(CNN) - The president of the AFL-CIO will lambaste Sarah Palin on her home turf Thursday and is set to call the former Alaska governor a "crazy magnet that's pulling people to the right."
"She used to have a job, your governor. You knew her–or thought you did, I know I thought I did," AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka will say during a speech in Anchorage according to his prepared remarks. "She seemed like a decent person, an outdoorswoman. Her husband's a steelworker. She seemed to take some OK stands for working families."
"And then things got weird. After she tied herself to John McCain and they lost, she blew off Alaska. I guess she figured she'd trade up-shoot for a national stage. Alaska was too far from the FOX TV spotlight," Trumka will say. "I bet most of you, on a clear day, can see her hypocrisy from your house."
Read Trumka's full remarks after the jump:
Trumka is in Anchorage for a convention for AFL-CIO families. The focus of his speech is jobs and the economy, but several minutes of the speech is devoted to blasting the former vice-presidential nominee.
Trumka will also mention a term Palin has coined to describe female candidates that she endorses.
"The Mama Grizzlies, Sarah Palin says, just sense when something's not right," Trumka will say. "Well, I wonder if those Mama Grizzlies can sense something's just not right with her."
Trumka's remarks (Palin section bolded):
REMARKS OF AFL-CIO PRESIDENT RICHARD TRUMKA
ALASKA AFL-CIO BIENNIAL CONVENTION
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA
August 26, 2010Thank you, Vince [Beltrami], for welcoming me here to be with the men and women of the Alaska AFL-CIO … .
[To Vince] And thank you for giving me the opportunity to join you, my brother, here at your convention.
[To delegates] Let me tell you something…. your president is something special ... he tells it like it is, and he fights for the way it should be… always
(Lead applause)
It is an incredible honor to be here with ALL of you—the hardest-working men and women in Alaska ….
And it’s a pleasure to visit a place where so many of our working families are still working, thanks to an economy that’s a lot like your great state—huge and quite a distance from the lower 48.
It’s not pretty down in the Great Recession, in the worst national economy in 75 years… 15 million Americans are out of work. Half of them have been unemployed for longer than six months. And as many as 26 million Americans are under-employed, working any job they can find for a fraction of what they once brought in.
Eight percent unemployment in Alaska is not perfect, either, although I hear that your prognosis looks OK – modest job growth in the year to come.
Yet we’re not out of the woods, because America’s middle class will rise or fall together, and we’re under assault – we have been under assault for 30 years. We’ve been targeted… undercut… our rights eroded… our foundation chipped away…. Even some people we trusted as friends and supported have turned their backs on us...
That’s why it’s so important that we continue to stand together…. We’re stronger together. We can secure our futures together… for ourselves, for our children and grandchildren….
We don’t back down… for anybody… or let anyone stand in our way.
A little while ago some of us went down to the Anchorage Sheraton Hotel…. Ever hear of an outfit out of Dallas, Texas, called Remington Hotel Corporation? …….. I’ve heard of them too. Remington owns and operates about 700 hotels…. A lot of big names and top brands…. Hilton…. Crowne Plaza…. Sheraton.... Remington’s Web site boasts that it – and I quote – “provides property management services that outperform the industry.”
“Outperform.” You know what they mean by that: They scrape that extra few dollars off the hides of the working men and women who clean the rooms and launder the sheets, who staff the desks and cook the food….
Remington’s one of the biggest union-busters around.
Remington’s up to their old tricks here in Anchorage. It’s more of the same…. They’re trying to drive out UNITE-HERE, so they can drive down wages and benefits.
And that’s not right.
So we’re going to stand together until we win for the workers and their families at Anchorage Sheraton, until we show Remington that’s not how things are done in Alaska.
And when we win right here in Anchorage, we’re going to win for every working family in America, because we’re not backing down….
And that’s how we’re going to defend our union way of life together.
(Pause)
And across America, we’re going to rebuild our middle class with a simple, one-word plan called jobs.
Remember John F. Kennedy’s line about the rising tide that lifts all boats? He wasn’t talking about a bubble economy or a Reagan economy. It’s working people—working people—who are the tide.
Good jobs are the tide.
When working people rise, so does our economy.
That’s our goal. And we’ve made real progress in Washington in the last 20 months.
I want to talk for a minute about the Obama administration: Without the Obama recovery plan, we'd be in a full-blown depression.
