Ignore Those Who Cry Wolf

by: Couch Potato Politics

Fri Jun 17, 2011 at 06:27:39 PM EDT

Many of those crying out for Chris' firing or resignation are the same people defending Stephen Sweeney and Sheila Oliver and the attack on the public workers right to negotiate either through support or silence, so what is their real reason for keeping the vitriole alive? Labor is in a battle for their very rights and livlihoods and THIS is the top story for them?

We have to ignore the "Boy who cried" wolf distractions and focus on the wolves doing the real damage to public workers and all of labor. We have a hard enough fight on our hands without submitting to the detours and diversions of those who would see us weaker. Chris is a warrior for the cause and has been on the front lines of this battle for more years than most. His passion and his dedication are the exemplar of how we should all feel, even if a few his words at the rally were poorly chosen, his passion was true and he apologized. At this point we can't afford to lose a power and passion like Chris and feeding into the false fracas being generated by our enemies is self defeating and only weakens our movement.

I support Chris and I believe in his passion and I would hope that if you care about the future of labor and the middle class, you do too.

It's time to move on and press forward into the real fight.