Obama knew what he was doing picking Biden for VP - The One almost looks sane by comparison:
- Raising the specter of labor fights picked by Republican governors with public workers unions across the country, Vice President Joe Biden lambasted what he called an increasingly union-hostile “new” Republican Party in remarks delivered to National Education Association representatives today in Chicago.
“There is an organized effort to place blame for budget shortfalls on educators and other public workers. It is one of the biggest scams in modern American history,” Biden said...
Meanwhile, in the very city Biden gave his speech....
- Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s new hand-picked Chicago School Board fired a shot across the bow at the Chicago Teachers Union and other school workers on Wednesday, unanimously agreeing the system did not have the money to cover four percent raises worth $100 million.
- Gov. Pat Quinn said Tuesday that he’s ready for a possible lawsuit from the state’s largest employee union after he moved to block raises for 33,000 workers that were scheduled to go into effect last week.
Yup. Those damn republicans. Working hand in hand with Rahm Emanuel and Pat Quinn to deny unions their negotiated pay raises.