{"id":3106,"date":"2007-08-10T09:29:00","date_gmt":"2007-08-10T09:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/08\/edwards-flipflops-on-unions.html"},"modified":"2007-08-10T09:29:00","modified_gmt":"2007-08-10T09:29:00","slug":"edwards-flipflops-on-unions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/08\/edwards-flipflops-on-unions.html","title":{"rendered":"Edwards flip-flops on unions"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Still, Edwards’ impassioned outbursts also can backfire, especially when his own past words and deeds come back to haunt him.
\nIn Tuesday’s AFL-CIO debate, Edwards’ voice rose as he pledged his solidarity with union workers, citing the 200 times he walked picket lines in the last two years and being with rank-and-file at “crunch time.”
\n“That’s the question you have to ask yourself. Who will stand with you when it really matters?” he asked.
\nRival Joe Biden testily suggested Edwards was a Johnny-come-lately, who only embraced labor’s cause recently for the political expediency of the presidential race.
\n“The question is, did you walk when it cost? Did you walk when you were from a state that is not a labor state?” Biden asked.
\nTo make its point, the Biden campaign distributed a list of news stories from 1998, when Edwards ran for the Senate, showing that he supported a North Carolina law that prevented workers from being forced to join a union – an anti-union position.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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