Obama and the unions

As I read and hear about the "union boss" Jimmy Hoffa making comments about the Tea Party and the Republicans it makes me wonder what he means.  He stated at the rally for Obama, "We got to keep an eye on the battle that we face: The war on workers. And you see it everywhere, it is the Tea Party. And you know, there is only one way to beat and win that war. The one thing about working people is we like a good fight. And you know what? They've got a war, they got a war with us and there's only going to be one winner. It's going to be the workers of Michigan, and America. We're going to win that war," Jimmy Hoffa said to a heavily union crowd.

"President Obama, this is your army. We are ready to march. Let's take these son of bitches out and give America back to an America where we belong," Hoffa added.

What kind of "War" is he referring to?  When he says "Let's take these son of bitches out..." what exactly does he mean?  Watch the video here.

When I hear our Vice President say at a AFL - CIO Rally  "Don't misunderstand what this is, don't misunderstand.. this is not a joke.... not a joke.  Not an applause line.  You are the only folks keeping the barbarians from the gates.  You are the only non-governmental power."  Watch the video here.  Well, Mr. Biden, I will not misunderstand what this is.

Now for Obama.  He makes a speech yesterday at the union rally where Jimmy Hoffa spoke, he says: "We’re going to see if we’ve got some straight shooters in Congress. We’re going to see if congressional Republicans will put country before party," he said. "We’ll give them a plan, and then we’ll say, do you want to create jobs? Then put our construction workers back to work rebuilding America. Do you want to help our companies succeed? Open up new markets for them to sell their products. You want -- you say you’re the party of tax cuts? Well then, prove you’ll fight just as hard for tax cuts for middle-class families as you do for oil companies and the most affluent Americans. Show us what you got."  Read the story and watch the video here.  By the way, the construction workers also have a union.   Maybe Obama needs to think about putting country before the unions. 

According to this article "Labor political spending is hardly negligible. During the 2007-08 election cycle (i.e., the most recent cycle involving a presidential election), unions and their political action committees spent about $400 million on preferred candidates and party organizations. This figure does not even include various in-kind expenditures such as phone banks, mass mailings, media advertising and voter education projects. Most of this money flows into Democratic coffers".:  Read the story here.

As I have mentioned before, The labor unions and their bosses are close to Obama.  Who is Obama looking out for?  The unions get more "power", which means they will be able to control workers.  They have political power now.  All the unions want is power and money.