The name of the group sounds innocuous enough: Working Families Win.
Who doesn't want working families to win?
The group Working Families Win bills itself as "a non-profit and non-partisan organization" working to "change the economy in favor of working families, provides education about economic decisions made in Washington and the impacts within our local communities, and engages individuals through neighbor to neighbor communication to hold our elected officials accountable."
The group is hosting a series of candidate forums across the country.
Locally, there's an event scheduled Tuesday at 7 p.m. at thhe Schmidt Training and Technology Center at Reading Area Community College in Reading. Another forum is scheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 19, at 7 PM at the Ricketts Center, 640 Beech St., Pottstown. There's also one scheduled Thursday, Aug. 21, at 7 p.m. at the Coatesville Area Senior Center (22 N. 5th Avenue)in Coatesville, one of the few Democratic strongholds in Republican Chester County.
Just one little problem. Working Families Win is a front for Big Labor. It's pro-Democratic Party, anti-Republican Party.
Most of the people attending the forums will be union workers who are friendly to Democratic candidates and hostile to Republican candidates. The people organizing the forums are liberal activists.
Instead of being honest with voters that this is an effort to promote Democratic candidates, Working Families Win hides its true identity from the public.
Republican candidates are in tough spot. The group sends out blanket invitations to all candidates, but doesn't wait for a reply. It puts out press releases to local media saying candidates "are expected to attend" when many candidates never had any intention of taking part in the charade.
If Republican candidates don't attend the Working Families Win "candidate forums," the local newspapers will write that they skipped out on the event.
If GOP candidates attend, they will be greeted by hostile crowds and biased moderators. The questions focus on union issues. The questions will favor Democratic candidates.
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I attended the forum at RACC the other night. Mike O'Pake didn't even bother showing up. He sent his flunky instead. There couldn't have been more than 30 people in the audience and you were right, they were all union types. Good call.
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