It saddens me to read comments filled with anger and ignorance in connection with the upcoming election in November when the fate of many of the major cities on our planet is in grave danger due to our failure to take climate change seriously. Many more hurricanes will demolish islands and wreck towns, and rising waters will innundate costal cities, including New York. I wish the energy people put into critizing politicians could be directed towards coping with climate change!

Obama in a LANDSLIDE. Obama 08

YES WE CAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Once this endorsement is official, the Republicans are toast.

The power, influence, and financial contibution of AFL-CIO cannot be matched by Republicans.

With their help, Obama's cash collction in July should break all records.

Good I hope this bring him more votes in the GE. Look out Neocons the time for the Democrats to take over Government for the people

Obama 08 !!!

Autobots, we have an new and very strong ally in our fight to save the earth from the evil decept-republicons. His name is Obamanation!

Please stop Romney and Rove from destroying Social Security !!

Everybody is worried religious stuff and photos.
There is an old saying: Give to Ceasar what is Ceasar's and God what is God's.

Barack, keep the 'labour princes' in front of you at all times!! You and the Secret Service can keep an eye on them more easily!! If they serve you like they serve their memberships, it is a backing of little use!!

By the way, people…you might be looking at all the "clever" McSame, McShame, McWar, etc. comments (and really, wow…you guys are SO funny!!!! and think you've got an edge. Well guess what sports fans…blog posters are a VERY SMALL minority of American citizens…and guess who is going to get an overwhelming majority of the votes from non-bloggers? There are MANY MANY MANY people out there who a) don't blog and b) are WAY smarter than you, and lots of them are definitely going to be voting for McCain.

Union Label:

Actually, I would imagine most people who aren't in unions are very happy about it. You might try opening your eyes and comparing your wages and benefits, etc. to those of your peers in non-unions businesses. Yours are almost certainly going to be lower. If there was EVER an organization that had as it's ONLY mission its own self-preservation, it is unions. Think about it.

I really don't trust union, obama was endorsed by one in Ohio during primary and he ended up losing big time to Hillary by 10pts. I hope that the history won't repeat itself. However, i still believe that he might win in November due to his family history:
1) his cousin Odinga from his father side is the current Kenyan vice president.
2) another cousin this time from his mother Dick Cheney is the current USA vice president. Since is surrounded by vice presidents both sides,i think that it is time for him to be a president. No wonder he defeated Hillary. OBAMA 08-12

Hey ny - learn how to spell before you try and trash someone with your hate. BTW what has he lied about? Name one thing, i dare you…

WWood:

The reason why many don't like unions is because they're inefficient, have poor productivity and lead to poorly made, high-cost products. Pay increases are tied to tenure rather than performance, the union infrastructure only survives to the extent that worker/management conflict exists and therefore does everything it can to continue it, etc. (just like wacko Hamas members try to undermine peace negotiations).

My father-in-law was a union electrician and would often have to wait hours for someone else to just open up a door for him, since it wasn't HIS union that had the job of opening up the door. Does anybody out there like being told that you CANNOT do something because someone else HAS to do it?

As for those of you who talk about Republicans not being in the 21st century, do you understand how laughable it is that your pro-union stance puts you squarely in the 1930s?????

GO OBAMA WE LOVE YOU AND YOU HATERS OF OBAMA, GET READY FOR YOUR NEW PRESIDENT, SENATOR BARACK OBAMA.

I LOVE YOU BARACK AND MICHELLE, YOU TWO ARE A AWESOME TEAM TOGETHER.

ALL SUPPORTERS OF MCCAIN, YOU ARE DEMONS.

Now the standard for electing our President is based on who raises the most money! So lets skip all the contests and forget who deserves to be the leader of the free world and just "buy" into the White House! For the record, even though the pretentious, deluded Obama spent 4 to 1 on TV ads etc., to promote his weak image, Clinton tied and actually won the popular vote but the Dem., process is flawed and unfair! Forget the "WILL" of the majority, just " buy" your way into the White House with the help of an unreliable, unrealistic Rule system and naive, gullible, short/blind sighted voters! Disillusioned democrat

Typical union mentatilty: union says to vote this way or else! Unions are nothing but a collection of thugs with sheep falling in line! Sheep? Oh yeah, now I understand why their for Obama. Just like the Obamites, sheep.

