Once again we see that unions are little else but an arm of the Obama campaign. In this case we see the president of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) an affiliate of the AFL-CIO, Ronald Demicheli, being suspected of engaging in political activism while being paid by a federal agency. Naturally, it was all for the Democrat Party and The One, Obama.

Demicheli is an employee of the Energy Department and is president of Local 1916 representing the employees of the Energy Dept. and the research facilities of the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health.

The special counsel’s office, which polices compliance with a law restricting political activities by federal employees, seized Demicheli’s office computer, said Mark Roth, general counsel of the government employees union in Washington.

The Energy Department inspector general’s office also is investigating whether Demicheli was inappropriately on government time at an April 2008 Pennsylvania AFL-CIO convention when he helped escort then-candidate Obama from a holding room to the stage for a speech, Morrow said. The department’s interest may stem from a photograph on Local 1916’s Web site showing Demicheli and Obama shaking hands, Morrow said.

A few Republicans made comment on this incident.

“These are certainly serious and troubling allegations,” said Michael Steel, spokesman for House Minority Leader John Boehner, an Ohio Republican. “We’ll have to see whether the Obama Administration does the right thing for the American people by allowing a full and complete investigation, or chooses to put the needs of its special interest allies first.”

Once again we see the arrogance of leftist union leaders that imagine that they can flagrantly defy the law and illegally engage in left-wing activism while on the clock. This civil servant didn’t see any reason not to engage in left-wing political activities while WE THE PEOPLE paid him on the clock!

Disgusting abuse.

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