Obama’s 'Organizing for America' is Behind Public Workers' Protests in Wisconsin and Ohio; Students are being Used as Props

'Organizing for Ameria' Behind Protests, Democrats Don’t Show Up for Vote

The Sheeple Are Reacting Just as Planned for the Illuminati to Bring Order Out of Chaos

February 17, 2011

Lonely Conservative - Wisconsin is starting to look like Egypt. As I write this, I see images on television of protesters carrying signs calling Wisconsin Governor Walker a dictator, calling him Mubarek and depicting him as Hitler. The man is only doing what he was elected to do! How does that make him a dictator?

Earlier it was noted that union thugs were showing up at the private residences of Republican lawmakers to intimidate them. Now we find out that Organizing for America, Obama’s campaign arm, is behind the protests.

OfA, as the campaign group is known, has been criticized at times for staying out of local issues like same-sex marraige, but it’s riding to the aide of the public sector unions who hoping to persuade some Republican legislators to oppose Walker’s plan. And while Obama may have his difference with teachers unions, OfA’s engagement with the fight — and Obama’s own clear stance against Walker — mean that he’s remaining loyal to key Democratic Party allies at what is, for them, a very dangerous moment.

OfA Wisconsin’s field efforts include filling buses and building turnout for the rallies this week in Madison, organizing 15 rapid response phone banks urging supporters to call their state legislators, and working on planning and producing rallies, a Democratic Party official in Washington said.

How typical. Something tells me we won’t hear any Democrats talking about the Astroturf nature of the protests.

Meanwhile, the Democrats in the Wisconsin legislature are nowhere to be found. Republican Senators planned on beginning debate on Walker’s bill reining in the unions today, but they can’t do so due to senate rules.

All 14 Senate Democrats were absent when Sen. President Michael Ellis
called role at about 11:30 a.m.

Sen. Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said the Senate needs 20 members
to vote on the bill, meaning one Democrat must be present.

Fitzgerald called the move “disappointing.” Ellis announced to the
Senate audience members he did not know when the chamber would
reconvene.

(Via Maggie) According to JS Online, some of the Senators have fled the state and law enforcement officers are searching for them. These people are in contempt, and apparently our president supports them.

Patrick McIlheran summed things up nicely.

Say you generally liked Gov. Scott Walker’s move to rein in government labor costs but had a few doubts on his method. The last few days should have cleared that up nicely.

The public-sector union tantrums, meant to make lawmakers wobble, have an inadvertent message for the rest of us: Voters can vote all they want. We can elect a cheapskate governor and a Legislature to match. But come the moment, unions will have the last, loudest word.

They’ll have it if takes marches. They’ll have it if it takes what amounts to an illegal strike, with so many Madison teachers calling in sick Wednesday that the district closed schools. If it takes showing up for a we-know-where-your-family-is protest on Walker’s Wauwatosa lawn while he was at work, the unions are sure they can outshout any election result.

This is exactly why Walker is right to limit the unions’ power over government spending.

Walker, remember, is not removing unions’ fundamental power to bargain for wages. He is demanding that state workers put 5.8% of their wages toward retirement and that they cover 12.6% of their health care premiums, which would still have them paying more than $100 less a month than the average schmoe. He is also proposing that elected officials determine the shape of employee benefits without having to bargain them, and this as much as the added cost has unions crying “unfair.”

RTWT. These people are beyond contempt. They talk about democracy – give me a break. Basically they’re telling the people that foot the entire bill for their health care and their retirement to F*** off! They’ll keep on taking, and taking, and taking until everyone is bankrupt. It’s disgusting. And this has nothing, I repeat, nothing, to do with the children!

Update: It isn’t like teachers in Wisconsin aren’t paid well.

People often believe that teachers don’t make a lot of money. Those in the know, though, are aware that compensation in the education industry can be quite generous, especially when you factor in the great vacation schedule and the comprehensive benefits packages that usually go along with teaching. In Wisconsin, teaching salaries averaged $52,644 in 2009-10, according to the National Education Association, with most school districts offering benefits that range from health insurance to retirement plans.

Keep in mind, those figures do not include the generous benefits they receive, which are much, much better than we get in the private sector. Being a teachers union boss is even more lucrative.

Government employee unions’ class warfare rhetoric seems out of place coming from the top union brass.

The MacIver News Service has examined hundreds of pages of public records available through the U.S. Department of Labor and via the online search site Guidestar and found that many of the most prominent union advocates in the state make well in excess of $100,000 a year in salary alone.

For example, Marty Beil, executive director of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME )Council 24 SEPAC, made $161,847 in 2008 according to the organization’s Form 990. That’s considerably more than the $144,423 a year Scott Walker makes as Wisconsin’s Governor.

Despite this, Beil has repeatedly attempted to portray Walker as a member of some upper class elite. In December, Beil said Walker’s treatment of state employees was like “the plantation owner talking to the slaves.”

Do you make more than the person or people paying your salary? Why should they?

Mememorandum has a big thread with plenty of links.

Update 2: The missing Democrats have been found – at a resort in Illinois.

Update 3: Speaker John Boehner released a statement supporting Governor Walker and the voters of Wisconsin.

Update 4: I’m watching ABC News, and the reporting has been quite supportive of the unions. What a shock.

Gateway Pundit reports that the tea party is following the Dems on the run, and he offers a $100 reward to the first to make a citizen’s arrest. It sounds like they could be on their way back from Wisconsin.

Update 5: A tea party activist caught up with a couple of Wisconsin Democrats who are allegedly returning to Illinois to do their jobs. We’ll have to wait and see about that.