To: Union Label
You pretty much hit the nail right on the head.

Hmm lets all put this in order.

1. Democrat for Hillary or McCain ( are you serious or racist?)
2. O'bama has no experience.( Hmm you voted for bush who had
experience and screwed up everything so what's with the experience
thing again?)
3. O'Bama stole the election…(get serious…all those voters? black, white,
hispanic, asian, etc etc. Who held a gun to there heads?)
4. O'Bama is a liar? (Umm Mr…Mrs..G bush voter seems you was
mistaken about Bush (real liar) as you are about O'Bama (not a liar)
5. If you feel Hillary was cheated or if you feel O'bama is inexperienced
then don't vote…I just hoped you enjoyed paying more for gas,
paying more to send your kids to school, helping to save your
relatives from losing there homes maybe yours too and most of all
having your 401k or mutual fund stolen or you maybe had to dip in it.
If this isn't enough for you to vote on change then stay the way you
are miserable.

Keep on bring in the endorsements. O'bama 08-16

Kathy, I'd rather have 8 years of Obama than one minute with you, and people like you. Stay out of our way, we're coming through! Obama '08!!!!!

So Ray Avare who do you suggest we vote for? Hillary isn't running ( would be stupid to do a write in!! And McCain is a split image of bush so who else is there to vote for? Nader? LOL… Come on Genius answer for the people.
1. Hillary ( not running )
2. McBush ( Another bush most likely and I mean most likely, and you
can't separate the two no mater how you see it. )
3. Nader ( hmm 0.05 percent of the vote?)
4. Or O'bama?

Looks like there are a lot of stupid union organizations out there. I would never endorse Hession Obama.
I agree with RAY AVARE.
Obama is the most scariest polictian to ever run for office. WAKE UP PEOPLE BEFORE ITS TOO LATE. WHY CAN'T YOU SEE HIM FOR WHAT HE IS.

GOD HELP US ALL.

Hey Union Member Thomas. You complain about your union but I bet you are more than willing to take the salary and benefits they get for you. I used to be a union president in my younger days and there were a number of complainers like you who slammed unions and bemoaned their dues but more than willingly took anything they could that the union bargained for them and often complained that it wasn't enough. If you don't like what you union does then run for office in it…oh wait, people like you just complain, they never want to participate or put in any off work time.

And this like all the other comments I have made on CNN comment pages won't likely be posted either.

GoBama, ProBama, FoBama, MoBama!!!

Congradulation! Organized labor. You typically support the most liberal, out-of-step candidate. Barak Obama is that type of candidate. America's whites don't want him. America's conservatives really don't want him. But liberal America is in love with him. He'll do more to damage the relationship of America's whites and blacks than any other candidate in the history of our nation.

Barack you Rock
McCain you should Drain
OBAMA (2008 -16)

SUCH IGNORANCE PREVAILS! SO OBAMA IS GOING TO BE OUR SAVIOR AND CURE ALL ILLS! HOW DO WE KNOW? BECAUSE HE SAID SO! WILL SOMEONE PLEASE GIVE ME SOME OF THAT MAGIC POTION, SO I CAN BELIEVE THE MYSTERY MANS WORDS TOO!
NO BIG PAST ACCOMPLISHMENTS, NO EXECUTIVE OR WAR EXPERIENCE, SKIPPED SENATE VOTING TO AVOID CHALLENGE
OR JUST DIDN'T KNOW HOW! NO, INDEPENDANT THOUGHT PROCESS, HAS TO COPY THE GREAT MINDS KENNEDY, MARTIN KING, REAGON ETC,. NO DISCRETION, CHOOSES UNPATRIO-TIC ENEMIES OF AMERICA TO HAVE CLOSE TIES WITH! NO JUDGMENT WHILE SUPPORTING AN ANTI-WHITE PREACHER WITH A RACIST BASHING, SHOUTING HOSTILE CHURCH CROWD! DOESN'T MEAN WHAT HE SAYS, FOR INSTANCE HIS
FLIP FLOP ON THE CAMPAIGN FUNDING, I COULD GO ON AND ON BUT THE BEGUILED OBAMA WORSHIPERS SEE AND HEAR NO EVIL REGARDING THEIR BELOVED STRAWMAN. HE CAN DO NO WRONG AND IF HE DOES SO WHAT! GOD HELP AMERICA,
POLITICS AS USUAL! DEMOCRAT NO MORE

Stop whining. Obama's name was the only valuable name on the ballots.

