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Andy stern, former president 58 visits. the afl-cio as we just reported put out that ad in wisconsin. now, i don't think it's a stretch to say that president obama may be behind the scenes in this wisconsin brawl. it might be he and his guys directing what happens out there. >> directing is a word i would not use. that is conspiratorial. obama is dragged into this because the democrats cannot exist without union support. this, what is happening in wisconsin is the threat of the power of unions, the power they have over government and their ability to have huge amounts of money they are going t...

I also think that the connection between the democratic party and these public employee unions, which has been in many respects to the advantage of the democrats. i mean, after all, you look at the biggest contributor to this last round of elections, it came from the service employees international union, that's the union where andy stern was the president and he was the number one visitor to the white house during the first two years of the obama administration. you get a sense of the pattern. i think at this moment these public employee unions and the large benefits that they have succeeded ...

>> i think that's true, bill. i also think that the connection between the democratic party and these public employee unions, which has been in many respects to the advantage of the democrats. i mean, after all, you look at the biggest contributor to this last round of elections, it came from the service employees international union, that's the union where andy stern was the president and he was the number one visitor to the white house during the first two years of the obama administration. you get a sense of the pattern. i think at this moment these public employee unions and the large bene...

>> i think that's true, bill. i also think that the connection between the democratic party and these public employee unions, which has been in many respects to the advantage of the democrats. i mean, after all, you look at the biggest contributor to this last round of elections, it came from the service employees international union, that's the union where andy stern was the president and he was the number one visitor to the white house during the first two years of the obama administration. you get a sense of the pattern. i think at this moment these public employee unions and the large bene...

Point. aren't the other taxpayers their friends and neighbors? >> they are taxpayers and they're the ones who have to ultimately pony up for this stuff. the president, however, at the risk of being indelicate, he's had more sleepovers from andy stern, from the seiu, than any other guest he's ever had at the white house, the ungodly influence that the public sector unions have on this white house is scandalous. and i think that anybody needs to look at his comments in the context of this is a president who would not be sitting in the oval office had it not been for public union employees who ra...