Update 6: Doug Ross posted the top 15 photos from the protests in Wisconsin. This one takes the cake.

Just who’s raping whom?

Obama’s 'Organizing for America' Behind Wisconsin Union Thug Protests

He ignored a federal court, he sued the State of Arizona to force his will upon them and now Barack Obama might be playing a role in the protests in Wisconsin calling for the ouster of that state's governor because of he opposes the wishes of some unions closely tied to the Obama administration? - Marcus Carey, bluegrassbulletin.com

February 18, 2011

fireandreamitchell.com - Give one of Politico’s Journolisters Ben Smith some credit. He actually told the truth that Obama’s Organizing for America is behind the protests in Wisconsin’s by the union thugs.

Smith of course tries to sugar coat the whole thing by discussing things like in as same-sex marriage which has absolutely no relevance to this story. Smith also goes on to say Obama has “had his differences with the teacher’s unions” which is another big crock of sh*t.

Organizing for America’s Wisconsin’s twitter account has sent out at least 54 tweets promoting the protests, and plug their blog.

“At a time when most folks are still struggling to get back on their feet, Gov. Walker has asked the state legislature to strip public employees of their collective bargaining rights. Under his plan, park rangers, teachers, and prison guards would no longer be able to fight back if the new Republican majority tries to slash their health benefits or pensions,” Organzing for America's Wisconsin State Director Dan Grandone wrote supporters in an email.

“But that’s not even the most shocking part: The governor has also put the state National Guard on alert in case of ‘labor unrest.’

“We can’t — and won’t — let Scott Walker’s heavy-handed tactics scare us. This Tuesday and Wednesday, February 15th and 16th, volunteers will be attending rallies at the state”

Democratic National Committee Reportedly Behind Wisconsin Protests

As you may have heard, thousands of union workers have stormed the State Capitol in Wisconsin, and are attempting to bully lawmakers into siding with public employee unions just as Wisconsin’s Governor, Scott Walker, is attempting to instill some fiscal responsibility to that state’s budget. Politico has broken the news this morning that Obama’s campaign arm “Organizing for America” is responsible for most of the chaos, and has been filling bus after bus with protestors and shuttled them to the State Capitol. This was not a spontaneous uprising – this was an organized effort by Barack Obama to further his radical, leftist agenda. Obama’s “Organizing for America” has been promoting the effort to instill chaos in Wisconsin, using email lists, Twitter, and Facebook urging liberals in the state to bully lawmakers into siding against Governor Walker. They sent out 54 messages on Twitter alone! This is one more reminder why it is that we must Defeat Barack Obama once and for all. - The Party Of No, Obama’s Campaign Arm Organizing For Amercia Behind WI Protest, February 17, 2011

February 17, 2011

The Daily Caller - The organizing arm of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) that got President Barack Obama elected, “Organizing for America,” is engaging and actively supporting the union protests in Wisconsin – despite DNC Chairman Tim Kaine’s previous stint as governor of a state with employees without collective bargaining rights.

Americans for Limited Government President Bill Wilson sent a letter to Kaine asking him to acknowledge that, in Virginia where he served as governor,

“Public employees get along just fine without having collective bargaining rights, yet you remain silent about this fact and allow your minions to seek to incite protests rather than promoting an understanding that being freed from the shackles of collective bargaining is one of the keys to Virginia’s prosperity.”

The Democratic Party’s official Wisconsin organizing Twitter account — @OFA_WI – has been tweeting from the scene since the protests began. The tweets range from encouraging the protesters to encouraging underage students to join in.

Obama has called Walker’s plans an “assault on unions,” and his Organizing for America campaign group is filling buses and running phone banks in Madison, Wisconsin.

Shocker… Obama Administration Is Behind Chaos in Wisconsin – Students Used as Props

February 17, 2011

Gateway Pundit - Stunner. Barack Obama’s Organizing for America website is helping to organize the “day of rage” protests in Wisconsin.


What a complete shock.

The OFA Wisconsin twitter feed bragged about how they used students as props at their protests today.

Obama’s 'Organizing for America' Funneling Protesters into Wisconsin and Ohio; Indiana to Follow

February 17, 2011

The Blaze - ...Building on the momentum in Wisconsin, OFA has also started to mobilize its army of followers in Ohio and Indiana where measures similar to Gov. Walker’s are taking shape.

On Thursday, an estimated crowd of more than 1,000 descended on the Ohio statehouse in Columbus to march in favor of state workers’ collective-bargaining privileges. According to one report from the Huffington Post, organizing efforts in Ohio are “about a week behind that in Wisconsin.”

A DNC staffer told The Huffington Post that the group upped its efforts in Wisconsin after Chairman Tim Kaine spoke with local legislators last week. OFA then began organizing turnout for Thursday’s statehouse rally and running phone banks in Ohio targeting state senators, which are slated to continue next week. This weekend, organizers have set up door-to-door canvassing in key districts that they hope will likewise put pressure on swing lawmakers.

OFA National Deputy Director Jeremy Bird said volunteers first alerted the group to the contested Ohio legislation. “The energy is pretty remarkable,” he told The Huffington Post. “People started to contact us, and they’d call our office and our volunteers, and say, ‘This is a big deal. This is going to affect my family.’ … That started to really simmer earlier this week in Ohio, and it’s starting to pick up the pace.”

In Ohio, major labor unions including AFSCME and the AFL-CIO are also stepping up the pressure against Gov. John Kasich (R) and the bill’s supporters. The AFL-CIO estimated that tens of thousands of phone calls, emails and handwritten postcards have been delivered to state senators in opposition to the legislation, and a spokesman said the protests will continue in the coming weeks.

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