All these union and political endorsements get alot of read for Obama, but at the end of the day, it is the voter–behind closed curtains within the privacy of their own judgement that will make the decision as to the nest POTUS.
I will share my decision, and I hope it is the same for the majority of others, and that is NO OBAMA!.
I'd rather have 4 years of MCCain, that one day of OBAMA.
To all you Obama supporters, I just can't believe you are buying of this. Your hopes and dreams do not lie with the election of Obama. He is a say anything politician who has somehow latched onto the weakness in so many, its scary, real scary. Think long and hard about your decision in Nov. Remember what our mothers always told us—if it sounds too good to be true…its probably not !

Thomas, see? he HAS done a lot for Illinois! Don't forget, paying more taxes is good for you, paying more for energy is good for you, paying more for food is good for you, quitting Iraq and letting it plunge into chaos is good for you, treating hate-filled terrorists like ordinary criminals is good for you. Now, don't you feel better?

I hope they get him more votes in the general then they did in the primarys. The unions are like the black vote in america . A small minority . It will be up to the majority of america to decide who will be the next president.The unions are a dying breed. See how much influence the teamisters had in Ohio, indianna and Pennsylvania..

What Americans seem to forget. We are in TWO wars.

We are winning in Iraq. The surge level will be gone by October. Further troop pull outs will occur because Iraq is taking control of its' own country.

However, we are STILL in a war in Afghanistan. The death toll there is greater than Iraq. We have not defeated Osama Bin Ladin. Senator Obama's SubCommittee was in a position to actually do something about Afghanistan, but it did NOTHING for two years…why? The chairperson was too busy running for President!

What on Earth makes you think he will do anything after he is President?

No renegotiating NAFTA.
No fixing the deficit.
Manufacturing jobs will still leave the United States.

I'd rather the unions rather than big oil, big auto, etc

No Comment!!!

All of those saying Unions killled or caused the death of American Auto Industry need to wake up. GM refused to co-operate with Toyota for the research of Hybrid Technologies. Today they are closing plants not because of the Unions, but because they were stupid enough to think that the oil will always be $30/barrel. So lets get educated before posting stuff that has no merit. If Sen McCain can promise that oil drilled in American will not be sold on the International Market and will only be used in America, I will vote for him; but the truth is when that oil comes out of the ground (May be 10years) oil companies would be looking at India and China to see who can offer them a better price.

OBAMA HAS PAID BIG BUCKS TO THE UNION ESTABLISHMENT!!!!

RIGHT ON !!! Thank you AFL CIO. Obama is the right man for President. Together we will get him elected. We ALL have a brighter future. to look forward to. THANKS AGAIN !!!!!!

Do you all realise Obama wasn"t their first choice???

Hey all you Obama haters, and Hillary and McCain supporters. When you go to vote for McCain or write in Hillary's name. Be sure that the poll takers put a check beside your name and that way they will Know who to raise taxes on, whose children will go to the draft and who pays more at the pump and at the grocery store. That is the main reason, McCain wants fisa. Just so the government can check up on you.

Go get UM! Obama

Guess I will stay in moderation for this one, huh, CNN

I, too, am waiting with excitement to have this very fine young man with fresh ideas and hope for this country to take the oath of office and so brilliantly step into the seat of the President of the United States.

Those of you who seem to feel that there is nothing but an "empty suit" standing before you, take a good long look just to see that he WEARS IT WELL. It is time to acknowledge that, heaven forbid, a MAN OF COLOR is smarter than you and will bring the much needed change to this country that is long over due!!

Look to Obama - a God Send - for true change and bask in his glow of leadership!!!!!

The best job I ever had was a union job.

Small businesses are the backbone of the economy. Carly Fiorina for VP. America needs men not mice. McCain for President.

Because they know a smart, enlightened candidate when they see one who has proven sound judgment and who has managed his campaign brilliantly.
Here's a question for all you mcwar supporters - it has been proven that terrorism has risen 400% (or more) since gwb took office. Question: what does that say for the republican foreign policy agenda and john mcwars'? And he is continuing the gwb foreign policy. Please answer that if you can. And answer how their so called experience has helped us? I'll take Obama's awesome, sound judgment any day over their so called experience.

