The Only GOP Presidential Candidate Endorsed By A Union Stumps In Wisconsin

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.laborradio.org/node/7928

The former President wasn’t the only politician born in Hope, Arkansas stumping in Wisconsin on Thursday. Jesse Russell was in Madison for former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee:

A Republican Presidential candidate is a rare sight in the progressive state capitol of Wisconsin. The last visit came from Bob Dole in 1996, but the politics didn’t stop former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee who spoke in front of a crowd of more than 100 supporters and the curious at the Concourse Hotel. Huckabee, the only Republican candidate to be endorsed by a labor union, touched on the economy during his speech, saying that if he is elected President he will implement a “flat tax.”

: One of the things that changes is the underground economy disappears and all those people you are paying taxes for in addition to yourself, the drug dealers, the prostitutes, the pimps, the gamblers…and the illegals, they’ll have to pay the same taxes that you pay.

He added that in order to bolster jobs in the United States and stop them from moving overseas he will make sure that trade agreements strictly enforced and don’t encourage companies to build in other countries:

: …and I promise you that one thing I will do as President is to make sure we enforce both sides of the trade agreements so we can’t have partners in trade that cheat on us and make it impossible for the American companies to compete. I’m convinced that we can compete if we are all playing the same game.

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1. "a crowd of more than 100 supporters and the curious..."

Thousands here showed up for Obama the other night, and in 2004, Kerry had West Washington Ave. filled up solid for 5 blocks...

:rofl:

[classykaren]

2. What Union endorsed him? n/t