Union Mailer Blitz Hammering McCain As "Friend Of Big Corporations"

[Hope And Change]

Union Drops Mailer Blitz Hammering McCain As "Friend Of Big Corporations"

By Greg Sargent - October 14, 2008, 3:27PM

With the big unions unleashing their final pushes in the battleground states, the Communication Workers of America is blitzing the battleground states with over 120,000 mailers painting McCain as a stooge of big corporations and sharply contrasting him to Obama on the economy.

A CWA official sends over the mailers. The first takes a shot at "the pundits," calling on voters to "ignore" them and instead focus on the two candidates' records, which are contrasted in a tidy chart (click on the images to enlarge)...

Late Update: CWA spokesperson Candice Johnson gets in touch to point out that the mailers are really a small part of the story when it comes to the work the unions are doing in the battlegrounds.

"CWA is focused on one-on-one worksite contacts, phone calls, and canvassing," she emails. "These mailers are really the tip of the iceberg. We deliver a lot of information to our members on the issues that they care about."


http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/10/union_drops_hard-hitting_maile.php

[ellie]

1. My husband

received a pro-Obama mailer from the Teamsters. On the back it has a picture of McCain shaking Bush's hand and smiling. The text reads: McCain Means Four More Years of Bush.

[BrklynLiberal]

2. To those of us not in the know, the headline seems to say that the mailer was cancelled.

In the lingo of direct mailing it means they were actually mailed out.

This exact type of confused meaning happened once before, and I think it was also
related to a union mailing.

[blue sky at night]

3. thank you for the clearing that up for us....

i was wondering, is this a good thing...they are "dropping" it??? to me that means they are canceling it. I wish more posters around here would take a few minutes extra to fully explain what the heck they are trying to tell us....

[Hope And Change]

4. Changed the headline.Hope you are happy now.