> John, he *did* make the statement, to be sure it was a
> subtle point but he did say what I referred to above on
> Democracy Now! today and he is also quoted in USA
> Today (why would Hoffa have denouced what he said if
> he didn't say it?
Why not actually read or listen to what he said? It's online (both articles and audio) at the Washington Post. In no way did he say that the labor movement would be "better off" if Kerry lost, which is what Joseph Wanzala (or whoever he quoted) claimed. That's not even a paraphrase -- it's a misrepresentation of what Stern said. Though it's par for the course for the media.
There's a world of difference between saying that there's always a danger of labor leaders getting sucked into Kerry's machine once he's in power, and saying that a Kerry loss would leave labor "better off."
I know this makes four posts for me today, but I wanted to clarify this. I think it's important to actually read/listen to what Stern said, instead of just parsing the headlines. What he said was pretty interesting, and I'm sure he'll be criticized for the timing, but I don't find anything to disagree with in it.
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