The Obama administration has already created more jobs — even in this weak recovery — than were created during the entire 8 years of George W. Bush.
Many of our members across the country are working today on bridges, highways and other projects funded by recovery dollars. Let’s not forget the jobs in clean energy and school construction…
… and Obama’s executive action to reverse the Bush ban on PLAs … and to prohibit federal contractors from using funds to block union organizing ….
Let’s not forget the great work by our new Secretary of Labor to stop the misclassification of employees by cut-rate contractors.
That’s a record, a real foundation. It’s something to build on. But it’s not enough. It’s nowhere near enough.
To be frank with you, a lot of us anticipated that Congress would have moved faster. That maybe, by now, we would have seen some serious job growth … major investments to rebuild our crumbling education system, our transportation infrastructure, our rail systems. These are the essential investments we’ve called for to rebuild America.
But let’s be clear about why we haven’t seen more. Most of what we see is Republicans fighting Democrats … and sometimes they’re joined by a few Democrats … and we’re living the fall-out.
Here’s the problem. Every time the Democrats and President Obama have proposed jobs legislation, they’ve been blocked by crass maneuvers from the most politically motivated Republican minority we have ever seen – and I really do mean ever.
Look at Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s voting record. She’s marching too close to her party’s leadership, too far from Alaska.
What is this crazy magnet that’s pulling people to the right? I mean, look at your former governor….
Who is she, anyway?
Sarah Palin?
She used to have a job, your governor…. You knew her…. Or thought you did…. I know I thought I did. She seemed like a decent person, an outdoorswoman. Her husband’s a steelworker. She seemed to take some OK stands for working families.
And then things got weird. After she tied herself to John McCain and they lost, she blew off Alaska. I guess she figured she’d trade up…shoot for a national stage. Alaska was too far from the FOX TV spotlight.
I bet most of you, on a clear day, can see her hypocrisy from your house.
I think Sarah Palin quit so she wouldn’t have to be accountable… so she wouldn’t have a record that could be scrutinized…
Instead, she’s hanging out on cable TV, almost a parody of herself, coming out with conspiracy theories about Obama and his “death panels….” Talking about “the real America.” Talking about building schools in “our neighboring country of Afghanistan.” Writing speech notes to herself on her hands.
Sometimes – about Sarah Palin – you just have to laugh…. But it’s not really funny. In this charged political environment, her kind of talk gets dangerous. “Don’t retreat… reload” may seem clever, the kind of bull you hear all the time, but put it in context. She’s using crosshairs to illustrate targeted legislators. She’s on the wrong side of the line there. She’s getting close to calling for violence. And some of her fans take that stuff seriously. We’ve got legislators in America who have been living with death threats since the health care votes.
And down in Tyler, Texas, she’s talking about—and I quote— “union thugs.” What? Her husband’s a union man. Is she calling him a thug? Sarah Palin ought to know what union men and women are.
Oh, she goes to great pains to talk differently about unions and the working people who belong to them, knowing full well we’re one and the same.
But using the term “union thug.” That’s poisonous. There’s history behind that rhetoric. That’s how bosses and politicians in decades past justified the terrorizing of workers, the murdering of organizers….
To me, it just doesn’t seem OK to go where she’s going…. It sits wrong with me…. The Mama Grizzlies, Sarah Palin says, just sense when something’s not right. Well… I wonder if those Mama Grizzlies can sense something’s just not right with her.
Quite frankly, America works because lots of people contribute lots of ideas—that’s good—even when some of them are just plain wrong. But people need to come to the table in good faith. That’s not Sarah Palin. She’ll go down in history like McCarthy. Palinism will become an ugly word.
Who is this woman, anyway? What happened to her?
[Pause]
I can tell you one thing: There’s no question about who we are. We’re right here. We’re everywhere. We’re working people standing together to rebuild America’s middle class. You don’t get there with a cable career, or with the Party of No.
We’ve got a one-word plan called JOBS!
But we’re not going to get our jobs unless we get the right people in Juneau and the right people in Washington.
You’ve got to get Sen. Murkowski loose from Palin’s crazy magnet. You don’t want her to get that far out, too.
Now, you all have made some important progress in Alaska. You’re 10 and 10 against our opponents in the state senate – so with one critical win, you could change the whole dynamic of the legislature.
