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White House and Congress Have Union-Label Stamp! by Mark Mix

Posted on October 26, 2010 by

Today, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid are calling the shots in a Union-Label White House and Congress.

So it’s easy to see why the past two years have been a dream come true for Big Labor.

Now, with the November 2 elections rapidly approaching, the union bosses are doing everything they can to hang on to their massive Congressional majorities.

And they’re hoping you WILL NOT read this letter.

You see, the union bosses don’t want you to know which candidates stand with them, and which ones stand with the nearly 80% of Americans that oppose forced unionism.

That’s why I recently sent each of your candidates for U.S. House and Senate a Right to Work Candidate Survey — and why your IMMEDIATE action is needed.

Today, I’m pleased to report to you that Republican Senate candidate Ken Buck and Republican Congressional candidate Scott Tipton have both answered their Candidate Surveys in 100% opposition to forced unionism.

But, I have bad news, too.

So far, Democrat incumbent U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and Democrat incumbent U.S. Congressman John Salazar have refused to pledge 100% opposition to forced unionism.

But John Salazar’s pro-forced-unionism position is no secret.

You see, as a Congressman, John Salazar voted FOR Big Labor’s cherished Card Check Forced Unionism Bill.

If passed, not only would this dangerous bill strip workers of their right to a secret ballot election when union organizers target their workplaces, but it would CRUSH our fragile economy, as well.

Not only that, but Congressman Salazar also voted for the Police and Firefighter Monopoly Bargaining Bill — one of Big Labor’s most far-reaching power grabs.

If passed, this bill could force ALL police officers and firefighters nationwide under union boss control and would wreck state and local budgets.

Now, Big Labor has funneled hundreds of thousands of dollars into both Michael Bennet’s and John Salazar’s campaigns.

It looks like Big Labor can’t wait for Michael Bennet and John Salazar to go back to Washington, D.C. to vote for more forced unionism.

That’s why you need to turn U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and Congressman John Salazar around — before it’s too late.

The fact is, AFL-CIO Boss Richard Trumka and his union boss cohorts have accumulated a one BILLION dollar forced-dues-funded political war chest to smash all Big Labor opposition.

And if they succeed, “Card Check” and the Police and Firefighter Monopoly Bargaining Bill would be just the tip of the iceberg.

The union bosses’ forced-dues wish list also includes:

Passage of a bill that would force ALL state and local public employees across the country under Big Labor’s thumb;

Passage of the so-called “Striker Replacement” Bill, which would force employers to punish workers who decide to work during a strike and virtually guarantee even the most outrageous union boss demands must be met;

Repeal of Section 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Act, wiping out ALL state Right to Work laws nationwide.

Can you imagine the damage even ONE of these bills could do to our economy?

Especially now? Especially considering the economic uncertainty, the lost jobs and the stock market rollercoaster we’ve seen over the past several months?

That’s why it’s crucial you contact ALL of your candidates for the U.S. House and Senate TODAY.

Here’s what you can do to help:

1) Contact Democrat incumbent Senator Michael Bennet and Democrat incumbent Congressman John Salazar, and urge them to return their Candidate Surveys in 100% opposition to the union bosses’ forced-dues agenda.

Please, also, DEMAND that John Salazar apologize for his votes for “Card Check” and the Police and Firefighter Monopoly Bargaining Bill;

2) Contact Republican Senate candidate Ken Buck and Republican House candidate Scott Tipton, and thank them for standing up to Big Labor and pledging 100% opposition to forced unionism.

With so much at stake this year, we’re really stretching our budget to put the heat on the candidates and keep opponents of forced unionism informed.

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Candidates Wooing Tea Party Support by Peter Roper – Pueblo Chieftain

Posted on January 22, 2010 by

CHIEFTAIN PHOTO/CHRIS McLEAN — Members of the audience gathered for a Tea Party meeting Thursday night applaud at the remarks of political candidate Alexander Mugatu.

Local chapter has about 800 members on e-mail lists; 200 attended Thursday’s meeting.

