Union leader will blast Sarah Palin, calling her rhetoric 'poisonous'

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/115867-union-leader-will-blast-palin-calling-rhetoric-poisonous


Union leader will blast Sarah Palin, calling her rhetoric 'poisonous'
By Kevin Bogardus - 08/26/10 06:00 AM ET


In a speech Thursday, a prominent labor official will blast former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) for recent anti-union rhetoric.

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, in a speech from Anchorage, Alaska, is expected to criticize the 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate for language that he says could lead to violence by her supporters

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In his Anchorage speech, Trumka will say that kind of rhetoric edges closer to calling for violence. Palin has faced criticism for using cross-hairs on a United States map, posted on her Facebook page, to show what congressional Democrats her political action committee is opposing in the 2010 elections.

"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," Trumka will say. "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."

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A stinking republicon propaganda rag in that Granite State of Mind.

Would they actually publish something intelligent? Then Hell hath frozen over.

Oh well. Nevermind.

No such luck.

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