What Is Wrong With This Romney Photo Op?
source: http://www.thethinkingblue.com/romneyohiominers.html
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The teapublicans yell TAKE OUR COUNTRY BACK! If only they weren’t so ignorant they would realize what that would really mean… The Corporatehood (with Romney and the other super rich at the helm) would force them to live under a Totalitarian Plutocracy.When I saw those hard working men still stained with the soot of their backbreaking labor, I thought… something is wrong with this picture. I was right something was wrong with the picture; these poor miners already know how it feels to live under tyranny. Being forced by their wealthy bosses to stand in back of a well-heeled, arrogant blaggard, and pretend to admire him. Absolutely disturbing and quite alarming! Not to mention SICKENING!
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See video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwNi1O35Xjw
EXCERPT: WASHINGTON -- Employees of a major coal industry donor to Republican causes have raised complaints about their participation in an event earlier this month organized for GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney in the crucial swing state of Ohio.
Several miners at Murray Energy’s Century coal mine in Beallsville, Ohio, contacted a nearby morning talk radio host, David Blomquist, over the last two weeks to say that they were forced to attend an Aug. 14 rally for Romney at the mine. Murray closed the mine the day of the rally, saying it was necessary for security and safety, then docked miners the day's pay. Asked by WWVA radio’s Blomquist about the allegations on Monday’s show, Murray chief operating officer Robert Moore said: “Attendance was mandatory but no one was forced to attend the event.”
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-miners-romney-rally-20120829,0,773682...
News video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ck-BWWs8988
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Stoneyroad
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I saw this story earlier and thought it was horrible how these hard working blue collar Americans were being Pimped Out by their corporate masters.
After 9/11 , i never liked how Bush used Firemen & Servicemen as political props, but as bad a taste as that left in my mouth, i never thought any of those folks were bullied into the position as these guys were.
And the other posts of this story i saw used a tighter shot of the stage,
in this wider shot you can see that the miners were actually forced to rub coal dust on their face like some bizzaro " Political Kabuki Theater " perfomance.Remember the place was shut down for the day , - so they were told to show up in their work cloths and dirty themselves up for maximum effect.
(shame on you Romey/Murray Energy)
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Stoneyroad
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Stoneyroad:
As i pointed out before, notice the sign on Mitt's Podium -
"Coal Country Stands With Mitt"Because if they don't stand with Mitt, his rich buddy will make them stand on an unemployment line
- 9 months ago
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