So you’ve got to get your members excited. Get them motivated. Get them running your program… Knocking on doors… talking to coworkers… leafleting worksites… turning out the vote…
That’s how Senator Murkowski will get the clear message that it’s time to represent Alaska, she’s got to represent working families again, not just the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Union families have to get lit up about what's at stake in Alaska and in America… and no one under any circumstances can sit this one out....
We need a strong showing everywhere…. A clear call for progress…. And let me tell you why: Because if we win these elections on November 2, it’ll strengthen us to fight on November 3… and the next day… and the day after that… for the jobs we need, for the economy we need.
Nobody’s going to give us anything. And people who want better have to understand: If Alaska and America are going to create new jobs with rising wages, stable benefits and promising futures, we've got to work for it.
If you believe that keeping jobs in this country matters, and in returning America to a country that makes things again, work for it.
If you believe that America must invest in transportation and technology, education and the environment, work for it.
If you believe that Wall Street got us into this mess and now must pay its fair share of the costs to get us out, work for it.
Work for it. Stand for it. Stand together. March together. Fight together. Win together. And don't let anyone—anyone—stand in our way.
Thank you. And God bless you all.
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Who cares what the AFL-CIO thinks? These guys have zero credibility among the vast majority of Americans.
WOO HOO!!!
Yeah, I'm clear across the country and it's EASY to see Palin's hypocrisy from my house.
I don't understand why union leaders have turned their backs on the people they are supposed to represent.For them to march against Arizona's new immigration law is shameful.Supporting ilegals to come and take American jobs is not something to be proud of and this is why their membership will continue to suffer.
This woman is a very stupid, I told long time ago....what an idiot.....biggest idiot is sara failing...
I am glad someone has the courage to address Palin as she is, in terms she would use, on her home turf. Everyone else seems to pussy-foot around addressing her directly. If she can't take the punches, get out of the ring!
Union = crooks. Unions are nothing more than a bunch of legal money grubbing thugs. They have gone from protecting the rights of workers and being a teaching tool to seeing how much money and benefits they can get for the workers. They protect the "rights" of lousy workers who should be fired. I belonged to the AFL-CIO for years and they are only interested in what brings them more $$.
The only people working , with the help of the Stimulus, is Union Workers......The other American can be homeless and worry about their children, for unless you belong to a Union, your out of luck. Everyone has the right to work, but Unions and Uni0n supported Democrats make it impossible. How many Union Representative are in the unemployment lines? Ask you self this question! Democrats concentrate on re=election more than helping the American Citizen.
It's about time that someone stood up and put this hate-filled nimrod
in her PROPER place. She knows absolutely nothing about anything
that matters to most REAL AMERICANS , and it is past time for CNN,
FOX and the entire world -to stop giving her a platform to spread her
hate and ignorance.
Hooray! Someone, finally, talking about the true Sarah Palin that doesn't have to be too concerned about being politically correct when describing her. Sarah Palin is a very dangerous combination of adoration, arrogance and ignorance.
Well done Mr. Trumka. The loon Palin has been given too much air time and not nearly enough scrutiny.
Well, we've got our opinions on unions and the strong arm goon tactics they use also !
Palin manages to upset a lot of people. The day will come when she is will be a humorous footnote in the history books. Well actually, that day is already here for most Americans. Soundbites and snarkiness can only take you so far, and that`s probably all you`re ever gonna get from Sarah.
Good for the AFL-CIO spokesperson – it is tiresome how much attention the media gives to a spotlight-hogging, imbecile like Sarah Palin. When that Japanese politician made his (somewhat insulting) comment about Americans being monocellular, I'm guessing that he was thinking about the Palins.
Unions will be the death of American business!! They kill our ability to compete. This wacky union boss should look in the mirror before casting any stones...
Only CNN would publish a story like this. A whacked out union exec blasting Palin and a company that is trying to stay in business by averting having scummy, lazy, non-productive union workers, like so many others that have been forced to move out of the country or shut down altogether. Unions are scumbags that steal money from people on the basis that they are to dumb to think for themselves. They degrade and demean success and excellence and strive to steal as much money from those that are successful as possible. That is why they are big Obozo supporters.
"Palin has not yet responded on her Facebook or Twitter pages."
OMG – I am going to wait for this response and I am sure CNN will JUMP ON IT as soon as the PA'IN clicks her SEND button!!!
