{"id":9040,"date":"2012-10-06T09:52:55","date_gmt":"2012-10-06T16:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=9040"},"modified":"2012-10-06T09:52:55","modified_gmt":"2012-10-06T16:52:55","slug":"lord-willards-forced-donors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/06\/lord-willards-forced-donors\/","title":{"rendered":"Lord Willard’s Forced Donors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Willard Romney presents himself as a friend of workers, but true to form he is lying.  His plan is to crush unions and transform America into a \u2018right to work\u2019, which really means right to screw workers nation.  Presuming that workers know this, it surprises me to see workers supporting his campaign and showing up for his appearances.  But there\u2019s a catch.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"6RomneyMurray\"IT IS BOTH a pundit\u2019s truism and a mathematical reality that Mitt Romney\u2019s path to the White House runs through Ohio. And that path, in turn, runs through a firm called Murray Energy\u2026<\/p>\n

…In August, Romney used Murray\u2019s Century Mine in the town of Beallsville for a speech attacking Barack Obama as anti-coal<\/a>. This fall, scenes from that event\u2014several dozen coal-smudged Murray miners standing behind the candidate in a tableau framed by a giant American flag and a COAL COUNTRY STANDS WITH MITT placard\u2014have shown up in a Romney ad<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The ads aired even after Ohio papers reported<\/a> what I was told by several miners at the event, a bit of news that an internal memo<\/a> confirms: The crowd was not there of its own accord<\/strong>. Murray had suspended Century\u2019s operations and made clear to workers that they were expected to attend, without pay. \u201cI tell ya, you\u2019ve got a great boss,\u201d Romney said in acknowledging Robert Murray from the stage. \u201cHe runs a great operation here.\u201d<\/p>\n

The accounts of two sources who have worked in managerial positions at the firm, and a review of letters and memos to Murray employees, suggest that coercion may also explain Murray staffers\u2019 financial support for Romney<\/strong>. Murray, it turns out, has for years pressured salaried employees to give to the Murray Energy political action committee (PAC) and to Republican candidates chosen by the company. Internal documents show that company officials track who is and is not giving<\/strong>. The sources say that those who do not give are at risk of being demoted or missing out on bonuses, claims Murray denies<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The Murray sources, who requested anonymity for fear of retribution, came forward separately. But they painted similar pictures of the fund-raising operation. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of coercion,\u201d says one of them. \u201cI just wanted to work, but you feel this constant pressure that, if you don\u2019t contribute, your job\u2019s at stake<\/strong>. You\u2019re compelled to do this whether you want to or not.\u201d Says the second: \u201cThey will give you a call if you\u2019re not giving. . . . It\u2019s expected you give Mr. Murray what he asks for.\u201d… [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Inserted from <The New Republic<\/a>><\/p>\n

Photo credit: Think Progress<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n

Ed Schultz discussed this story with Alec MacGillis, author of the above report.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news<\/a>, world news<\/a>, and news about the economy<\/a><\/p>\n

It’s certainly no surprise that Lord Willard and the Republican Party get workers’ support under duress. Why else would a working person support this vile Plutocrat and his minions?<\/font><\/p>\n

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Willard Romney presents himself as a friend of workers, but true to form he is lying.  His plan is to crush unions and transform America into a \u2018right to work\u2019, which really means right to screw workers nation.  Presuming that workers know this, it surprises me to see workers supporting his campaign and showing up […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9040\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}