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Obama Advisor Ducks Support For "Card Check"

The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) ShopFloor.org blog highlights the following televised exchange between Jack Welch and Linda Douglass, Senior Advisor on the Obama Campaign.  (Check out NAM's blog for the video.)

Jack Welch: Now I want to know about how he’s going to vote on the Free Choice Act that passed Congress in the last thing. This labor movement where we give up the secret ballot. Now where is he going to come out on giving up the secret ballot in this country? One of the great things this country has.

Linda Douglass: Well I’ve got to tell you that I’m really not prepared that to give you the answer on that particular question Mr. Welch. I hope you won’t fire me.

Ms. Douglass' snark aside, here's the translation:  He's pledged to pass it, but he's seen these survey results too...

 

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Source: American Solutions

Posted on Wednesday, July 2, 2008 at 10:07AM by Registered CommenterEFCA Updates in | Comments Off