"My name is Eddie Vale of the AFL-CIO ...and I don't hide behind anonymous quotes."

[Earth Bound Misfit]

For those who may have not seen this post in GD: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8522076

"We are not an arm of the White House or the DNC or a political party," said AFL-CIO spokesman Eddie Vale. "We work on issues. And if we feel like someone is standing up for working families, we support them, and if they don't, we won't support it. In the past, people would have assumed that was talk, but now we have backed that up with action."

"Is the lesson they are taking out of tonight that they can go after labor and anonymously trash us and we will put our tail in between our legs and slink home? That ain't happening," Vale added.

Driving home the point that the White House was cravenly hiding behind the cloak of anonymity in their attacks, the AFL-CIO spokesman signed off the conversation with the following: "My name is Eddie Vale of the AFL-CIO and I'm proud to fight for working families and I don't hide behind anonymous quotes."

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Edit to add HuffPo link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/09/blanche-lincoln-win-spark_n_605443.html

[midnight]

1. Thank you Mr. Vale... My hard working family appreciates your hard work.

[flyarm]

2. Thank you Mr. Vale ..from a a retired union worker.

oh and from my retired line of work in the airline industry ,.you can thank the union workers for trying to protect and save your life every time you fly the friendly skys!

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