This is something DEMS need to do – get out there and say what’s REAL and Call this Woman out!!! She is dangerous and every MALE (white) from the RIGHT is blinded by her BOTOX to see it. The PA’IN continues to get a platform so she can to spew the hate!! And for the women that follow her – I just don't know, maybe it’s wishful thinking and they want to LQQK like her...LOL
This is getting very interesting!!!!!!
This is the face of the mafia union boss...........as a former union worker, I feel sorry for all of those out of work, poor, starving union workers who are forced against thier will to join the union or else............while union mafia bosses are living lavishly off all the poor union workers union dues, while the workers and their families go hungry.............I understand that a long long time ago unions helped workers, but now there are many many federal laws that protect workers and their families..........the only reason unions are still around today is to keep money flowing to mafia families..........so sad.........the worst part is that now the mafia owned unions go after minorities because they think that they are not smart, and easy to manipulate........so sad
...You betcha!!
, reload your famous words sara you want people to die, just like she shoots animals. sara give your daughter back her baby , we all know it's not yours!!
Sarah Palin will do anything for power and the money that flows to it. there's a word for that.
And how many AFL-CIO members can see the hypocrisy in their union? They say they stand behind their union members, however support amnesty for illegal immigrants. Once granted, the AFL-CIO lines their pockets with the union dues of the millions of newly legal workers, while they take the jobs of current members.
I like what Mr Trumka has to say, suggest Larry King and interviewers at CNN get him in for interviews. He should be asked of what he thinks of Rush Limbaugh et al. As for preparation, everyone should read transcripts of Rush Limbaugh's 2/28/10 'Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Speech' (if you have the stomach), its on his website. It is quite revealing as to where these so called 'true conservatives' have gotten their ideas, thus exposing their agendas for this 2010 election season.
This guy sounds like he is trying to be a "crazy magnet pulling people to the left"–If he is trying to compete with Sara, he will lose unless he sheds some of his anger....
Yea boy. We really can trust a thug like the president of AFL-CIO.
Somebody needs to ask him how many towns are now ghost towns because of unions and how many jobs have been shipped overseas because of unions.
CNN, will you show some of the speech, or will you cover it up!
When will the American people realize she is a hypcrit and a fraud.
Hardly a surprise that this blow hard union (take the money from the people) moron doesn't support Palin. His message is just hate. He points to her husband who is union, but realize that unions have a stranglehold on jobs and are stifling the economy.
Trumka is nothing but a fat liberal bootlicking nitwit.
I bet he can see my fridge from his house.
She left Alaska in great shape and only left office as the Dumocrats and libtards were making garbage up and costing the state money defending the lies.
All the BOGUS charges were dropped after she left.
I can see jealousy from my house you fat jerk........
It doesn't take a clear day to see any neocon's hypocrisy. Just watch the RNC paid posters here.
Why oh why does Palin scare the political left so much? One wonders.
The Left is playing into her hands. Publicity – attack her and she gets more popular it seems.
You Leftists had better be worried about Obama's popularity hitting the tank as well as the economy – and less about Sarah.
Morons.
I love it! The woman belongs on the "funny farm." Her family is a three ring circus! Yet, there are so many nut case extremists out there and to some she makes sense. I wonder about their family and backgrounds of these people if they can find anything of value coming out of this bimbo? I hope they are mostly from Alaska?
One of the most common sense and truthful statements I've read in a long time. It's about time the same people Sarah says she speaks for, call her out for her craziness! Here's to some common-sense, finally!!
Trumka is the poster boy for everything that's wrong with Unions. He say Obama's created more jobs in 19 months than Bush did in 8 years. What's he smoking? 4 million jobs have been lost since Obama took office.
But of course, in the legislation to overcome the Supreme Court ruling, Obama wants to exempt Trumka, his union and their buddies from the political donation requirements of the bill. But anyone with a brain can see through this scam.
Trumka should stay in Alaska permanently and Obama should devote full-time to practicing for the Senior Tour. They way, neither can do more harm than they already have.
As much as I can't stand Sarah Palin the unions are so much worse. These people claim to be laborers but the only thing they ever actually work at is whining to get out of working. Unions are destroying our schools as well as the rest of our nation.
It's about time the Unions stand up to the right-wing nutjobs. Union people had a lot to do with making this country great, still help protect the rights of workers, and are getting a bad rap for standing up to big business. What's wrong with working people getting a decent wage when management is getting rich?
