Obama’s Letter Promoting Elimination of Democracy

-By Warner Todd Huston

Any speculation that Barack Obama will suddenly find it in his heart to accept ages old democratic practices can be put to rest with a letter he recently wrote urging a company to eliminate the secret ballot of workers being solicited for union membership.

The Baker City Herald has the story of Beef Northwest, a food service company, that is undergoing union agitation. Employees of Beef Northwest are being urged to join the United Farm Workers union and Obama sent a letter in support of that initiative.

Some of the employees that want the union openly signed cards saying they want the union and want to eschew a secret ballot. Beef Northwest is maintaining that the “card check” vote is not legitimate and wants a secret ballot taken. For his part, Obama sent a letter against the ages old democratic process of the secret ballot.

Obama’s letter is dated Aug. 4, two days after the Oregon Farm Worker Ministry group, picketed a Whole Foods Market in the Portland area to put pressure on Beef Northwest owners to accept the cards collected by union organizers and to negotiate a union contract.

…Davies said he sees the Obama letter as an important document revealing the candidate’s willingness to substitute union cards for a secret ballot vote.

Obama stands against one of the oldest democratic practices in history; the secret ballot.

We are in for major anti-democratic actions by government if this dangerous man becomes president.


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Warner Todd Huston is a Chicago based freelance writer, has been writing opinion editorials and social criticism since early 2001 and is featured on many websites such as newsbusters.org, townhall.com, New Media Journal, Men


One thought on “Obama’s Letter Promoting Elimination of Democracy”

  1. This is just one of the myriad of ill-considered but nonetheless radical initiatives of this stealth candidate.

    His agenda so far has been shielded by clever handlers.

    But woe to us all should this parvenu non-accomplished rookie become chief executive.

    he will roll uis back to the ”change” of the Communist era of the Soviet-style collectivism horror.

    Alarmism? Alas, he pulls off the scab of civilization of the great US, and replaces it with ill-digested community rubbish he learnt from his radical parents, his atheist mother, his radical pastors, his radical friends, his unpleasant, sour, dominating spouse.

    We will be better served, despite some misgivings, to elect a man with at least great love for this country, experience, foreign affairs skill, and the respect of the arab states. (The muslims are all agog to elect their bro, Barack Hussein Obambam.)

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