Kristol: ‘Thank God Most Of The Workforce Isn’t Unionized’

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Kristol: ‘Thank God Most Of The Workforce Isn’t Unionized’

Earlier this week, hate radio host Rush Limbaugh was dropped from an investor group that was trying to purchase NFL’s St. Louis Rams franchise. Limbaugh’s involvement with the group sparked a week of controversy due to his history of racially divisive commentary. African-American NFL players said they “wouldn’t play” for Limbaugh’s team while the head of the NFL’s players union said he opposed Limbaugh’s bid because sports are meant to reject “discrimination and hatred.”

On Fox News Sunday today, the “All-Stars” jumped to Limbaugh’s defense. NPR’s Juan Williams set up a false comparison, claiming that people don’t complain about MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann announcing football games even though he makes “divisive” statements about conservatives. The Weekly Standard’s Bill Kristol used the NFL player’s union’s opposition to Limbaugh to attack unions in general, saying “thank God most of the workforce isn’t unionized”:

KRISTOL: Thank God most of business isn’t a monopoly. Thank God most of the workforce isn’t unionized. Why could this happen? This could happen because all the NFL players are in one union. Because all the NFL owners are in one club and pressure can be put on them. Thank God there’s more diversity in this country in terms of different industries and different businesses. And people can be controversial and can still find places that are willing to have them.

Watch it: ... http://thinkprogress.org/2009/10/18/kristol-union-nfl/

[Maccagirl]

1. Too bad the media IS a monopoly, eh Billy?

n/t

[HowHasItComeToThis]

7. THIS IS ONE HUMAN I WOULD LIKE TO SLUG

[951-Riverside]

20. What do you mean by "SLUG"? n/t

[sakabatou]

2. Fuck you, Kristol

[Lerkfish]

3. what a tool.

[YOY]

4. Does Olbermann even have 1/4 of the anual cash that Limbaugh has?

n/t

[w4rma]

11. Not even 1/40th. (nt)

[Taverner]

5. Kristol is wrong - and I finally figured out the answer to Capitalism

That is, having the best of both worlds. A capitalist system with the worker benefits of socialism: Unionize ALL jobs.

[BOSSHOG]

6. "Week of controversy??"

It was just the market doing its thing. Just what conservatives want, right?

In limbaugh's America he gets what he wants. Is that what the founding father intended? Fuck no rush. Maybe if you actually DID SOMETHING FOR AMERICA you wouldn't be thought of by the vast majority of Americans as the worthless fucking lonely, hatefilled pedophile douche drug addict that you are.

[abq e streeter]

8. And Kristol's opinions are deemed newsworthy because, um...sorry, can't think of a reason

[Democrats_win]

9. Kristol is such a mommies boy--is it any wonder he hates unionized men?

[malaise]

10. Thank whoever that

Kristol has fucked up his own party every which way that is known to humanity,

[Initech]

12. Why haven't we risen up and overthrown these corporate pieces of shit yet?

[HughMoran]

13. anus

may he burn in hell

[Lasher]

14. Kristol and his elite peers all have contracts.

But he doesn't want the unwashed masses to have them.

[safeinOhio]

15. He didn't get tossed by a union

he got tossed by his capitalist business partners. Too bad he didn't have a union to stand up for him.:rofl:

[Deja Q]

16. In 1984, feature films made comments about people being dicks. In 2009, people are dicks.

And not in a good way.

Bugger off, Kristol.

(note, I'm not even addressing anything he has to say. He's not worth it. Let someone else say the same thing and I might reconsider.)

[Canuckistanian]

17. Thank God nobody heeds Kristol's "advice"

He hasn't been right about a Goddamned thing.

[emulatorloo]

18. Has Bill Kristol ever been right about anything? Seriously . . . n/t

[NC_Nurse]

19. Thank God Bill Kristol is just a worthless pontificator and not in a real job where

he could do more damage. Fortunately, most people realize how WRONG he always is by now.

[Mendocino]

21. But Kristol himself is in a union.

T otally
U nited
R ich
D ude
S ociety

[demosincebirth]

22. He nevers done a hard days work in his life...how does he know about work.

[UTUSN]

23. I caught that. Weird. He repeated "Thank God"!1 n./t

[zbdent]

24. Isn't one of the tenets of union-bashing the "fact" that it stifles people being

rewarded for doing better?

I mean, it's not like there's a few football players with massive salaries, and the rest getting the "NFL minimum wage" (of a few hundred thou a year), right? And only the players with seniority get to play ... and can't be cut or traded ...

[Liberal In Texas]

25. Why does anyone listen to this guy, I don't believe he as EVER been right on ANYTHING. n/t

[arcadian]

26. Fuck You Bill Kristol.

And your father was a dick too.

[olegramps]

27. This from the person who co-founded the PNAC

This man is one of the principle people who are responsible for getting us into the Iraq war. Bush was the PNAC's puppet and they are collectively responsible for the unjustified loss of tens of thousands of innocent men, women and children. In addition to their slaughter they are responsible for bankrupting the country. He is nothing more than a despicable excuse for a human being.

[LondonReign2]

28. Is Juan Williams that stupid?

Or does he just play an idiot on TV for the reich-wing paycheck?

[blindpig]

29. Does it matter?

Know them by their acts.

Juan Williams is the voice of the enemy.

[saltpoint]

30. If you sent over to Central Casting for a manipulative bootlicking

fascist-loving propagandist shiteating malevolent weasel, they'd send you Bill Kristol.

Not to put too fine a point on it.