U.S. Approval of Labor Unions Remains Near Record Low
GALLUP
PRINCETON, NJ — A slim majority of 52% of Americans say they approve of labor unions, the second lowest approval rating in Gallup’s 70-year history of this trend, behind only last year’s 48%.
Look For the Union Fable
Ann Coulter, Human Events
Democratic politicians don’t think of themselves as “management.” They don’t respond to union demands for more money by saying, “Are you kidding me?” They say, “Great — get me a raise too!”
Public Unions Must Go
Jonah Goldberg, National Review Online
A crucial distinction has been lost in the debate over Walker’s proposals: Government unions are not the same thing as private-sector unions.
The Scott Walker Fatwas
The Corner
The one analogy between Scott Walker and Hosni Mubarak that the Madison protesters’ bogus narrative gets right? A number of his enemies want him dead.
Click here to view the threats that have been posted on Twitter.
Wisc. and Ind. Democrats: Union Cash Driving Democrats to Run and Hide
Warner Todd Huston, The Union Label
By far unions are the largest donors that Democrats have all up and down the line from local and state to federal. Unions spent over 50 million dollars on Barack Obama’s campaign back in 2008 and they spent another 50 million for the 2010 midterm elections.
Video: The Daily Show Tortures a Camel in Madison
The Weekly Standard
No joke: The Daily Show brought a camel to the protests in Madison the other day, presumably to help make fun of the Cairo/Madison comparisons. As this video shows, the gag didn’t turn out so well.
The real threat to democracy in Wisconsin
Edward Morrisey, The Week
Put aside for the moment the nonsense of equating a newly elected governor’s offering a bill which was fully outlined during the campaign to Germany’s Holocaust-launching, World II-inciting führer. The union protesters are correct. There is a threat to democracy in Wisconsin. The real threat to democracy is the state Senate Democrats who fled Wisconsin.