As our beloved Tim Russert would say "Go get them".
And Go Bills!
RIP Tim, we love you!

Hey I'm going to quit this union. Is it a thinking of us union or a union with only thinking of themselves.

Obama is a serial quitter. He loves Jimmy Carter and would enact many of Jimmy's failed policies.

He would be laughable during a world affairs crisis and would cause us many problems. See Jimmy Carter's 39th presidency to see what I'm talking about.

How about those gauntlet gloves Obama wore fill a couple of sand bags. Nice girlie ones don' t you think?

This is awesome!

Barrack 08

ny…what? really before you condem the man hear what he says…"the country i love" B. Obama

WAY TO GO!!!!

OBAMA ALL THE WAY!!!!

NO McCAIN!!!

IF WE REALLY LOVE HILLARY THERE IS NO WAY WE CAN NOT VOTE FOR OBAMA!!!!!!

HILLARY HAS GONE BACK TO WORK TO DO THE DEMOCRATS PROUD and THE LAST THING SHE WILL TOLERATE ARE HER VOTES STAYING HOME or VOTING A REPUBLICAN INTO THE WHITE
HOUSE!!!

I am glad to be white and a part of this exceptional phenomenon. We shall do it again in November. There shall be no rest for the wicked. To me Obama is the IDEAL. He represents BLACK and WHITE, and essentially everyone. There are people out there who feel that they have to HATE even though it is easy to LOVE, because everyone around them is hating. Folks, those who are Democrat, stay Democrat and support(not necessarily love) Obama. There is no shame in acting from your mind if you heart betrays you. Like I learnt recently, there is something called sub-concious racism.BEWARE!!! Be aware also that most people who comment negatively are actually REPUBLICAN pretending to be Hillary supporters. Its a sham!!!

BARRACK 08

Great endorsement. As a native Ohioian in the city which I grew up in everybody including my father were members of the AFLCIO.

Hey ny, you need to learn how to spell. If you want to call someone a liar, at least learn how to spell it right. It's not lier, it's liar. You're the one who is a liar, Obama does love America and Americans. You need to get a life. GO OBAMA!!!!!!!!!

Most people who hate unions, aren't in a union. Though they wish to be. Secretly.

Barrack alllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll the way to

Hey ny, you need to learn how to spell. If you want to call someone a liar, at least learn how to spell it right. It's not lier, it's liar. You're the one who is a liar, Obama does love America and Americans. You need to get a life. GO OBAMA!!!!!!!!!

"Obama’s name is the only one on the ballots which were faxed out Tuesday"

What kind of democracy is this? Saddam used to do the same thing, and we all said that was wrong.
————————————————
I think that mean he has the only one they voted for…geez….get a life

Please people get a life and leave Barrack a lone.

"We know the game Obama has done a lot in his home state" - Really what? Unemployment is UP, crime is UP, Taxes are UP and Housing prices are UP in IL….

Good, they're going with the winner.

Obama 08, 12.

"Don't like unions? Leave. No one is forcing you to stay with it, let alone contribute to it." - I am REQUIRED to pay union dues and to have my job I AM REQUIRED to be part of the union… my union is SEIU and they spent millions of our REQUIRED dues to pay for ads for Obama when we have not had a pay raise in 7 years and no change to heath care for 12 years…

I would love more then anything to leave my union… $48 a month going to political nothingness when they should be working for us… and my union SEIU does what ever the University wants because they have no backbone… but I still get the ads to vote for Obama…

Wow…
I so totally did not see this one coming…

I mean, the AFL-CIO have only endorsed every liberal presidential candidate since dinosaurs roamed the earth…

I'm shocked that they would make such a drastic change of support…

This is not news, except to the Obamabots who get all excited about everyt story posted about him, and don't know anything about political history. (READ A BOOK)

Dems be dopes

You have absolutely got to be REPUBLICAN, not even the PUMA PAC would post comments such as yours!

So please, why don't you crawl back under that rock that you were hiding under!

Generation X,

That was such a great comment!

Thank You!

Danny from above got Thomas good. Good point D!

This is great news! I pray everyday that Obama will win! His vision for our nation and the world is what I want for my grandkids. A place where we respect each other. With Obama to lead us this may be possible. He's a good and decent man. He's kind and he's tough when need be and always will be fair and open-minded. What a novel idea he has that before picking up a gun, have a conversation-Depolmacy-how refreshing!

