Weeks ago, anti-union groups began a push poll against card check and the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), obstensibly in support of GOP Sen. Susan Collins. It seems that their efforts are also targeting Chellie Pingree, who is running for our 1st District seat, as Collins Watch has flagged this video of Pingree being ambushed by card check obfuscators, and her deft reply:
Indeed, the EFCA is a complicated conversation, one that opponents want to boil down to the lie that secret voting is being eliminated, I debunked their bullshit here.
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But note how Pingree handles it - by not engaging in their simplification, but instead inviting them in to talk at length about the issue. And as you would expect, the obfuscators have no interest in that - they are not looking to argue the merits of the EFCA or even their own position, but just want to get Pingree to embarrass herself on tape.
We can all learn from this - the right will not fight on its ideas, because it can't. We ought not to make it easy for them by playing their game, but instead change the rules.