SEIU Andy Stern threatening Democrats over ObamaCARE

drobamasteinTime for a few more meetings at the White House for Obama and SEIU “boss” and head thug Andy Stern. According to The Plum Line, SEIU chief Andy Stern is threatening Democrats that if they fail to push through a radical takeover of the health care industry, SEIU isn’t going to be motivated to help Democrats win elections in November.

“It’s gonna be incredibly difficult to stay focused on national politics if by the end of 2010 we have minimal health care and minimal changes on what’s important to our members,” he said in an interview, ridiculing the emerging Dem approach as “fear masquerading as a strategy.”

Stern unloaded on Dem leaders in resonse to reports today that they’re mulling either a scaled down bill to win GOPers or a broken up bill passed in pieces. His anger suggests Dems risk paying a big price with labor if they fail to figure out how to pass the Senate bill and fix it later, as labor wants.

Stern hinted that if House and Senate members don’t move forward with the Senate bill and some kind of fix, they could see union members spending more time on races for governor, perhaps at the expense of their reelection campaigns. “If something significant doesn’t happen in Congress, I hope the legislators appreciate that there are 37 governors races important to our members,” Stern said suggestively.

Stern ridiculed the idea that breaking up the bill would allow Dems to challenge Republicans with tit-for-tat legislative maneuvers. “It’s classic inside Washington to think that people who can’t afford insurance want to keep score between the Democrats and the Republicans,” he said. “They want to go to bed with a sense of security.”

Concluded Stern: “For the 31 million people who don’t have health care, for the 14,000 who lose it every day, for the 120 people who die every day, they elected this Congress to make change, not to set their sights lower when the going gets tough.”

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January 22, 2010 · Filed Under Democrats, SEIU


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  • Mirac777

    Andy Andy Andy, get your act together. Next time you want to threaten someone at least have the common sense to state a few facts. Facts like the Senate bill will cover 17 million in the YEAR 2016 ! Not 30 or 35 or 50 million as you and your lyin liberals have said.14,000 people lose their ins every day? Would that be due to losing their jobs because dumbass Unions like yours overprice their packages and drive them out of business a la Gm and Chrysler? Grow up Andy the stench of theft by sleeping with Obama and the liberals is all over your carcass!