Unions members used to be considered the salt of the earth Americans, until the Repug smear tactics started.
Being dissed by a Union leader, especially the President of the AFL CIO is a badge of honon -- The unions are destroying this nation and bankrupting cities, towns, states, and companies. The unions and the Dems have an unholy alliance – the Dems pay off the unions and the unions keep the Dems in office.
I can see her hypocrisy from Moscow.
I have doubts that Sarah might get a credit which she doesn't deserve. How many people really vote for someone because of her endorsement. How sure the media is that its her effect without even being guided by the Exit Poll?
"I guess she figured she'd trade up-shoot for a national stage. Alaska was too far from the FOX TV spotlight," Trumka will say. "I bet most of you, on a clear day, can see her hypocrisy from your house."
now that's funny
Yeah! Love that one-liner.
The right-wing wackadoodles like Matt, Rickster, and Doug (all probably the same 30-something dude living in mom's basement) posting here sound like shrieking little girls compared to Trumka.
Sara Palin = "Crazy Magnet". Gotta love it, go Trumka.
The unions in the private and the public sector are one of the primary problems adversely affecting the health of the economy. Unions no longers serve a constructive purpose in this new global economy. And when the AFL CIO says standing together makes them atronger – he is referring to the Dems staying in office and the unions robbing robbing sities towns states and corporate America - it is time to toss out this unholy and destructive alliance before the US goes bankrupt
ouch! give it to that psycho palin Mr. Trumka! I love it
Its guys like this, organizations like this, that will bring this country to its knees. Sarah Palin cares more about this country then the Union Boss hack ever will, he is just the head of a bunch of thugs doing the masters bidding. A puppet to the democratic party puppetiers!
Awesome! This Momma Grizzly definitely senses something wrong with that radical, hateful, devisive woman. And I'm so glad he called her out on her analogies to reloading and taking aim at politicians. Is she just so stupid that she doesn't think some of her radical followers would take that seriously? And now "union thugs"?
We have nothing to fear but fear itself, and in this case, Palinism is certainly following the cues of McCarthyism.
"Then things got weird." That's true of the entire right-wing. Once you had intelligent people like William F. Buckley jr., now you have hysterical poison tongue nut cases like Palin and Beck and Limbaugh and Coulter and Hannity and on and on.
People don't understand the history of Labor in this country. One only has to study the history of Coal Miners in the mid 1800s to understand what lengths coal companies and railroad magnates used to intimidate workers who were either working towards unionizing or sympathetic to this diverse bunch of mostly immigrant workers. Want to read about thugs? Read about the Pinkerton Detective agency. Read about the history of the Clan. They hated unions, equated them with communism and targeted them as enemies of this country. What makes me sad is that physical labor built this country and use to be respected. Now, it's a " gasp" if you actually perform physical labor in this country and not worth being paid an actual living wage that will afford one a lifestyle to raise a family in decent conditions. We need to produce tangible goods in this country. We can only export so much debt, credit, and natural resources.
That's the Dems, talking. Just political maneuvering.
I suppose you could look at that way however, you must also consider that given the state of our Nation as a result of the bad governance, corrupt politicians, corporate lobbyist payoffs and poor legislative decisions over the last several Administrations, that she may actually see herself as a patriot championing a much needed cause. A cause that is much bigger and more important than the State of Alaska, the resurrection of our Nation. By the way, if you haven't noticed, it appears McCarthy was right just a little ahead of his time, when did you ever think America would adopt Socialism and Marxism ideologies or elect someone for a President that believes and practices them? Our political system has been infiltrated with these progressive liberals (aka: quasi-SocioMarxists) and used Hollyweird through mass media manipulations as their propaganda machine, sound like McCarthy warnings? We were shooting and at war with over the very same concepts 25 years ago in Vietnam...Oh I forgot, this guy IS a Union Socialist...
How many serious people that you know that craves attention, acts and behaves like a teenager that is light years away from acting like an mature adult...?
John McCain is guilty of giving birth to this extremely despicable person......I'm starting to point my anger towards John McCain for the nightmare that we have come to know as Sarah Palin.....!
Can John McCain be held on charges of treason and crimes against America......?
Palin as "mama grizzly'?
Of the three of her children who have gotten past grade-school age, she has 2 juvenile delinquents and one unwed mother.