AFL-CIO supporting a liberal democrat…big surprise!

Obama critisized President Bill Cliton's 8 years comparing it almost
equal to that of President Bush inspite it was one of the most prosperous and peceful period .

Now the same Obama wants Bill Clitinton to endorse him and support
his campaign.

Obama has no shame for after all he his also a politician.

Obama for Prez!!! Lets Go Dems!!!

Just for the record for those of you that think unions killed the big 3, they killed themselves. While our foreign competitors were creating more fuel efficient, higher quality cars the big 3 focused on SUVs’ and trucks. They are now scrambling to produce smaller fuel efficient cars that can compete… oops.

MC CAIN IS GOING DOWN

I’m Republican, and I'm voting for Obama,

Republicans for Obama

WHAT BIG DEAL IS THAT. ANOTHER CROOKED UNION. DNC HAS GIVEN THIS RACE TO OBAMA ,NOW REALITY SITS IN FOR HIM. HIS LITTLE FANTASY WORLD WITH HIS YOUNG CULT WILL FINALLY SHOW HIS REAL COLORS.O.B. IS A JOKE JUST LIKE HIS YOUNG HATERS.

Jimmy Hoffa is rolling in his grave!

Oh dear how shocking that a union endorsed a democrat1 unqualified at that.

OPERATION CHAOS = PUMA (Poor uneducated miserable adults)

Members;
Brian TN = President
Charlotte = VP
Belle 1 & Belle 2 = same person
Jim PA = under new identity
Clinton Supporter = GOP
Jan FL = tool
Sharon MN = Rush tool
Karen, FL = under new identity

GUESS WHAT REPUBLICANS = NOT THIS TIME!!!

I am a member of a Union - not by choice, But I will not vote for Obama. As a matter of fact. Any info I get from my unioin, gets sent right back to them with a McCain sticker. They take my money, but not my vote.

This time the unions will make a difference! Count Obama as winner in Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, among the big "swing" states.

ny, that is one profound statement. How did you come up with "Dr. NO"? Oh, that's right. You're just repeating the McCain camp's statements like a good little repub parrot. Want a cracker?

And you all know d@mn well that if McBush was able to somehow convince a union into supporting his insane policies, you would call unions the greatest thing to ever happen to this country.

Hey, ny: stupid comments like yours only show ignorance, bias and racism. Why can't you focus on issues rather than nonsense. If that's all you have to offer than it is clear to me that Senator Obama will be our next President. Show some respect. As much as I disagree with our current President I have never gotten into that kind of name calling. You need to grow up and get real.

I'll never figure out how winning more delegates and more of the legitimate popular vote and more states and more superdelegates = Obama cheated and was handed the election by the DNC.

And for all the people who keep telling Hillary to run as an independent, with what money? She couldn't run as a Democrat in the primary without loaning herself millions and still winding up deep in the red. Where would she get the means to run as an independent? And even if she could, would you want somebody that bad with management in charge of the country? She couldn't run a campaign, what makes you think she'll run the country well?

Fuss and pout if you want to. Obama wins anyway.

Like this is news…….. Did we think they would endorse Bob Barr????? CNN must have needed filler.

No!!! Thmas,
On the contrary, It really sucks to be you "buddy".

The fact that you don't like OBAMA 08 and knowing fully well there ain't nothing you can do about his support. Come on, you're smarter thatn that, don't let your little feelings get in the way of what you really know to be the truth.

OBAMA 08!

No surprise here. The Union Bosses always support the democratic candidate. If not, they get busted and are out of a job by the bigger and badly corrupted organization bosses.

As an ex-democrat, I am a believer in unions when they are fair and helpful but not in Barack Obama or a DNC that's lost it's sense of democratic fairness.

I hope when it comes to individual choice in November the members will pay attention to ALL the other issues at stake and make their choice for John McCain a centrist Republican who cares for all people, not just left or right radicals.

"UNIONS KILLED THE AUTOMOTIVE"?

Industry? Is that the word you left out?

No no no… the American auto industry SUCKING is what killed it. Not the unions. If it were not for them, it would have folded up a long time ago.

