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Democrats and Labor Bosses Said, ‘It is impossible to bargain collectively with the government’

February 24th, 2011 · 1 Comment

By Paul R. Hollrah, Guest Blogger Republican governors Scott Walker, Chris Christie, John Kasich, and Mitch Daniels are not the originators of the fear of the overreaching power of public employee unions.  That credit goes to FDR and the president of the AFL-CIO, George Meany.  In 1955, Meany said, “It is impossible to bargain collectively [...]

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Tim Russert Dead of Heart Attack at 58

June 13th, 2008 · 4 Comments

The New York Post is reporting Tim Russert, host/moderator of NBC’s “Meet the Press,” died today after suffering from an apparent heart attack at the network’s Washington news bureau. He was 58. Russert, who also served as managing editor of the NBC program, was only the ninth person ever to be a permanent host of [...]

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Romney Suffers Self-Inflicted ‘Dumbshot’ Wound

December 17th, 2007 · No Comments

“Shoot!” probably isn’t the word Mitt Romney’s using to berate himself over a claim he made on NBC’s Meet The Press program, but it seems appropriate nevertheless. the Republican presidential candidate was, after all, the victim of a self-inflicted “dumbshot” wound Sunday morning — and it’s still “bleeding” today. Under pressure from host Tim Russert [...]

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