Not exactly a stellar track record as a parent.
There is nothing more relaxing than a nice, warm bath, and reading about someone blasting the circus clown, Sarah Palin.
Run, Sarah, run!
Way to go to bad there isn't more men and women that will call out Sarah Palin for what she is and what she represents.......
I can't believe how liberals say Sara is unimportant and then work themselves into frenzies over her. Bit of a contradiction.
typical union leader... would kill the company as long as he gets his union dues and lives high on the hog off the little man,,,,
give this boozo hell trumpka.its about time someone stood up to this witch.if the national media keeps her on a pedistel.she is going to get someone killed.THIS WOMAN QUIT HER JOB.WHERE IS THE REPORTING.THIS WOMAN IS EVIL.
Quite frankly, America works because lots of people contribute lots of ideas—that’s good—even when some of them are just plain wrong. But people need to come to the table in good faith. That’s not Sarah Palin. She’ll go down in history like McCarthy. Palinism will become an ugly word.
He is so right!
The Palin's are just plain lazy and the only thing they want from working class people is MONEY. I'll bet you a million the rich will not part with their money and give it to the Palins.
Those are some great lines. Ms. Palin will probably blame the Lame Stream Unions... or something
As head of the United Mine Workers, Trumka's nationwide strike caused an employee his death when he was shot in the back of the head trying to get through the picketers to go to work, I remember reading about that. He doesn't seem to be a very nice organized labor leader, he seems fearless.
Perfect speech.
Great speech. Thank you from posting it in its entirety.
"I bet most of you, on a clear day, can see her hypocrisy from your house."
Boy, can we all..........
I'm SO GLAD that people are finally seeing "the Twitta Quitta from Wasilla" for what she really is and actually calling her out on it in public. I doubt it will change what she stands for or what she is doing, but maybe it will wake up the blind tea-tards who hang on every word she says............
This dirt bag who is lobbying DC for billions of dollars to shore up their unions pension funds due to them throwing the money away to support re-election/election of demorats. This piece of trash should not be throwing stones because he is the glass house.
Now this is EXACTLY what we need more of...calling the Wasilla Hillbilly what she truly is. You go Mr. Trumka!
The Republicans have FOX, the Democrats have the Unions to shill for them. Is this really news? Come on CNN why not a headline saying AFL-CIO President endorses anything Democrat or Obama.
GMAB
Deranged liberal desperation.....LOL
Finally someone who knows what he is talking about.
God Bless HIM
These union pinheads are ridiculous. They are part of the reason this country sucks so much. They are all a bunch of thugs and bullies.
Maybe this guy should take some of that union payoff money he's getting from Obama and do something with that hilarious looking head of hair he's got.
The AFL-CIO is a trash organization that needs to be gone!
WOW. We need more individuals like Trumka speaking out against the right-wing propaganda and the GOP cheerleader Palin. And that is all Palin is.....an empty-headed cheerleader for the GOP.
I am so glad someone has the guts to speak out against Palin and how she has divided the country the past 2 years. Her hate and things she has said border on TREASON.
This is one man who sees the " real " Sarah Palin.
Hey, the guy who stabbed the NYC cab driver is a Christian. Therefore all Christians want to stab people. I hope they don't try to build a church next door to the cab company. That would be in very poor taste. Have a nice day!
Atta Boy, tell it like it is. What happened to her ??? GREED and she forgot where whe came from . That = LOSER
CNN is already blasting Palin with the speech before it's delivered by the Union party hack. Wow! Talk about Palinophobia.
No, Sarah Palin isn't a "crazy magnet that's pulling people to the right," she's a rallying point for people being driven to the right, fleeing in droves from the excesses of the far-left.
Among the few achievements of Obama and the far left is that they've managed to truly scare Americans who now, in large numbers, fear for not only the economy of the country, but for their own economic futures. Yes, GWB and the neo-cons likely triggered the economic collapse of the country, but, far from helping the situation, Obama, Pelosi, and Reid, have accelerated the disaster with both implicit and explicit threats of much higher taxes and threats of business-killing over-regulation.
Finally! Someone calling her out and showing what she really is money hungry & a lunatic! LOL
I have been able to see her hypocrisy from my house for years now, and I live in Chicago.
I can smell Caribou Barbie from here.
I am not a fan of Palin but if the AFL-CIO PRESIDENT dislikes her then she must be doing something right. She might need to get some security if she has offended the union.
