Posted on January 13, 2008 at 1:17 am by WTH

Now this is funny. The Nevada teachers union has just gone to court to try and make it harder for the union members in Las Vegas’ hotel districts to vote in the upcoming Democratic primaries. Why would that be, you might wonder? After all, aren’t the union members in the Vegas hotels and the union members in the teachers union both controlled by Democrats?

Good question! And the answer is: the teachers union is supporting Hillary and the hotel workers union is supporting Barack Obama!

LAS VEGAS — Nevada’s state teachers union and six Las Vegas area residents filed a lawsuit late Friday that could make it harder for many members of the state’s huge hotel workers union to vote in the hotly contested Jan. 19 Democratic caucus in Nevada.

Ooops… cat fight!

The 13-page lawsuit in federal district court here comes two days after the 60,000-member Culinary Workers Union Local 226 in Nevada endorsed Senator Barack Obama, a blow to Mrs. Clinton. Mr. Obama addressed the Culinary Union at their hall earlier Friday.

So the teachers union is tryin’ to take the hotel workers to school, eh? So much for the teachers being interested in democracy and allowing the hotel workers their say, huh?
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“This could shut down those precincts in the casinos and keep culinary members from voting,” said Jon Ralston, a political pundit with The Las Vegas Sun, who broke the story on his blog. Mr. Ralston said it is unclear whether there are ties between the lawsuit and the Clinton campaign but, he predicted, “Even if they’re Hillary supporters, the campaign’s going to say they had nothing to do with it.It is unclear when the court will hear the matter.

Yep, them thar teachers is all about that “democracy” thang!

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One Response to “Unions Fighting Each Other Over Obama/Clinton”

DGHarrison Says:
January 13th, 2008 at 7:07 pm
This action makes no sense. How can any American be prevented from voting in a U.S. election? How can anyone make it harder for people to vote? How can a court act on such an unconstitutional process? If I were in the Culinary Workers Union, how can the Teachers Union do anything whatsoever to hinder my going to the poll?
I’d just go vote. Period. What the heck?!