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pruner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-21-03 05:09 PM
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Dean gets Public Employees Federation endorsement
November 21, 2003, 3:39 PM EST

ALBANY, N.Y. -- Howard Dean's presidential campaign picked up the endorsement Friday of New York's 52,000-member Public Employees Federation union that represents many white-collar state workers.

The former Vermont governor had earlier won the endorsement of the 265,000-member Civil Service Employees Association that represents many of the state's blue-collar workers.

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"We don't want to be on the sidelines," said PEF Vice President Ken Brynien in announcing the Dean endorsement.

Calling Dean a "strong friend of labor" when he was Vermont governor, Brynien said the former governor's proposals to improve working conditions for nurses _ including such things as banning mandatory overtime _ was a key factor in the endorsement decision by the union's executive board. PEF represents more than 8,000 nurses.

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/ny-bc-ny--dean-labor1121nov21,0,2153613.story?coll=ny-ap-regional-wire
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Hep Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-21-03 05:10 PM
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1. Wow, 52000 new morans
What a bunch of fools!

;)
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Larkspur Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-21-03 05:13 PM
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2. The morons are the other Dem candidates who ignored the Dem base
at their political peril.
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Zynx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-21-03 05:15 PM
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4. Hep is being sarcastic.
Just so you know. He has been on a sarcasm offensive today. ;)
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lastliberalintexas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-21-03 05:15 PM
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5. I think you
need some more kool-aid! :D

That's another good endosement- great to hear it!
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Upfront Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-21-03 05:24 PM
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12. You May Be Wrong
Go vote for Bush you right wing ass!!!!!!!!
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Hep Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-21-03 05:38 PM
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15. That's the spirit!
You're ready for the big time! Fired up is the only way to be.
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slinkerwink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-21-03 05:14 PM
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3. that's awesome!!!!
Go Dean!
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Demobrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-21-03 05:16 PM
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6. Yep. Another 52,000 fools
line up to follow Waffle-Powered Howard over a cliff. Maybe we'll get lucky and they'll go over first, and cushion the fall for the rest of us.
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slinkerwink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-21-03 05:17 PM
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7. hey, at least Kerry will be down there first at the bottom of the cliff
to cushion the "fall" ;-)
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Demobrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-21-03 05:20 PM
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10. I'd rather see Gep go first.
More padding.
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Hep Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-21-03 05:17 PM
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8. Isn't it sad
how stupid all these people are? I mean, DAMN, why are they allowed to breed?
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TLM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-21-03 05:18 PM
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9. And with a little luck in a few days...


he'll have the Congressional Black Caucus.



You know the guy who wins is really going to need to have a big black caucus.
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slinkerwink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-21-03 05:36 PM
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13. here's to hope!
:toast:
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pruner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-21-03 05:37 PM
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14. he's not getting the CBC endorsement
just Elijah Cummings so far.
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otohara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-21-03 05:23 PM
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11. Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
At least the unions are doing what the majority of their members want. It's not just union executives making all the decissions. Unlike our Democratic members of the Senate who vote the opposite of what the majority of democrats want.

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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-21-03 07:01 PM
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16. I'm so happy to see these New Yorkers know
what they are doing! :kick: :toast:

Go Hou Deanies! :D
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slinkerwink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-21-03 07:03 PM
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17. Darn that Dean! How DARE he get endorsements from minorities?!!?!
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