Obama pals mad about mailer -- from own union

[Alamom]

http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/politics/blog/2007/12/obama_pals_mad_about_mailer_fr.html



Obama pals mad about mailer -- from own union
by Christi Parsons
December 19, 2007 7:00 AM

Barack Obama’s union friends in Illinois are steamed about some anti-Obama mail headed for voters' mailboxes in the next few days.

They’re especially mad that the mail is coming from the political action arm of their own national organization, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees.

True, the national AFSCME organization endorsed Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) over Sen. Obama (D-Ill.) in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. And they’re doing their best to promote their candidate.

But the Chicago-based Council 31 of AFSCME doesn’t support that endorsement – they back Obama instead -- and they think the union ought to stay out of the business of criticizing their Illinois guy.


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Henry Bayer, executive director of Illinois Council 31.
........." I had hoped there wouldn’t be anything negative.”.


But now it looks like there might be. The union's political arm reports a $34,000 independent expenditure on a mailing opposing Obama.

[Bitwit1234]

1. I don't understand this

if the Union is endorsing Hillary why can't they send out mailers for her. How come every body in Illinois is supposed to be obligated to jump and down for Obama whether they want to or not.

[frazzled]

3. It's not about supporting her in the mailer, it's about criticizing him

I understand that to be the issue: of course they can send out pro-Hillary literature; but the local union was unhappy that it apparently contains criticisms of him.

[William769]

2. Sounds like Southern politics to me.

It's a lose lose situation for Obama though.

[Tellurian]

4. K&R

:kick:

:toast: