Putting monied interests over the public interest and the preservation of his ego before the perseverance of the union for decades, Mitch McConnell has got to go. Meet his challenger, Alison Lundergan Grimes. 2014 should be an interesting year.
Hint: the middle class doesn’t appear on its own. It’s created and fought for. And it has to be maintained by those who helped forge it: labor unions.
This is a reality for many people residing within the United States. To deem them lazy, entitled or encroaching upon the glittering world of opportunity by working day in and day out at onion farms for next to nothing is absolutely shameful and entirely misinformed.
Key notes: bore to the point of complacency with field-related jargon, misinform, perpetuate anachronistic stereotypes, repeat. If you do this frequently enough, chances are you’ll find success as a GOP legislator!
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the 200,000-person deep march to the nation’s capital in demand for truly meaningful–and above all, equal–protection under the law. Much has been accomplished since then, but there’s still more work to do. Below is Martin Luther King’s famous “I have a dream” speech, spoken half a century ago today.
