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   From: tsaowing@mediamatters.com   
      
   (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday waded into   
   Washington's war of words over a union organizing election in   
   Tennessee when he accused Republicans of trying to block labor's   
   efforts at an auto plant in that state, according to a   
   Democratic aide who heard the remarks.   
      
   A Democratic aide said that Obama, speaking during a closed   
   meeting with U.S. House of Representatives Democrats, said   
   everyone is in favor of the United Auto Workers representing   
   Volkswagen workers except for local politicians who "are more   
   concerned about German shareholders than American workers."   
      
   House Democrats were winding up a three-day retreat in the small   
   town on the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay, about 85 miles   
   east of Washington. Obama briefly spoke to the Democrats about a   
   range of issues while reporters were present.   
      
   The Democratic president then held a closed session during which   
   he made the remarks about the election that ends on Friday in   
   Chattanooga, where union organizers are hoping to win   
   representation of auto workers at a VW plant in that city.   
      
   Earlier this week, Republican Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee   
   caused a stir when he lashed out against the UAW and said he had   
   had "conversations" leading him to believe that if the union   
   effort failed, VW would announce the production of a new line of   
   SUVs at the Chattanooga plant   
      
   http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/14/us-autos-vw-obama-   
   idUSBREA1D1CC20140214   
      
   Get screwed, Obama.  You jerk.   
      
       
      
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