You would think that the last thing Republicans would do after they and the CEO bosses screwed up the economy would be to run two CEOs in California for Senate and Governor. But they did. Today, AFL-CIO leader Richard Trumka will slam the two CEOs in a rally in California:
"So in the elections for governor and senator, who do the Republicans throw at the problem? Two clueless CEOs: Meg Whitman, who was too shady even for the board of Goldman Sachs; and Carly Fiorina, who laid off 30,000 Hewlett-Packard employees, shipped jobs overseas, got fired — with a $20-plus million golden parachute — and was labeled one of the worst CEOs of all time," Trumka will say.
The Hill: AFL-CIO chief to assail Whitman and Fiorina as 'clueless CEOs'
Fighting for working people and better Democrats, for fighting Democrats. This is exactly what we need.
I wrote about Robin Carnanhan yesterday when she brought it to Roy Blunt and smacked him hard with the truth. It's Time to Kick Ass. "Roy Blunt, the Very Worst of Washington"
1999.
Roy Blunt votes to deregulate Wall Street, eliminating safeguards in place since the Depression.
Nine years later, as the economy collapses, Roy Blunt takes charge in passing the 700 Billion Dollar Wall Street Bailout. Blunt says it's "one of the high points in his time in Congress."
No wonder Wall Street has given Roy Blunt over 1.6 million dollars in contributions.
Roy Blunt, the Very Worst of Washington.
Fighting Democrats willing to tell the truth about Republicans. As Harry Truman said, I tell the truth and the Republicans call it hell. Let's give them a lot of truth and make their campaigns a living hell!
It is time to kick Republican ass, over and over through November.
Today I'm bringing you Mr. Trumka's toughness:
Trumka will link Boxer's reelection and support for Brown to his union's job agenda, accusing the two Republicans of being well in line with their party's other stances on legislation important to the AFL-CIO.
"Queen Meg? She’s not what we need on the throne of the biggest state in the country," he'll say. "And how about Carly Fiorina — who calls offshoring jobs "right-shoring"? She actually said that."
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Trumka said organizing with unions would be one of the best ways to ensure Fiorina's and Whitman's defeat this fall.
"[L]et me tell you why: Because if we win these elections on Nov. 2, it’ll strengthen us to fight on Nov. 3, and the next day, and the day after that, for the jobs we need," he'll say.
"Nobody’s going to hand them to us. And people who want better have to understand: If California and America are going to create new jobs with rising wages, stable benefits and promising futures, we've got to work for it."
The Hill: AFL-CIO chief to assail Whitman and Fiorina as 'clueless CEOs'
Nobody's going to give them to us. We've got to work for it.
Working folks know how to work.
Here's a short (2 minute or so) video on Jerry Brown.
Far superior to Queen Meg who is trying to buy a governorship by spending over $100 M of her own money so far. It's like going to Neiman Marcus: you just buy a governorship. Californians are saying NO!
Help Jerry beat Queen Meg: Go Here to Contribute to Jerry Brown
Here is a short video by Barbara Boxer, a better Dem who opposed the Iraq invasion and the Bush tax cuts:
Help Barbara beat the worst CEO who loves to off-source jobs.
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Help beat the Clueless CEOs.
Update I: Link to the specch text from EVale and AFL-CIO:
Remarks by AFL-CIO President Richard L. Trumka Paychecks Pay the Bills Rally for Jobs Los Angeles, California
Here are some more excerpts:
When public employees, and union workers everywhere, negotiate decent pay and decent benefits, what we do is lift all boats. Every worker in America gets a chance at a better deal.
We need each other. We're strong together. Shoulder-to-shoulder, there's nothing we can't do.
No man, no woman, is an island. But you get enough of us together, and we can build an island! I think we're going to have to throw some opponents of working families off the island!
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And how about Carly Fiorina -- who calls offshoring jobs "right-shoring"? She actually said that. And she says the new Arizona immigration law promoting racial profiling is just fine. And—here's a classic—she says, and I quote: "There is no job that is America's God-given right anymore." So count on her—she doesn't even have the shame to hide her plan—count on her to keep pushing for tax breaks for companies that ship away our jobs, and for rich people just like her.
That's why we've got to fight for Barbara Boxer and Jerry Brown --- because together we can restore California and restore jobs.
So I'm asking you today: Sign up with your local union or CLC for Labor 2010. Volunteer for the phone banks; walk the neighborhood walks; talk to people at your worksite; convince people of what's at stake in California and in America, and that they cannot under any circumstances sit this one out.