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Altered States

by John Cole|  August 11, 200412:53 pm| 3 Comments

This post is in: Democratic Stupidity

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It takes a special form of narcissism to elevate union political activity to ‘hero’ status, but the Democrats are just the guys to do it.

Thank goodness for the almighty SEIU heroes for taking up the valiant cause of fighting evil.

At any rate, if you want to see some real heroes, go here.

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  1. 1.

    Mark

    August 11, 2004 at 12:59 pm

    The SEIU, because there are no heroes like janitors. ugh

  2. 2.

    mark-o

    August 11, 2004 at 1:01 pm

    Where would we be as a nation without people (“heroes”) like this to stand up…for their own self-interests. Go figure.

  3. 3.

    JKC

    August 12, 2004 at 6:35 am

    Yecch. “Heroes” is a pretty tasteless way to describe political activists, however well-motivated. They’re not exactly the Freedom Riders of the 60’s.

    That said, if these volunteers are taking unpaid leave to campaign for candidates they believe in, then I admire their willingness to sacrifice hard-earned money for their beliefs.

    But “heroes”?

    Nope.

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