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MadBadger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 05:24 PM
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Tweety: John Edwards should be Secretary of Labor
Interesting and I've never thought about it before. I always thought AG, but interesting idea by Tweety.
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Blue_In_AK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 05:25 PM
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1. That wouldn't be a bad fit, actually.
Astounding -- a good idea out of Matthews.
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Fresh_Start Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 05:27 PM
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2. I proposed that on one of the DU polls
several days ago.

There are others with a passion to do AG.
But Edwards has a passion for labor which suggest Dept of Labor would be a great fit for him
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Leopolds Ghost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-01-08 02:02 PM
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11. Secretary of Labor has no power... CLINTON and Reagan eviscerated the position
Which never had power to begin with thanks to Taft Hartley. The Labor
Department exists to "manage" labor conflict and preserve labor peace,
actually. I.e. illegalize wildcat strikes and "regulate" the right to
organize which should be unrestricted. So it's a bad fit for those who
believe in the unrestricted right to organize and the right to strike.
Hell, our whole economy is based on the right of employers to fire people
at will for not showing up to work one day.
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Tweed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 05:28 PM
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3. No no no, he would be the best AG ever
Secretary of Labor doesn't have the power to prosecute. Edwards will go after corporate corruption, polluters, collusions, etc.
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hisownpetard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 05:31 PM
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4. OMG - if he got that appointment, watch for CEOs flying out of windows!
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Tweed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 05:33 PM
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6. Exactly
Secretary of Labor, well he would probably be the best one of those too, but he would have more impact as AG.

I'd be happy if either candidate got the nomination as long as they made Edwards AG.
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Mojambo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 05:33 PM
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5. Edwards could do far more to restore a leveling playing field wrt labor as AG. n/t
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slick8790 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 05:34 PM
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7. Yeah, I saw that.
Tweety was surprisingly gung-ho about the idea.
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flyarm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 05:43 PM
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8. stfu tweety..you didn't give a rats ass to talk about him when he was running..now just
stfu..you slimy son of a botch!

i hate that little rats crap.

fly
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never_get_over_it Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 05:48 PM
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9. Nope AG
and then Supreme Court Justice first slot open....
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amborin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 06:02 PM
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10. yeah, right
Edwards' hedge fund was buying into the very mortgage corporations that were pushing foreclosures of residents of New Orleans

the guy has to walk his talk

the 3 "Hs" did not help

hair, house, hedge fund
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