Friday, October 26, 2007

Carpenters Union Backs Hillary

Meet Hillary Clinton's latest backers: New York City's Carpenters union. On Thursday October 25, Michael Forde, the head of one of the most powerful construction unions in the state, threw his 25,000-member New York District Council of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners behind Clinton's White House run.

The eyebrow-raising, closed-door endorsement broke ranks with the national union.

"Hillary is a friend of the carpenters - always has been," said a union member leaving the endorsement.

"She's a friend of labor," said another. The national carpenters union has backed John Edwards.

Hillary and the carpenters have a history together, in 2000 Forde, backed Hillary during her 2000 Senate run.


3 comments:

  1. This is perfect, Rudy will easily beat her...GO RUDY

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  2. This is a great endorsement! Of all the things I've heard the other candidates say, either Republican or Democrat, Hillary Clinton's statements seem to make the most sense to me.

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  3. Thank God, Rudy and his grotesque use of 9-11 for political gain will now finally fade away.

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