Barry Kisses Union Butt.

The Rev · 09-08-2009, 02:14 AM

Obama Thanks Labor Unions for Building the Largest Middle Class in History
Tuesday, September 08, 2009
By Darlene Superville, Associated Press

President Barack Obama speaks at the AFL-CIO Labor Day picnic in Cincinnati on Monday, Sept. 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Cincinnati (AP) - President Barack Obama declared Monday that modern benefits like paid leave, minimum wage and Social Security "all bear the union label," as he appealed to organized labor to help him win the health care fight in Congress.

"It was labor that helped build the largest middle class in history. So, even if you're not a union member, every American owes something to America's labor movement," said Obama, whose run for the presidency was energized in no small part by unions.

Obama asserted that "our recovery plan is working," but repeated that he won't be satisfied until jobs are much more plentiful.

More Plentiful? Where has this nut been? Oh, I know, up a union members rear!

James B · 09-08-2009, 05:32 AM

I heard about 2 minutes of that speech before it was either Barf or change the channel. I changed the channel.

kevin1 · 09-08-2009, 10:10 AM

Of course he thanked them for building the largest cash cow...er middle class in history. He's been kissing the union's collective(Get it? Collective? hehehe) ases since the election, no news there.