I do believe that honesty, intelligence, ambition, generosity, loyalty, and comjmitment always prevails. Great job Barack Obama! We, the American people are extremely proud of your professionalism and love for this great country and ALL the people in it. We will fight honestly, professionally and respectfully along with you on your journey to being the next President of the United States of Amercia!

It's time we Rock with BARACK!!!

Brandon Hillary Democrat for Mc Cain
June 24th, 2008 3:58 pm ET

"What accomplishments does Obama have on his resume that benefitted organized labor."

Another republican trying to divide democrats!! We know the game
Obama has done a lot in his home state,
I can't wait to see OBAMA PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
YES WE CAN

JD, oh wait a second, was it not McCain trying to do a immigration bill together with Ted Kennedy ?? considering alot more republicans have companies, they are the ones benefiting from it.. low pay, no human right, slavery, no tax to pay…

Where the democrats wanna make them a part of usa, so they can pay tax, help with their children's education..

Yeah they may not all vote for OBAMA but if they know whats good for their UNION they will!!!! Oh Yeah…. Some is better than NONE

Obama 08

You are all HILARIOUS!!!! Hello they will back the Democrat this year. They have already come out and said it. Of course Obama is getting their vote, because he's the only Democrat on the ticket . . . . wake up people. PRESIDENT OBAMA . . . .HAHAHAHAH

We are coming and we cannot be stopped. Its OUR America now. Obama 08.

RE: JD, get your facts straight. It's the Republicans who won't crack down on the employers who hire illegal immigrants. That is the real fix to the problem. You know their motto…big business rules!
The Dems need to come back to the working blue collar Americans and quit taking sides with the minorities just for a vote. It hasn't worked out so well for them in the last 40 years. Then they shove Obama down our throats…I've had it with both Parties. No Obama, No McCain.

BARACK……………Watch your back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

JDC // Ohio So what? Labor unions are so unimportant these days!……and so are YOU !!!!!!
oil rules …. The labor organizations should be disbanded. Look at how their policies have helped lead to 4 major GM plant closures recently. Union help ya there, friend? Unions were obviously an important factor in fair labor practices at one time. Now the union bosses are just in for themselves, their power, and YOUR money. They registered as a 527 yet??you are DISBANNED!!!!!!

The country was built on the backs of unionized workers. They are the home-grown, gritty, patriotic counterpart to our American soliders. They fought and even died for fair wages, safe conditions, and humane hours. Period. Before you start spouting off Republican big business talking points, do your homework. And we will be out in force for Obama, keeping that great American engine humming.

Obama '08

We need everyone everywhere to help us put new leadership in the white house. President bush has ran the country like Senator Clinton ran her Presidential bid.. In major debt…..

While I'm at it…….

The first change we were told to expect was when the Dems took over Congress in 2006.

We saw change!

Unemployment is up, gas prices are up, food prices are up, jobs are scarce.

What went down?

Congressional approval rating……now at 12%, 10 points lower than Pres Bush approval rating.

I just can't wait to see what happens if we elect this empty suit with no experience and the Dems control everything.

But we will feel good about ourselves.

His name is the only one on the ballot?

Hummmmmm, sounds like Chicago Politics at it's best.

He must feel right at home with only his name on the ballot.

Perhaps, some of these endorsements should wait until after the convention. Last I checked, his official title is….
PRESUMPTIVE NOMINEE

This will certainly help Senator Obama in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan.
This can't help Senator McCain in those states and further puts his camp in negative attack mode. Which in turn goes directly towards what Obama said a couple of weeks ago when he said "they'll try to make us out to be scary."

Unions aren't what they were when they were created. Now they are just like Obama….Money in their pockets (leaders) is all they are interested in…they don't care about the people anymore.

Get real

Unless you are rich any working benfits you got came yuo got because of the union.

To all you union members that lost jobs…

Who signed NAFTA?

This is a huge victory. Expected? Yes, but still huge. Sen. Obama's policies are definitely aimed at giving aid to those who are part of these unions. Good for them!

Grampy Mcsame and the republicans do not like unions. Every large company that I worked for always discouraged unions. Why do you think that is?

Who cares, we still aren't going to vote for Obama!!!

EMPTY SUIT OBAMA, if the UNIONS are that STUPID…toooooo bad for them!!

EVERYONEHAS TO VOTE`!`

It is our only hope of beating McSame!`

EVERYONEHAS TO VOTE`!`

It is our only hope of beating McSame.