What a jerk...Unions are magnets that pull people to the left....way left. Also, in my view these union bosses are mostly shady charachters.
I'll stop him when he's wrong...
And he isn't wrong.
If you're listening to uneducated trash you're probably getting bad info.
Wake up America,,,Palin is VERY bad for you unless you have a TON of money. She's one expensive wench.
He's right. Palin spouts off nonsense that's at times only semi coherent and other times just sound bite that she conjures up without any real context or meaning. When she does talk about an idea it's usually taken from someone else, but without understanding its meaning or impact. For as much as she complains about the media, she throws herself infront of a camera like a bitch in heat.
Wow! Somebody has been paying attention to the quitter's rantings. Her husband is an eunuch unless he is bullying someone and infringing on their First Amendment rights.. He found himself a new job . . protector of his feebkle nmibded wife. I am sure she calls him worse than "union thug".
AK's unemployment has never been low to start with and please don't complain when your gasoline tax is 8 cents and miine in MD is 23 cents.
Fame, not unwanted just unwarranted happened to her.
This gentleman is a bringer of truth, honesty, and compassion. You don't get this in American society everyday. Palin, Beck, Limbaugh, Oreily, Hannity, The tea party, The Republicans, and Some Democrates, can use a huge dose of this, to combat their ignorance, and the poison they spew.
AFL_CIO== an acronym for freeloader magnet !!!!
Trumka is like the employees at CNN. He's an uber, ultra, hard and far left, virulent, militant, hardline, fundamentalist, extremist, America hating leftist fanatic. He's also a union thug, moron and loser.
Go get her, she's dangerous!
Of course a union leader is going to be against Palin. After 40 years of running businesses into the ground, union leaders are finally being held accountable by Palin and conservative leaders. There was a time and place for unions, but that has past.
I'm no Palin follower, but over the last 20 years I've lost respect for the thug tactics of unions such as SEIU. My father was forced into being part of a union and hated it for 35 years.
Andy Stern is the biggest crook in America... because of union moneys.
This man is a hero for telling the truth about Sarah Palin and her dangerous brand of politics. Sadly, too many Americans can not or will not see that Ms. Palin is intentionally pushing an agenda of hate and fear in order to further her own fame and finances.
Don't you just wish all crooked politician's could wake up today, with a good heart, mind, and spirit? To honestly, and truthfully do things in a manner, that benefits all people? You may be saying: It is'nt possible to please everyone. But, I say: If you are doing righteous work, then all will prosper, not just the greedy.
I like you Mr. Trumka..I couldn't have described lunatic palin any better myself..It is such a shame that we have weak-minded Americans that are used by palin..Her day will come soon..She better save all the money she's taking from the poor..What goes around, comes around
This guy has no room to speak of hypocrisy. The unions served their purpose when it was about the workers. Now it is all about power. A bunch of thug wannabes.
I agree with this statement 100% precent, Sara Palin is a glory grabber, and a money hungry fool.
peace out.
I am no fan of Palin but Trumka is crazy if he tkinks more unionization will help anyone but the overpaid union members. Unions destroy jobs by vastly overpaying for in most cases unskilled labor. Nothing sents a job overseas quicker than a union. Look what the greedy unions did for the auto makers. Unions are the reason bad teachers can't be fired. Unions were created to right wrongs in the work place now they are a destructive force to our economy.
Just another fat, nasty union blow-hard. Unions destroy jobs faster than business can create them but, of course, Barry Obama loves the unions because he has never run anything in his miserable life. This guy, like the rest of the union clowns, needs to shut his pie-hole.
Thank you! Who IS Sarah Palin?
Good for him. He tells it like it is. Sarah Palin has never had any credibility with me, well at least ever since she opened her mouth and sophomoric rhetoric started spewing out. Every time her tweets are reported, it just get more and more juvenile. She's an embarrassment to me as a woman.
Go Rich! Tell Wasilla's village idiot what she needs to hear.
Haha, Hey AFL-CIO do I smell fear ? You should be afraid, you allready broke your pension fun and The Republicans are coming to finish you off !
See you in November !!
RICHARD TRUMKA, very well said. I wish the people will listen and think about what you said. It makes sense!
I can think of no higher honor for a politician than to be "slammed" by a union. This almost makes me want to vote for Palin.