEW YORK, are actual JOBS, and no carping half-assed, self-important blow-hard can tell them otherwise.

People who have done nothing in their own lives often take pleasure in criticizing those who have done a great deal, and will do a great deal more.
If you had any sense of honor, you would conversely, have a sense of shame. I'd ask you to get real, but you would first have to get well, and sober up first.

Lance in Monrovia, CA   September 12th, 2007 5:49 pm ET

Oh, and she's gonna cut down on outsourcing??? She was one of the founding board of directors of WALL MART for crying out loud. She has met with all the huge corporations that are outsourcing American jobs to India and Pakistan by the boatload and taken checks from them.

Is that how you're going to get rid of outsourcing Mrs. Clinton?

Shame on you.

Lance in Monrovia, CA   September 12th, 2007 5:47 pm ET

I didn't know that Mrs. Umbridge, the evil teacher from Harry Potter, was running for President.

Whatever I think about Hillary, couldn't she at least start wearing some decent outfits? She certainly doesn't look like a woman of the people in gaudy glass beads and pink Armani suits, that's for sure.

She just comes off as arrogant, like Mrs. Umbridge, who couldn't bring peace to Hogwarts, much less The United States.

Ron, TX   September 12th, 2007 5:33 pm ET

I actually think that's the one union the candidates should turn DOWN endorsements from. The US Postal Service is perhaps the WORST service the government has to offer. If you've been to the local post office at any time over the past 5 years, you've experienced a reason why unions are BAD. Some dude, slowly moving behind the counter to print a stamp, slowly swiping a credit card, fumbling through papers, as thirty more people wait in line for him to get his act together. Meanwhile, he doesn't have to worry about working faster because the union has his back.

Really Hill, no congrats on that one!

Jeff Spangler, Arlington, VA   September 12th, 2007 5:32 pm ET

What's next? Newman from Seinfeld on Her FirstLadyShip's side?

Henry Tucker, Ga   September 12th, 2007 5:19 pm ET

Indifference = a wife who doesn't much care about her husband having multiple public affairs, sexually harrassing women, and accused of raping another.

Incompetence = taking $1,000,000 of illegal campaign funds from HSU after her husband went through multiple campaign scandals (Charlie Trie, Johnny Chuang, etc)

Tom - Dedham, Mass   September 12th, 2007 4:55 pm ET

"She promised to appoint experienced people to head government agencies and cut down on outsourcing and foreign contractors."

She and her "husbands" passing of "NAFTA" and her love of ILLEGAL immigration are costing us good jobs and many of them are union workers just starting out, IT folks and many, many others.

So what the bleep are people doing letting her get away with her lies and distortions and then promoting her "agenda".

The next real job she works will be her first.

If she wants to talk about healthcare for all Americans, why not make it free and for a lifetime like her and her fellow do-nothings get?

eddie v. kansas city mo   September 12th, 2007 4:50 pm ET

doesn't surprise me. dems will take the rest of us for more and more taxes to feed the union machines. talk about special intersts. Edwards and Clnton are typical politicians.

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