The man in the video is named Donnie Box. He is the star of the Bain Capital “scandal” complaining about Romney’s supposed role in shutting down the steel mill he worked in. Neither Mr. Box nor anyone in the Obama campaign bothers to mention that Bain Capital kept the steel mill in question, viable for 8 stinking years.
<<<<< Anyway, Donnie Box still does not care for Romney, but, it seems that he dislikes Barack Obama even more.
From In These Times, a digital magazine
dedicated to Big Labor and the support of the Democrat party, we have this excerpt reflecting Donnie Box’s complaint
against Obama. Donnie is a Democrat, now
and [probably] forever, but he knows
when he has been tricked and lied to.
“I could really care less about Obama," says Box.
"I think Obama is a jerk, a pantywaist, a lightweight, a blowhard. He
hasn't done a goddamn thing that he said he would do. When he had a Democratic
Senate and Democratic Congress, he didn't do a damn thing. He doesn't have the
guts to say what’s on his mind.”
Box’s
refusal to vote for Obama shows the challenges that organized labor faces in convincing
its members to vote for Democrats. Many union members like Box feel the party
hasn’t pushed hard enough for jobs bills or labor law reform while making sure
to pass trade pacts, like the South Korea Free Trade Agreement, which the AFL-CIO and the United Steelworkers
opposed. There really isn’t anything
else that can be said.
One thing for certain, my
characterization of Democrats as non-thinking parrots, mindless followers of those who pretend to
lead, that characterization is a little
off base.
Salute to Donnie Box for being honest.
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