IP: when are blue-collar workers not blue-collar workers?!

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

>Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 10:07:37 -0800
>From: Jim Warren <jwarren@well.com>
>Subject: fwd: when are blue-collar workers not blue-collar workers?!
>
>At 7:05 AM -0800 3/22/01, Severo Ornstein wrote:
>>Today's Press Democrat had a funny little story about reality in
>>Washington, DC.
>>
>>After the recent House passage of acting president Bush's tax plan there
>>erupted outside the Capital Building a  spontaneous rally of support by
>>a horde of seeming construction and factory workers, thus demonstrating
>>a broad based support for the legislation.
>>
>>Only they weren't really blue collar workers... the Republicans had
>>circulated a "request" (put out by Dennis Hastert) to hundreds of
>>Washington lobbyists telling them to all show up to the rally dressed as
>>"working type people" complete with coveralls, hardhats, etc.
>>--
>>Severo M. Ornstein
>>Poon Hill
>>2200 Bear Gulch Road
>>Woodside, CA 94062
>>Tel: 650-851-4258
>>Fax: 650-851-9549
>



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