Reply #12: Misleading subject header for this thread [View All]

This letter isn't AFSCME communicating to the Clinton campaign. It is from some Union Officers to the AFSCME President, and clearly some of those writing opposed AFSCME's endorsement of Clinton to begin with:


"While some of us did not agree with the decision to endorse Sen.
Clinton, we all recognized that once the endorsement was made, AFSCME
would have to expend a certain amount of resources on her behalf in
order to give weight to its action..."

That doesn't detract from their right to hold the opinions they have about subsequent AFSCME efforts to support Clinton in the Primaries. The argument they present could be made by someone supporting Clinton also - and perhaps one or more of the signers did support Clinton, that is unclear. But this letter represents an internal Union dispute. As an outsider I am not in a position to know whether some AFSCME supporters of Obama or Edwards are being less than pure in their motivations here. That is to say I am not in a position to guess whether some would be equally upset if it was a candidate who they supported who was benefiting from the AFSCME ads rather than one they opposed.

And in no way is this letter about or to the actual Clinton campaign itself.