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 Dave Ross

Brevity or deception?

September 6, 2011 @ 8:37 am (Updated: 8:38 am - 9/6/11 )

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Listen to Dave's commentary: Brevity or deception?

Teamsters union President James Hoffa is getting heat for his warmup speech yesterday in Detroit:

Here's one version I heard:

"President Obama, this is your army. We are ready to march. Let's take these SOBs out and give America back to America."

That's the cut I heard. Calling for an "Army" to "take out" the SOB's. Except the cut was edited. The original is three times as long -- listen to it:

"President Obama, this is your army. We are ready to march. And President Obama, we want one thing: Jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs. That's what we're going to tell him. When he sees what we're doing here, he will be inspired, but he needs help. And you know what? Everybody here's gotta vote. If we go back and keep the eye on the prize...Let's take these SOBs out and give America back to America."

OK, he's long-winded. But Politico and Fox and others deliberately cut out this part:

"Jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs"

Which indicates these are people who above all want to work... and they cut this part:

"And you know what? Everybody here's gotta vote."

Which makes it clear this is an army... of VOTERS. Sometimes editing is deception masquerading as brevity.


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  • Cameron wrote...
    Hoffa is consistent in his vitriol and Dave is consistent in his apologies and rationalzations..
    September 6, 2011 8:14 am
    Here is Hoffa's comments before the Labor day speech. He is going to "wipe out" the evil Republicans. http://www.mediaite.com/tv/teamsters-president-jim-hoffa-urges-president-to-fight-harder-wipe-these-people-out-in-2012/
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  • sghouse wrote...
    Hoffa was heard
    September 6, 2011 8:41 am
    ..in radio interview today calling the tea party "the most destructive force" in our country. I believe a great many would argue the today's unions are the true destructive force. From the thugs like Hoffa to the "in your face" teachers demanding raises in the face of declining revenue, unions are universally clueless and/or greedy.
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  • Dizzle wrote...
    Whiner
    September 6, 2011 9:22 am
    Could you please find something real to whine about? Unions are weaker than they've been in 75 years and look at the economy... If Unions were the problem our economy would be booming. But the middle class is evaporating, and it has lost its buying power and political influence.

    You're being brain-washed by ranting lunatics who want to bring corporate Feudalism to the world. And don't you worry, they are the ones who are winning, not Unions. Look at your own life. The folks who manufactured your computer got paid less than 3 bucks a day, and Unions are forbidden there. And that's what the multi-national powers-that-be want for America.

    Now go back to blaming bad traffic on bicyclists.

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  • Phillibuster wrote...
    Curious...
    September 6, 2011 8:40 am
    "Let's take these SOBs out and give America back to America." To whom is he refering to? The SOB's that support tax hikes, more spending, more free trade agreements? Or the SOB's that support less taxes, less government, less spending? Let me remind you that both Murray AND Cantwell voted for NAFTA and CAFTA. So what happens when pols vote to give big biz carte blanche to export jobs, who is at fault then? Perry, the GOP front runner was first elected to Congress as a Democrat, where does his loyalty lay? How about who can pay the most for his vote? Remember this folks, you will NEVER ever see a poor politician, NEVER! They do not have your interest at heart, and if they say they do, they are lying. They are interested in themselves with power, money, and greed.
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  • Lonestar wrote...
    Jimmy Hoffa, your dad is dead, dead, dead
    September 6, 2011 8:59 am
    He was whacked by the Mafia. You know who did it and you know you're next unless you continue to pay the SOBs off. If you want to help your union, quit, quit, quit and join the witless protection program.
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  • It's me! Ha ha! wrote...
    Is Hoffa beholden to Obama, or
    September 6, 2011 8:59 am
    is Obama beholden to Hoffa?

    Either way just another shinning example of the left wing war on American's freedom of speech!

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  • irony wrote...
    oh dave, you're the decptive one
    September 6, 2011 9:07 am
    obama lectured about dangerous rhetoric and you in the media pointed it at the GOP, which by the way had nothing to do with the leftist shooter in AZ, and now you think it's okay for dangerous rhetoric as long as it's pointed at the right. dave dave dave, that's just like the nationalist socialists of long ago.
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  • Rick W7PSK wrote...
    Where is the liberal OUTRAGE
    September 6, 2011 9:29 am
    the same outrage you displayed when a certain individual that didn't have a D by their name used the same type of language
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  • William Lawn wrote...
    Same place the conservative outrage was then
    September 6, 2011 9:38 am
    Rick
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  • Chuck Gould wrote...
    Rather than make the promotion fo truth a focal point of the agenda....
    September 6, 2011 10:16 am
    many political groups concentrate on distorting the truth in order to promote their agenda. Agenda first, truth or facts second. I suppose their attitude is, "That's OK, because after we crush anybody who disagrees with us we can simply dictate what will be accepted as truth."

    Haven't personally checked, but I wouldn't be surprised to find (in this case) right wing blogs just aflame with outrage over Hoffa's "threat to kill conservatives!".

    Shame on the sloppy editing, but we may as well be resigned to the fact that the edited version will be considered the "truth" by most folks. After all, they heard it on the radio........

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  • ohyea53 wrote...
    After Gabby Gifford was shot. The President
    September 6, 2011 10:29 am
    called for a new era of civility. I agree. My question is was the president being sincere or was he blowing smoke up our bee-hinds?
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  • Rick W7PSK wrote...
    Mr Lawn
    September 6, 2011 10:52 am
    there was none, because we understood what taking aim at the incumbents meant. But yet liberals were outraged at that statement.

    Now when there is a D saying the same type of statement, there is no liberal outrage (As a middle of the road conservative, I have none because I understood what he meant).

    I would not consider conservative non-outrage an issue. I would consider liberal non-outrage and Dave defending the statement HYPOCRITICAL.

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