Roy Barnes picks up state AFL-CIO endorsement
Democratic candidate for governor Roy Barnes has picked up an early and important endorsement — in an election when the economy will matter most. From the campaign:
The Georgia AFL-CIO endorsed Roy Barnes in his bid for governor today.
“I am proud to receive the endorsement of the Georgia AFL-CIO, an organization that is committed to creating Georgia jobs for Georgia workers and building a better future for Georgia families,” said Barnes.
“AFL-CIO members all across Georgia are proud to support Roy for Governor in 2010,” said Richard Ray, Georgia AFL-CIO President. “We are confident that he can bring prosperity and jobs back to Georgia.”
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Atlanta Lib
May 20th, 2010
6:14 pm
You mean the same Roy Barnes who lost in part because unemployment went up big time while he was Governor?
These insiders never learn, even after the results of Tuesday. People aren’t looking for more of the same old – same old.
Jodie
May 20th, 2010
6:20 pm
Honestly, who else would you expect them to endorse?
Cue the GOP mob attacking organized labor in short order…
Left in the South
May 20th, 2010
6:22 pm
Yeah right! What was the highest unemplyment rate then……5%. I’ll take that compared to the unemployment during Sonny Go Fish Perdue.
The General
May 20th, 2010
6:53 pm
Barnes or the GOP yahoo of choice…either way Georgia’s screwed for the next four years.
Bobby Anthony
May 20th, 2010
6:59 pm
The union can support him but the educators in Georgia will defeat him. At our faculty lunch today, the name mentioned most who we would support was David Poythress. Barnes burned us once and he will not be allowed to do it again.
MiltonMan
May 20th, 2010
7:02 pm
Wow how an unusual. Unions backing a DemoRat! King Rat Barnes yet to figure out that Georgia is a “right-to-work” state??? Keep kissing the hind-quarters of your union buddies (all 5 of them in Georgia) Boy Roy. Let me guess, the Teachers association of Georgia will soon throw their support behind him closely followed by the MARTA union. Hopefully the nail will be put in Barnes’ coffin when Obozo comes out to support him.
Mike
May 20th, 2010
7:09 pm
Why is a union organization endorsing a Democrat even newsworthy? Anyone could have predicted that. And even union members do not follow their leadership blindly.
y
May 20th, 2010
7:11 pm
Is there no one new? Why is it always these same, tired politicians? How about someone with their head screwed on straight for a change?
SeekingChange
May 20th, 2010
7:12 pm
Why can’t NEW innovative leaders come forward and present ideas that offer the citizens of Georgia real change. I am an independent, however, lean Democratic. I won’t vote for recycled Roy Barnes. His time came, he served, and was replaced. He’s no more attractive as a candidate today than when he lost to Sonny Perdue.
I am 57-years-old and hope for new fresh change; not more of the same. We deserve and need better leadership; not more recycled politicians.
Retired teacher
May 20th, 2010
7:15 pm
MiltonMan you must be the most uninformed person in GA if you believe the teachers organizations will endorse Barnes. Notice I said teacher organizations; as with most ignorant ranters in Georgia you must not know that teachers cannot unionize in Ga. Teachers have NO collective bargaining rights. I am not sure that I see a credible canidate for Guv in Ga. I am 56 and have hardly voted for a Democratic candidate in Ga over the past 20 years, but I will NOT vote for crooks like Deal or Oxendine.
Living OP must be hard
May 20th, 2010
7:19 pm
Milton Man, I’m guessing you don’t get out much. All that pressure is going to get you. Breath deep and try and think just one little thought you made up right in your little head all on your own. What ever you heard on talk radio doesn’t count, just your original thoughts please. Your silence is deafening.
David
May 20th, 2010
7:33 pm
Roy is a political chameleon. He likes to change to blend in with his current surroundings. He introduced a tort reform bill as a politician in 1987, yet, while trying to reinvent himself to the voters, “ruefully bemoaned his role in introducing [it]. After a lifetime of being a politician and after his defeat, he said “Don’t you ever depend on a legislator to defend your rights. Because I’ll tell you: It depends on who gives them the most money and who takes them to the best steak dinner.” Fulton Daily Report, December 7, 2004, Vol.115, No. 237. Reckon how much money has been given to Ol’ Roy and how many steak dinners he has had over a lifetime of politics??? I think his financial records showed a few weeks ago that he was worth 16 million dollars. What’s that saying about being fooled twice??
Courtney
May 20th, 2010
7:35 pm
The greatest threats to unions and organized labor is illegal immigration. Roy Barnes backs allowing illegals coming here with full amnesty. No wonder Unions are dying!
joejoe
May 20th, 2010
7:41 pm
A debate between Roy Barnes and John Oxendine is something I would pay money to see.
David
May 20th, 2010
7:45 pm
Roy’s a good debater. He should be. He’s spent a lifetime honing his skills. He knows the issues. It what he does with them (or doesn’t)that’s the problem.
