On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 6:40 AM, Jim Devine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 1. What Obama is saying is that employers should obey the contracts
> they signed, which is hardly radical. Nor is sympathy for the workers
> in this case. Is he saying that workers all over the country should
> emulate these guys? I doubt it.

Name a U.S. President in living memory who would PUBLICLY speak out in
support of workers who were in midst of a factory occupation. The
first order of presidential rhetoric would be to call for the "RESPECT
FOR PROPERTY" and the "RESTORATION OF PEACE". In other words, give up
first and then we'll consider your just demands.

-- 
Sandwichman
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