Still under Fire over Union Payoffs, Kilroy Gets a Pass
Editorial from your friends at Ohiorednovember
Tomorrow, the overtly partisan Coalition of Labor Union Women (www.cluw.org) will hold phony protests in 100 cities across America, feigning outrage over recent reports of dangerous recalled toys, medicines and foods. While the issue of product safety is indeed serious, the CLUW is not. These protests are blatant electioneering, seeking media attention and publicity over substantive public policy.
For proof of the transparent partisanship of tomorrow’s festivities, one need look no further than to what they have planned for Ohio. For Senator Voinovich, along with Representatives Jordan, Chabot, Boehner, Tiberi, and Schmidt (all Republicans), the CLUW will be hosting “demonstrations”; for Reps Wilson and Space – both Democrats – the CLUW characterizes the events as “friendly”. C’mon, CLUW – at least try to give the events some appearance of legitimacy.
Shame on anyone in the press who treats the substance of the protests with any sort of seriousness, without noting the blatant politics and electioneering at hand here. Product safety is a concern to all of us. CLUW’s overt and pathetic attempts to exploit the topic for partisan advantage belittles the issue, and suggests that CLUW doesn’t think much of the public’s ability to sniff out a phony political photo-op.
However, kudos to someone within CLUW’s leadership for sparing Mary Jo Kilroy the embarrassment of having union protesters stumping around Ohio’s 15th tomorrow, so soon after she paid off her labor supporters with government contracts– evidence that at least someone within the union’s brass isn’t completely CLUW-less.
