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SleeplessinSoCal

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7. Matt Taibi's op-ed on Walker may finally make clear who the radicals are.
Sat Feb 28, 2015, 07:43 PM
Feb 2015

"Walker's seeming comparison of peaceful union activists to head-chopping Islamic terrorists drew a predictable response, with progressive groups like American Bridge sending out alerts denouncing his comments, along with outrage from the Democratic National Committee.

But the National Review also called it an "unforced error," with writer Jim Geraghty taking special offense at the fact that Walker had forced him into a place where he had to defend, of all people, union activists. Even Rick Perry, not exactly a kumbaya-chanting paragon of tolerance, chided Walker for crossing a line:

These are Americans... You are talking about, in the case of ISIS, people who are beheading individuals and committing heinous crimes, who are the face of evil. To try to make the relationship between them and the unions is inappropriate."

Putting unions in the spotlight may well provide a return to sanity and concern for American labor.

http://huff.to/1AnDY8G

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