I remember Clinton had both houses of Congress for two years, and I remember he didn’t push to get a bill out of committee that would have banned the permanent replacement of striking workers.

Any candidate that does not support working people is dead to me – I can’t afford 4 more years of proto-fascism or third-way sell-outs.

Edwards gets it. I supported him ever since his Senate run and will continue. He is running a different campaign. Rather than making deals with traditional powers that be, he is making his case directly to the people.

Plus, I have never had a president I am proud of, the way my grandparents loved FDR, or the way my parents loved JFK.

It’s time to change that, and 2008 is going to be our year.

Jordan, is there a labor run website that has info on products made by good companies? Good, of course, by union labor standards? I’ve seen some info on Ford, as an example, that lists their automotive products made in the US at union plants.

I used to buy clothes by looking for the union label, but there are few places locally to find any.

Failing such a place to look for good products, the flip side of my request would be for a site that keeps a list of actively anti worker companies.

Here you go!

http://www.ethicalconsumer.org…..s_list.htm

http://www.unionlabel.org/?zon…..ge=Boycott

Corporations can borrow money to assist with strike breaking? Ick… that’s not very attractive.

and both the interest on the loan and the billion dollars of union busting it buys are tax-deductible business expenses.

The Tax Code subsidizies the destruction of organized labor – the lobbyists got just the result they paid for.

Gucci Gulch don’t line up outside of Seante hearing rooms to help the poor folk.

Jo Fish, who do you like in the game this weekend? (Kidding.)

Jordan, what do you know about the AK Steel strike ongoing in Middletown, OH? My brother in law’s stepdad works there, and has been working 12 hour days since February to keep up with production.

That’s my hometown. Hope they don’t just totally close the mill, it would kill the town.

Edwards can and is going to be hit with the “trial lawyer” tag. As if anyone wouldn’t want him defending their rights. But the association they will make is with the ambulance chasers and shysters seen during Jerry Springer.

Twisted Martini @14
In the recent Ia-01 race, Mike Whalen-R tried that tactic against Bruce Braley and even had Cheney fly in for a fundraiser. The day before the election Giuliani was in Dubuque to campaign for Whalen. Braley still won because he ran an effective campaign hitting hard on protecting low, middle incomes and especially protecting Social Security.
I am sure you are right on the slime factor, but maybe, just maybe imho, Americans are looking beyond slime to see who will really protect them.
Disclosure notice. I really like Edward’s “Two America’s” theme but am not convinced he can win…yet.

OT–

Lookee here– this was so close! Thank you Virginia and though 53% showed up, we have to do better all over the country. Every vote is precious.

It’s official — Democrat Jim Webb won the U.S. Senate race by 9,329 votes over Republican incumbent George Allen.

The state Board of Elections yesterday officially certified the results of the Nov. 7 election. Webb edged Allen by four-tenths of 1 percent. Webb, making his first bid for elective office, took 1,175,606 votes, or 49.6 percent of the vote, to Allen’s 1,166,277 votes, or 49.2 percent.

Independent Gail Parker got 1.1 percent of the ballots cast, or 26,102 votes. Statewide, 53 percent of registered voters went to the polls.

http://www.timesdispatch.com/s…..sicArticle

I used to buy clothes by looking for the union label, but there are few places locally to find any.

Failing such a place to look for good products, the flip side of my request would be for a site that keeps a list of actively anti worker companies.