Barack Obama

RSS

2012 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Elections, Politics, Uncategorized

Early Voting Tool Kit

Nov 01, 2012

Once you’ve voted, let your friends and family know! Share this button on your Facebook page today and show your UFCW pride.

Early voting has already begun in many states! Why wait until November 6th when you can vote today? Avoid long lines at the polls and other potential issues, and make sure you make your voice heard in this important election. Click here to use our early voting calendar and find out when, where, and how you can vote early in the next week!

Why is this election so important? Because President Obama is pro-worker, pro-union, and pro-middle class.  Mitt Romney has made it his agenda to get rid of labor unions as we know them, and supports right-wing policies that will only make it harder for workers to have a voice on the job.  So vote to stand up for your rights.

 

2012 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Elections, Politics

A Commander in Chief Versus a Panderer in Chief: UFCW Members Weigh In

Oct 23, 2012

At last night’s third and final presidential debate, Mitt Romney once again demonstrated that he is willing to say anything to get elected, and his shifting positions on domestic and foreign policy and willingness to lie and pander have raised questions about what he stands for and how he will govern.

Our country can’t afford to go back to the Bush/Cheney policies that proved disastrous here at home and abroad.  President Obama is the only candidate with the vision and experience to lead our country in the right direction—forward.

Here’s what UFCW members had to say following the debate:

“i think obama won this debate….he has more foreign policy knowledge than romney….i am so glad the debates are done…the people will show their choice on november 6th. obama 2012…moving forward!”

 

“obama is strong! vote democrat if u care about 100% of our citizens”

 

“gov. romney uses a thousand words to say absolutely nothing.”

 

“mr obama has my respect”

 

“4 more years obama has my vote”

 

2012 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Elections, Politics

In Second Presidential Debate, President Obama Goes to the Mat for American Workers

Oct 17, 2012

photo credit: CBS newsLast night’s presidential debate at Hofstra University shed more light on Mitt Romney’s evasions, contradictions and outright lies about his position on policies that affect the poor and middle class. Once again, he tried to portray himself as a man who empathizes with working families, but, as President Obama pointed out, Romney’s extreme positions on education, immigration, taxes, pay equity and health care tell a very different story.

Romney and his running mate, Representative Paul Ryan, have made it clear that they intend to make significant cuts to K-12 education, as well Pell grants and job training. They are against comprehensive immigration reform. They do not support the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act and and want to repeal “Obamacare” and take us back to the days where people are denied coverage for pre-existing conditions. The only groups benefiting from the Romney/Ryan plan are the wealthy few—whose taxes would be cut even further — and corporations, which would receive tax breaks for shipping good middle class jobs overseas.

Romney couldn’t make up his mind about jobs during this debate, covering just about every position throughout the two hour and a half hour broadcast:

  • “I’m going to make sure you get a job. Thanks Jeremy. Yeah, you bet,”
  • “As president, I will create 12 million new jobs,”
  • “The government doesn’t create jobs,”

Talk about flip-flopping. Meanwhile, President Obama spoke eloquently about his vision for bring not just any jobs, but good paying jobs back to America.

We can’t afford to go back to the same old trickle down policies that got us into this economic mess in the first place. This debate made it clear that President Obama is committed to making life better for working families and our most vulnerable citizens.