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California Republican Party Chairman Issues Statement Concerning Barack Obama And The California Superior Court Injunction Against SEIU

California Republican Party Chairman Ron Nehring today issued the following statement concerning Barack Obama and the California court-issued injunction against the Service Employee International Union:

"After a difficult performance in yesterday's Democratic Presidential debate, Barack Obama is on the campaign trail today trying to blame his poor performance on the ‘slash-and-burn' politics of old he so often decries.

"But will Obama denounce the ‘thug like behavior' that prompted a California Superior Court today to issue a restraining order against the Service Employees International Union's stalking, use of violence, and the harassment of officers, directors, and staff of the California Nurses Association?

"Obama promises he can follow up his lofty ideals with action.  Here is an opportunity for the freshman senator to do so.  Will Barack Obama personally denounce the deplorable, thuggish behavior of his supporters?  Or will he fail to lead yet again and defer to a campaign aide to make peace in the press?"

SEIU Employs "Thug-like" Behavior Against Nurses Association

"A California Superior Court today issued a temporary restraining order against the Service Employees International Union President Andy Stern and SEIU to cease and desist the stalking of, use of violence against, and harassment of officers, directors, and staff of the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee."  (California Nurses Association Press Release, "Court Orders Service Union and its President Andy Stern: Stop Stalking and Harassing Registered Nurse Leaders and Staff of California Nurses Assn/NNOC," http://www.calnurses.org/, Accessed 4/17/08)

"Another Southern California CNA/NNOC Board member, Carol Koelle, RN, described her response when SEIU went to her house and followed family members in their car.  ‘This is unprofessional, thug-like behavior that has no place in a professional women's union.'" (California Nurses Association Press Release, "Court Orders Service Union and its President Andy Stern: Stop Stalking and Harassing Registered Nurse Leaders and Staff of California Nurses Assn/NNOC," http://www.calnurses.org/, Accessed 4/17/08)

Obama Decries "Slash-And-Burn" Politics

"Americans, he [Obama] said, do not want ‘say anything, do anything, anything goes, slash-and-burn politics.'" (Foon Rhee, "Obama Says Voters Tired Of ‘Slash-And-Burn' Politics," Boston Globe's Political Intelligence Blog, 4/17/08)

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