John
May 20th, 2010
8:06 pm
I hate unions but that is only one reason not to vote for this pig. He’s whiney, a grown man almost crying to be gov again. He walks like a he/she. Never!
aventist
May 20th, 2010
8:07 pm
The unions support a democrat!!! WOW!!!! That’s news!!! He’ll promise a bunch of handouts, special union work rules, government benefits—things the union slackers love!!!!!!! The union loves Roy B!
Tom
May 20th, 2010
8:08 pm
Nothing to see here, move along. Unions endorsing democrats is not NEWS.
Joe
May 20th, 2010
8:10 pm
http://www.poythressforgovernor.com
And that’s all I’ve got to say about that.
Tyrone
May 20th, 2010
8:12 pm
This is shocking!
Jim Gallaway reports that the unions are backing a democrat.
Who would have ever guessed?
Thanks Jim for the outstanding reporting.
King Roy
May 20th, 2010
8:15 pm
Roy Barnes is the best!
Thanks Jim for another outstanding job of reporting.
keith
May 20th, 2010
8:56 pm
Kiss of death = AFL-CIO endorsement and GAE endorsement.
Flip
May 20th, 2010
9:04 pm
If Barnes is endorsed by the AFL-CIO that gives me the only reason I need to vote against the P.O.S.
Winfield J. Abbe
May 20th, 2010
9:22 pm
Mr. Galloway: Here is a story from Macon, GA about the mystey of the frozen condom.
http://www.macon.com/2010/05/18/1131561/dna-sample-resisted-in-massage.html.
It is funny and the comments are even funnier and it is more important than promoting a coward for
governor. Sometimes police entrapment backfires.
MiltonMan
May 20th, 2010
10:27 pm
Retired Teacher = Retarded Teacher
Please show me where I ever stated the teachers union moron. I stated the teachers association clown. No wonder our education system in this state is so screwed up having teachers like you cannot even comprehend a simple paragraph.
MiltonMan
May 20th, 2010
10:31 pm
Living dead – I guarantee I get out more than moron. You definition of getting out = driving around 285 proudly displaying your Obama bumper sticker.
DirtyDawg
May 21st, 2010
12:48 am
He wasn’t ‘replaced’…the election was stolen…Diebold and Cathy Cox saw to it – although I doubt she was ‘let in on the deal’ until afterward…and Sonny just happened to be the lucky peckerwood standing there when the ‘grand larceny’ went down. The GOP has squandered it’s opportunity to run this state effectively and efficiently, now we want the man with the vision, the smarts and the drive to accomplish more in the four years available to him than any of the others could do in twice that.
Rural Georgian
May 21st, 2010
12:55 am
They should have endorsed DuBose Porter, who has actually been working for the working folks of Georgia. I’m voting Porter, end of story.
Mr. Grumpy
May 21st, 2010
7:42 am
Hey, MiltonMan, time to get back on your meds.
Billy in Savannah
May 21st, 2010
8:38 am
Roy Barnes admittedly had a communications problem during his first term; but, I believe he did things for Georgia that had to be done for the future of our beloved state. In any scenario, we need his vision and intelligence now in this budget crisis. The crooked backroom deals of the Perdue administration (tax cut to benefit himself referencing the FL land deal and the now proposed tax cut for the wealthy) cannot be defended. Why are all these people so anti-Obama, by the way? They never mention specifics (just name calling and inuendos). Could it be the color of his skin?????
Simon Jester
May 22nd, 2010
12:12 pm
Could be because Obama has done everything in his power to wreck our economy and country. Union support is an immediate No Vote. Unions destroyed the American auto industry.
writegirl
May 22nd, 2010
12:43 pm
The economy is much better now than it was when Bush’s creepy rethug vampires were sucking the country dry. You tea bagger types should wise up and start voting your own economic interests instead of Lush Dimbaugh’s. He is making more money than ever thanks to your discontent!
P'TREE
May 22nd, 2010
11:59 pm
DuBose Porter has my endorsement!
Belle
May 24th, 2010
11:09 am
If Perdue had any “back-room deals,” he learned the tactics from the previous Democrats that were in control. Thanks for informing us of the AFL-CIO endorsement. I can mark Barnes off my list of candidates.
You_have_no_clue_about_a_union
June 2nd, 2010
4:05 pm
Our ports needs a union after all the policies they are implementing. How come people are so stubborn to understand what a union can do for them. Imagine making $50,000.00 or more a year. Under the “Right to Work” law a company can fire an individual for no apparent reason. If you own a home, have a car, children, etc. and are laid off or terminated for a unjust reason, the union is there to help you. Today, our economy is so corrupt that the working class does not stand a chance without one. Can you picture if Wal-Mart had a union. Then less people would be fired. People need stability. The union is there for this reason. Do not be stupid, get educated!
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June 14th, 2010
9:57 pm
[...] by Ed on Jun 14, 2010 at 8:47 PMRoy was endorsed by the GA AFL-CIO in May. How did Galloway report it and only now am I finding out? [...]
pat riot
July 2nd, 2010
11:51 pm
In ‘96 good ol Roy told the citizens of our fair state that we had to have the labor of the “undocumented workers” to do all the olympic work and that the law would not be enforced because we need the money. Should law abiding citizens vote for a lawbreaker for Govenor?