Break Out the Popcorn: Union Thugs vs. Obama

This is like the Crips and Bloods: You just can't root for either side. Oh wait, I can't use that analogy, right? Our moral superiors have said mentioning the Crips and Bloods is raaaaacist. Sorry.

Anyway, where were we? Oh yes, the detestable goons from AFSCME, big Obama supporters that they are, have finally snapped out of it and realize that ObamaCare is going to cost their members a bundle. Just like the rest of us. And the head thug isn't happy.

Welcome to the party, pal.

Here's a new one: a union sounding the alarm about high taxes.

Even stranger: The union's target is President Obama and his health-care overhaul -- specifically Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus' bill.

Now, when a union complains about taxes, you just know they must be over the top. Indeed, they are.

Gerald McEntee, president of the 1.6 million-member American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees warns that the Baucus bill's tax hikes will hit the middle class hard.

Specifically, he argues that the bill's tax on medical-insurance plans amounts to "asking the middle class to pay for the health care of those who are currently uninsured."

And he vows that unless the bill is substantially altered, "we will oppose it."

Well, it's not often that we find ourselves saying this to labor -- but, hey: "Go for it!"

Unions are supposed to be a key Obama ally. But McEntee is surely right to be concerned.

Not surprisingly, the White House is privately blasting his "gratuitous slaps" and calling his language "outrageous and unacceptable."

But Obama's aides would do better to forget the Chicago-style political street-fighting and take note of the labor leader's objections -- and the fact that opposition to ObamaCare now clearly crosses partisan and ideological lines.

As McEntee said last week, "We would love to be on the exact same page as the White House, but we see ourselves as fighting for our members."

yes, and usually fighting for their members means fighting against taxpayers. Surprisingly they've now realized they too pay taxes. Welcome to the real work, Mr. McEntee.

Speaking of the real world, support for this monstrosity is down to 42% and dwindling. Just imagine how low support would be if the media wasn't hiding socialized healthcare horror stories like those in other countries?