I agree with you far more often than not, so curious as to your thinking here. What do you see as the downsides? Is he a popular leader? There are probably some people who will be offended on his behalf, but I would guess there are more people who would actually laugh in his face at being outplayed by the Dems.
Will admit it’s based on zero evidence, but in most organizations support for leadership by the rank and file is lukewarm at best. Am not a union member so could be completely off base but I doubt this is much different.
Seems like unnecessarily snubbing someone who could be an ally. Unless they don’t want the Teamsters endorsement and see this as a way of not getting it.
Fair, but I agree with the others that speaking at the RNC is a bridge too far. The snub in this case is necessary. If the Harris team were the ones pointing out they never replied to O’Brien I’d be more inclined to agree with you. But since it’s his folks who are crying foul I think it’s more a case of he fucked around and found out.
Bigger picture, the thing I am most delighted with from Harris is instead of “when they go low we go high”, it’s instead “when they go low we kick them in the face”. Seeing Democrats actually fight on even ground is wonderful to see.
Thanks for expressing your opinion. I definitely don't think they should have invited him to speak without knowing exactly what he'd say, though, and would they trust him?
They should have let him speak. Spite might make you feel good, but in this instance the possible downside far outweighs it.
I agree with you far more often than not, so curious as to your thinking here. What do you see as the downsides? Is he a popular leader? There are probably some people who will be offended on his behalf, but I would guess there are more people who would actually laugh in his face at being outplayed by the Dems.
Will admit it’s based on zero evidence, but in most organizations support for leadership by the rank and file is lukewarm at best. Am not a union member so could be completely off base but I doubt this is much different.
Seems like unnecessarily snubbing someone who could be an ally. Unless they don’t want the Teamsters endorsement and see this as a way of not getting it.
Fair, but I agree with the others that speaking at the RNC is a bridge too far. The snub in this case is necessary. If the Harris team were the ones pointing out they never replied to O’Brien I’d be more inclined to agree with you. But since it’s his folks who are crying foul I think it’s more a case of he fucked around and found out.
Bigger picture, the thing I am most delighted with from Harris is instead of “when they go low we go high”, it’s instead “when they go low we kick them in the face”. Seeing Democrats actually fight on even ground is wonderful to see.
Thanks for expressing your opinion. I definitely don't think they should have invited him to speak without knowing exactly what he'd say, though, and would they trust him?