Kent: Kent Brockman here, with Campaign '96: America Flips A Coin. At an appearance this morning, Bill  Clinton made some rather cryptic remarks, which aides attributed to an overly tight necktie.

   Kodos: I am Clin-Ton. As overlord, all will kneel trembling before me and obey my brutal commands. [crosses arms] End communication.

   Marge: Hmm, that's Slick Willie for you, always with the smooth talk.

   -- "Treehouse of Horror VII"

...If unions endorse Clinton I will say they deserve everything they get...

endorse Clinton.  This is just one of many problems.

What a joke, why can't he just say what everyone is thinking?

As a board member, she touted women and the environment but didn't fight anti-union efforts.

 ...by just how thoroughly the right wing in this country has castrated the leadership of just about ALL of America's nominally progressive institutions.

 We've seen stuff like the Sierra Club and NARAL  endorsing Republicans. Progressive religious leaders don't exist in the national debate. A reactionary like Harold Ford is portrayed as a representative African-American leader. And now we're seeing labor "leaders" shrugging off Hillary Clinton's anti-union staffers.

 Democrats take over Congress on a mandate to rein in Bush -- and instead enable him fully. The list goes on.

 Is there anybody, anywhere, willing to stand up for what he's supposed to believe in? And why aren't any such people in leadership roles?

 The 2006 elections gave us a chance to rip up the floorboards. Who would have known there were so many termites underneath.

 If Mitt Romney's chief campaign adviser was an abortion doctor, would the Dobson crowd be so pusillanimous in its objections?

 In recent weeks it's become crystal-clear to me why Democrats lose elections they shouldn't.

Folks:

Hillary was just in Silicon Valley talking about how she loves H1B and L1 visas -

She cares nothing for workers in the US - only folks with lots of $'s to donate to her campaign.

I'm a strong Dem but she makes me wanna puke!

M-

The following is a response from Teamsters Communications Director Bret Caldwell to Marc Ambinder:

Mark, I appreciate your reporting of the Hoffa/Raynor letter to Senator Clinton. However, I want to clarify the Teamsters Union's relationships with President Clinton and Senator Clinton. Immediately after winning election in 1998, Jim Hoffa reached out to President Clinton and established a positive and friendly relationship.

Although Hoffa and the Teamsters vehemently opposed President Clinton's trade policies, it was through this relationship that Clinton's trade agreements during his last two years in office began to include greater labor protections and were closer to the fair-trade deals that Hoffa was seeking. In fact, President Clinton spoke at an event honoring Hoffa in New York in October 1999.

The Teamsters Union has had an extrememly close relationship with Senator Clinton since she first announced her intention to seek elective office. Senator Clinton has a very productive relationship with President Hoffa and Teamsters leaders in New York state, including Gary LaBarbera, President of Teamsters Joint Council 16 in New York.

President Clinton and Senator Clinton each spoke at the Teamsters 100th Anniversary celebration in Washington in 2003. And most recently, Senator Clinton met with our General Executive Board in Washington, D.C. - as did Senator Barack Obama and John Edwards.

Your suggestion that the Teamsters are not fans of the Clintons because they "supported Teamster dissident Ron Carey's presidential bid against Hoffa" couldn't be more off base. First, Hoffa was running to oust the corrupt Carey from office in 1996. Carey was thrown out of the union by a government oversight board in 1997 because of a dues-swap scheme in which he used dues monies in order to cheat democracy in the Teamsters Union. Second, Jim Hoffa and the Teamsters believe that President Clinton and Senator Clinton have fought and continue to fight for working people in this country. While Bush and his cronies have moved to eliminate the middle-class, Senator Clinton has been a leader in the fight for a minimum wage increase and the Employee Free Choice Act. There is no room for mistake here, the Teamsters Union and Jim Hoffa have an excellent relationship with each of the Clintons.

As for the real issue at hand, Mark Penn's company has some unsavory clients and has performed some unsavory work. I'm certain that Jim Hoffa and Bruce Raynor with discuss the issue further with Senator Clinton.

Bret Caldwell, Director of Communications
International Brotherhood of Teamsters

Let's see... Edwards took his law degree and worked on behalf of patients against insurance companies.

Hillary, who could have worked at the law firm of her choice, went to work at a law firm who says:

"We represent management in all forms of state and federal litigation involving claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the American with Disabilities Act, and the Family and Medical Leave Act. We practice before governmental agencies, including, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the National Labor Relations Board, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, the Mine and Safety Health Administration, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and other Department of Labor agencies. We also advise clients on union avoidance, organizing campaigns and union representation elections."

http://www.roselawfirm.com/practice/mana gement.asp

Not hard for this Democrat to decide who to support!