Tea Party Wants Obama To Condemn Hoffa's Hot Words
@whiteheather39 (24403)
United States
September 6, 2011 8:40am CST
As he warmed up the crowd for President Obama on Monday in Detroit, Teamsters Union leader James Hoffa declared that the Tea Party is waging war on workers.
And he pledged to the president that unions are "your army. We are ready to march.
Let's take these sons of b1tches out and give America back to America where we belong!"
And so far, as ABC News' Political Punch blog reports, the White House has declined to comment.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/09/06/140209161/tea-party-wants-obama-to-condemn-hoffas-hot-words
What...who... was this a resurrection? I thought this rabble-rouser was declared legally dead July 30, 1982.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Hoffa
What did I miss?
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@TheMetallion (1834)
• United States
6 Sep 11
You've got the quote wrong. He said:
Everybody here's got to vote. If we go back and keep the eye on the prize. Let's take these son of a b!tches out and give America back to America where we belong! Thank you very much!
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/09/05/hoffa-take-out-congressional-republicans/
What you're missing is that James Hoffa is the son of Jimmy Hoffa.
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@whiteheather39 (24403)
• United States
6 Sep 11
I posted the link to the video of EXACTLY what Hoffa said. However it seems you did not open the link. I did not write the whole speech as I preferred myLotters to hear what he said and judge for themselves. So I did not get the part of the quote wrong.
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@GardenGerty (158295)
• United States
6 Sep 11
It would have to be a grandson, that has been so long ago. I do not care what his name is, though, this is inappropriate. If I threatened to take someone out, I would be in a heap of trouble.
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@whiteheather39 (24403)
• United States
6 Sep 11
If it is he had better be careful he does not disappear like "grandpa".
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
7 Sep 11
I did listen to the video. It sounds to me like he's asking his union army to fight with their votes to throw the tea party people out of office. It's ironic, really, because he also says what they need is jobs, jobs, jobs, etc., and they aren't going to get them unless Obama loses his job.
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@anniepa (27955)
• United States
10 Sep 11
He's already caved on the new EPA standards! I'm sorry, but I respectfully disagree. There are regulations that are necessary to protect our people and our environment. IF there are businesses who are sitting on all their money in the hopes a Republican Administration will take over and give them free rein to do whatever they choose it's only because of the anti-government crowd who seems to think they won't be harmed by dirty air and water, unsafe work practices or other unsafe and harmful actions. SOME - not all - business owners are of the mind they can have it all - cheap labor, extremely low or NO taxes and no oversight - and that shouldn't happen in a developed nation like ours.
Annie
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
9 Sep 11
Obama's policies are a large part of what keeps businesses from hiring. His administration has put more burdensome regulations on small businesses who are responsible for most of the jobs in this country. They are afraid to hire because they don't know what new law will hit them next. I could go on and on, but I have to leave for the post office to mail the orders I'm shipping out.