Great! Welcome aboard a winning campaign!

YES WE CAN!

Democrats are big on cheap, illegal immigrant labor, and that is great for Unions! Oh, wait, no it's not…. But NAFTA, which the Democrats created, was GREAT for Unions! Oh, wait, it really wasn't….never mind….

If he is the only one on the ballot, it sounds like me its the DNC in action.

Obama is a lier. He is Dr. NO
Can he, his family and his friends come out and admit they love America and Americans??

So what? Labor unions are so unimportant these days!

United States of Obama!!!!!!!!!

NO

I almost hope Obama gets elected just so we can say, what happened to change

I am very please to see people getting to know how great a leader Obama is, people with brain and who can see past his color see once in life time leader when they see obama. I can't wait to see Obama as our 44th president in 2009.

Well, I'm an Obama supporter…. and I say "so what?".

Just because the group as a whole "endorsed" him, doesn't mean everyone will vote for him on election day.

Those endorsements are a bit silly.

And on ……5….4….3…..2…..1 here comes the republican tools and the PUMA (Poor uneducated miserable adults) NUTS, Hilliary was cheated, Obama is an empty suit, all speeches, vote Hillary or McCain, DNC gave it to Obama……and so on and on…on…on……Guess what idiots, NOT THIS TIME!!!!

"a change is a comin' "

THANK YOU

BOY, if this is true, it is absolutely AWESOME! 10.5MILLION MEMBERS, WOW………

BARACK SUPPORTERS , WE ARE ROOTING FOR YOU!

Mcbush is going to have a lot of trouble come November when Democrats get out to vote effort far out weighs the Republicans

Thanks AFL-CIO. Obama worked with people on the south side of chicago in the shadows of steel mills, so he knows what's up. Kick that bumbling poster-boy for senility McSame to the curb and lets get this country back on track and moving forward. Obama 2008!

Great I will get more spam from my union to vote for Obama, I love that the money I AM REQUIRED to give to my union is used to make ads for a person I DON'T want…

WELL WELL THEN Quit your UNION protected JOB then Thomas. LEAVE your benefits, healthcare and retirement AND COME OUT HERE WHERE IT IS COLD OUTSIDE!!!

Or Shut up and behave.

All the Hillary's sidekicks.. you have to just watch Obama win with a Landslide majority and weep.. This is in-evitable.
Go get a life , your madam is $20 million in debt due to her ego and lying nature.
All the McCain's sidekicks…by the general elections McCain is due to be admitted to some Phsyciatric care with his brainless skull bolted to a bed. So you too sit and weep or vote for Obama.
No matter how much you want to stay corrupted, Obama will not let that happen.
OBAMA (2008 -16)

Thomas June 24th, 2008 3:37 pm ET

Great I will get more spam from my union to vote for Obama, I love that the money I AM REQUIRED to give to my union is used to make ads for a person I DON'T want…

WELL WELL THEN Quit your UNION protected JOB then Thomas. LEAVE your benefits, healthcare and retirement AND COME OUT HERE WHERE IT IS COLD OUTSIDE!!!

Or Shut up and behave.

I wish they would hold off till they see who the VP will be on the ticket.
They don't have to pledge themselves right now.

And who is backing McCain ??. Anybody… anybody out there ??

HEY It is a LUCKY thing that OBAMA PUT Hillary on the Ticket or he would have NEVER GOTTEN THIS………………………………………OH WAIT!! Sorry I was seeing so much of that BS on the Net I was beginning to believe it.

Obama is doing JUST fine. Women are NOT Stupid ( well most of them) and the rest of them can break out the Cash a pay Hillarys debt off.

Keep drinking the kool-aid lefties. Shocking. A labor union that pushes up wages and forces companies to ship jobs overseas. Great!!! Gotta love them.

What accomplishments does Obama have on his resume that benefitted organized labor.
Just Another Special Interest Group voting for a democrat with no accomplishments to back up the cheap talk and hype.

NO UNIONS DIDN'T KILL THE AUTO INDUSTRY! THE AUTO INDUSTRY KILLED ITSELF BY NOT GIVEN US, QUALITY CARS; BY NOT HAVING A 'VISION' AND SEING THE COMING OIL SHORTAGE (WHICH IS ON ITS WAY!).

