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Entries in Bank of America (2)

Wednesday
Sep012010

Democratic Governors Association bashes Scott in letter but apparently sinks into amnesia

GOP gubernatorial candidate Rick Scott spoke to Republican women in Jacksonville.How desperate are Democrats as November approaches? On Tuesday the DGA sent a letter to the Republican Governors Association. The letter bashed GOP gubernatorial candidate Rick Scott, using the tactics of Scott’s opponent in the Republican Primary to reiterate criticism over the fines HCA paid--$1.7 billion—after the administration of President Bill Clinton undertook an investigation based on whistleblowers’ allegations.

The final act of desperation came when the DGA asked the RGA to oppose Scott’s candidacy.

While the letter focused on Scott, there should have been a reality check regarding the Democrat candidate’s own background. Did the DGA sink into amnesia regarding Sink?

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Monday
May242010

SEIU defends political assault on privacy but clueless on door opened

Update, May 24: We welcome certain organized labor groups visiting our modest website, and hope you benefited from reading this column.

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By Kay B. Day

It might be comical if the actual act hadn’t been so nefarious. After members of the Service Employees International Union showed up at a Bank of America lobbyist’s home, the union website posted a defense of their members’ actions. But the flawed defense rested largely on a character assassination of a columnist who happened to live in the neighborhood. Nina Easton, Washington editor of Fortune, actually had the nerve to ask the so-called ‘protesters’ to leave.

I’d like to point out Easton was apparently the only person in the neighborhood brave enough to confront a mass of people  escorted by police. The presence of law enforcement combined with all those yelping union members who apparently had nothing better to do certainly must have terrified the teenage boy who happened to be home.

Big media missed at least one question that should have been asked.

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