Kerry campaign shoots it's self in the foot over"Steelworkers for Bush"

When Bush* appeared in Wheeling WV a few weeks ago there were a few people behind him wearing Steelworkers for Bush* t-shirts and one of them introduced Bush*. This area has two steel unions the USWA and the ISU that represent several thousand members each. Instead of just letting this go the union bosses tried to intimidate the people that supported Bush* by saying they didn't think they were real steelworkers and they were going to investigate them. If you take several thousand people everyone is not going to be in lock-step with the union bosses. Here is a link showing what this screw up has lead to.

http://www.news-register.net/edit/story/0911202004_edt01.asp

For the last week this has been a front page story in the local papers and broadcast news media.

They sure like those union bennies, though.

If it turns out these people are not part of the union, it will be a big knock for Bush & Co. It might even become a national story.

Just my thought.

They are just another bunch of ignorant people.

knowing that the Kerry camp would be blamed.

:headbang:
rocknation

Notice how often the passive voice was used, e.g., "rumors were spread..."? There is no evidence presented in this article AT ALL that Kerry's campaign did the spreading or had anything to do whatsoever with the perceived problems. This particular group simply chose to blame Kerry's campaign and write a letter to them. Gee, I wonder why "Steelworkers for Bush" would choose to blame Kerry with no evidence that Kerry is responsible? I can't imagine why...

and it was probably spread by the bush people

Nowhere in that story does it say that the union bosses OR the Kerry campaign were trying to intimidate the steelworkers. In fact, it said, "Officials of both the United Steel Workers of America and the Independent Steelworkers Union, having endorsed Kerry, have added that they support the right of union members to dissent.

Now if we get Cops for Bush, Cowboys For Bush, Indian Chiefs For Bush, Sailors For Bush, and Leather Clad Bikers For Bush to go along with Steelworkers For Bush, why, why then we can have...

VILLAGE PEOPLE FOR BUSH!

Boo-oosh coun-try
It's fun to live in Boo-oosh coun-try...

I thought so. :-)

position. You can't expect everyone of 5000 or so members to support Kerry or anyone else. If you lived in this area and knew the history of the steel issue you would know why a lot of the steelworkers do support Bush*. If they would have just let it go it would have all been forgotten the next day. But by trying to intimidate these people they have made this front page news and have lost Kerry votes in the process.

I read that the Unions issued a statement saying that they support the right of the steelworkers to dissent. Did Teresa tell them to "shove it" or something?

both ways and ended up screwing the pooch big time over the on-again-off-again (some might call it a flip-flop) over tariffs. The industry is in deep shit and guess who's been at the controls?

:wow:

No shit, George W. Bush. Amazing, eh? The Miserable Failure strikes again.

on edit: Perhaps their org should have been called, Dumbass, about-to-be-Darwined Steelworkers for Bush.

stories in the local paper and TV for the last week. One of the people that have made the accusation was none other than the President
of the USWA Leo Gerrard , the rumors aren't coming from the Bush* camp but I'm sure they like fanning the flames. I work in the mill and our union leaders have been spreading the rumors that these people were from different areas and were management people. Read the editorial they are union members at Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel and Weirton Steel now ISG (International Steel Group). The point of this is if the unions would have just let it go it would have been forgotten. When they said officals of the Kerry campaign it is correct because our local union people are involved in the Kerry campaign.

Why would anyone vote against their interest. Republicans want to bust the Unions. Do you understand the meaning of the word UNION? It doesn't mean some or most it means UNION. These people are traitors to their own union and deserve contempt.

support Bush.

Promotions are made by the company based on "many factors"

Love those right wing editorials

:-)

Where in the article does "Kerry campaign shoot itself in the foot"? I must have missed it.

is the last thing you would want to do in this area if you are for Kerry, all this has done here is remind the steelworkers of that.
The union bosses made a big deal over this and gave them tons of free publicity.

There are many more possibilities here. :eyes:

organized labor. "Union Leaders" is proper.

that the Kerry campaign is involved.

what this industry went through from 1998 to 2003. Bush* did stand up for us in our hour of need, if you don't believe it talk to a a few steelworkers. Myself I support Kerry because of the war in Iraq and many other things. The reason I posted this was a little constructive criticism. After reading these posts you have proved my point if you don't agree with something you attack the messenger. The link for the editorial was there you could have searched the archives for other articles if you wanted evidence. Another thing is that a steel mill is a very dangerous place and there are ways to intimidate people that you would not understand.

I was attacking the article (and your rather poor choice of words for the title of this thread.) But like I said, I don't see any Kerry involvement documented in the article, other than that rumors have been spread by somebody.

maybe not the Kerry campaign it's self, did spread rumors and try intimidate these people. If you doubt the bad feelings in this area for the Democratic party because of the Clinton administration may I remind you that Bush* carried WV a state that has almost always voted Democrat. This is also a reason Kerry is having a hard time making any headway in Ohio.

take too much peace and prosperity I guess. :eyes:

I've seen you mention this before and I'm curious what's it's all about. Care to explain or provide some kind of link to read?

ever heard of Karl Rove? I have. In fact, I've been studying his evil ways since 1986 and this smacks so badly of a Rove manuever I had to laugh halfway through it.

The guy really does need to come up with some different ploys. He's got about three tricks in his bag, tops and they are so easy to identify, it's pathetic.