In 1988, we decided to support the American auto industry and we bought a brand new Ford van and a brand new chevy Beretta! Within 5 years, the paint was peeling, the Ford had been in the shop several times….. after the warranty expired, of course! This taught us a lesson……. never again would we buy a domestic car! Add that to the miserably poor gas mileage and we had two lemons on our hands! We have bought foreign ever since. Our first Toyota, lasted 20 years before we TRADED it for a new one! Sorry the U.S. auto industry shot itself in the foot! We have to face REALITY, and LEARN for our mistakes! Something the American Auto Industry knows nothing about!

A VOTE FOR MCCAIN IS A VOTE FOR MORE WAR, MORE FAILED POLICIES, MOUNTING NATIONAL DEBT….. ISN'T OVER $10 TRILLION WE OWE TO THE SAUDIS, DUBAI & CHINA ENOUGH???
THANKS GEORGE W. BUSH! NO SIR, WONT BE FOOLED AGAIN!

Barry is using his platform of change to use poor union worker's money to push him into the biggest con-job of the century. It is shameful and disrespectful. I'm so glad to be from a red state…….

Unions should not support either party it should be up to the employees on who they want there money to go. I wonder what there going to do once Obama starts taxing the corporation. More UNION jobs are leaving the USA. O Well.

your going down mccain and i cant wait you are not the president we need right now or ever you are a dangerous man both for us and our country and our world go obama your the one we need

"Obama’s name is the only one on the ballots which were faxed out Tuesday"

What kind of democracy is this? Saddam used to do the same thing, and we all said that was wrong.

see i guess Obama does like the working man/woman…we like him. Elitist? go figure

To Thomas: Don't like unions? Leave. No one is forcing you to stay with it, let alone contribute to it. If you are part of a union, you are part of what it stands for. And the AFL-CIO will stand behind Obama. Quit your whining.

No what killed the American auto industry was they forgot that you don't just build cars you build a relationship, why do you think people buy toyotas and Hondas over and over, its because they know hey are getting a quality car each time, America taught the japanese how to build a reputation but then forgot those lessons for themselves, now the Japanese are drinking their milkshakes

A labor union supporting a democrat?????

What a topsy-turvy world we live in

Way to go. Bush-McCain always chokes on the word labour unions. They have no plan for us. Lets elect Obama and the Dems for a better day in the lives hof LABOUR!!!

McSAME = BIG OIL + Wealthy Tax Cuts

One nation under God…. Obama for President….

Obama 08….

If Obama is against NAFTA then how in the right mind can unions support him.

All of you idiots got the union to thank for what your parents ,and grand parents have if you supported the union's or vinvested in america instead of third world goods we'd be well off Obama in 08.

Hey Mccain . . . Is That The Swiftboat I See On The Horizon?

GO AFL-CIO!!!!

THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT BUILT & MAINTAIN THIS NATION,

AND GOT THE SHAFT, WITH THE REST OF US, FROM THE

BUSH & MCBUSH ADMINISTRATION & BUSH SR.

Does McCain have any unions backing him at all? I haven't heard anything…

***crickets****

In Your Face Mccain!

"With an outreach of more than 13 million registered voters in 23 ‘top-tier’ states, the AFL-CIO is budgeted to spend $53.4 million via mailers, phone calls, door to door and work site visits and has not yet ruled out television advertisements. Collectively, the 56 unions expect to spend $200 million in the 2008 election between, Presidential, Senate and House races nationwide." - CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE IN?????

Great I will get more spam from my union to vote for Obama, I love that the money I AM REQUIRED to give to my union is used to make ads for a person I DON'T want…

UNIONS AND OBAMA SUCK!

Very nice. Another 10.5 million votes McCain's gonna have to make up for somewhere.

Thats a no brainer

Obama=Liberal
Union=Laziness
Liberal=Laziness
Union =Obama

Unions killed the automotive so its par for the course

Lets All Take A Deep Breath And Say It Together. . . . President Obama . . . .doesnt That Feel Better!?

Americans Fighting Lieberman- Cut it Out

The labor organizations should be disbanded. Look at how their policies have helped lead to 4 major GM plant closures recently. Union help ya there, friend? Unions were obviously an important factor in fair labor practices at one time. Now the union bosses are just in for themselves, their power, and YOUR money. They registered as a 527 yet??

AFL-CIO top that mccain. Go Obama 08.