By PETER ROPER

THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAIN

If members of the Southern Colorado Tea Party (SOCO) were feeling cocky at their monthly meeting Thursday night, it was understandable — they’d just seen Massachusetts elect a Republican senator, Scott Brown, with a healthy share of the credit falling to like-minded conservative voters.

“We don’t want any candidates that have been picked by the anointed,” Sheldon Bloedorn, chairman of the local group, told the audience of nearly 200 people at the Pueblo County Conference Center. He was referring to both mainstream Democratic and Republican officials. “We want candidates selected and elected by the people.”

That got cheers and some fist pumps from the audience.

Which is a reason the Tea Party movement could be posing a challenge to Republican candidates as well as Democrats. The local chapter has about 800 members on its e-mail lists and Bloedorn announced the group is endorsing Bob McConnell, a retired Army colonel and lawyer from Steamboat Springs, in the 3rd Congressional District race.

McConnell doesn’t yet have the name recognition or financial support of state Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Cortez, who is also running in the 3rd District race. But McConnell was clearly popular with the local members Thursday night and they are preparing to attend the March 16 GOP precinct caucuses to get themselves elected to the county and state GOP conventions. Meaning they are a new force for the mainstream Republican Party to contend with.

“I had a meeting with (Colorado Republican Party Chairman) Dick Wadhams,” Bloedorn explained to the crowd early in Thursday’s meeting. “And he told me the party is defined by the people who participate in it. And people, we’re going to be participating in it. We’re going to move the Republican Party to the right and that means supporting conservative candidates who believe what we believe.”

Which is why a list of Republican candidates came to the monthly meeting Thursday night to woo that support.

- Dan Maes, a businessman who is running for governor, acknowledged that former U.S. Rep. Scott McInnis is the better-known Republican running for governor this year, but that may not carry much weight in Tea Party circles.

“I’m not a lawyer, is that okay?” Maes asked, knowing the crowd would cheer. McInnis is a lawyer. “I’m not a career politician, is that okay?” Maes went on, getting more cheers. McInnis spent 12 years in Congress. “I’m a conservative and I’m a Republican, and as we all know, those two don’t always go together these days — but with me, you get both.”

Maes clearly understood that scoffing at Democratic themes would be like tossing meat to hungry wolves. “Aren’t you sick and tired of the word ‘green?’ ” he asked to an ovation, saying he would fully develop Colorado’s oil shale and uranium deposits to boost the state’s energy economy.

He made a point of saying he was anti-abortion, opposed to gay marriage, and a strong believer in gun owner rights.

- Cleve Tidwell is a retired businessman running for the U.S. Senate and he even unrolled a copy of the Constitution to illustrate his pledge to stick to it when making laws.

Tidwell is from Georgia and has a soft drawl, but his words were more hard-edged. He will not take campaign money from lobbyists or special interests, he pledged. “That won’t happen. If it does, you call me on the phone and I’ll come home,” he said.

Electing lawyers, lobbyists and others who already work in the political system would just be putting “clones” into the government, according to Tidwell. He’s never been a part of that, he said.

A former Marine, Tidwell said he still reads the Bible at night.

- J.J. Ament is running for state treasurer. The investment banker got a laugh by saying he’d be the first state treasurer in a long time who’d actually been trained in finance. Ament did his best to link Democratic Treasurer Cary Kennedy to Gov. Bill Ritter, saying Kennedy had not opposed any of Ritter’s tax or spending policies.

In fact, most state treasurers get little attention unless they choose it. Former Gov. Roy Romer, for example, used the office to publicly oppose the Colorado Lottery and then ran for governor. But Ament charged that Kennedy had failed to make smart investments with Colorado tax revenues, costing the state money instead of earning more interest revenue.

- Alexander Mugatu, of Pueblo, is running for the state Senate District 3 seat being vacated by retiring Democrat Abel Tapia. Mugatu said he would oppose any efforts in the Legislature to evade the restrictions on taxes and revenue in the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights. He also said he wanted to replace the members of the Colorado Supreme Court.

Mugatu said he would fight to restore state sovereignty from the federal government and “cut the Gordian Knot of socialism” coming from the federal government.

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