Framing Jimmy Hoffa and

. . .labor unions, and Democrats, and liberals, and moderates, and anyone else who doesn't agree with you.

 

From Daily Kos :

"by try democracy

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Ever wonder where Hoffa is buried?  Hoffa's alleged assignation by organized crime over 30 years ago is a frame that ties Unions to the Mafia.  The continuous search for his body reinforces that frame.  It help remind people of the past association of unions with crime, murder, violence, corruption and other negative ideas that keeps the majority of Americans unsympathetic to protecting our Labor rights.  Democratic candidates know that Labor Rights are only popular with actual union members, so they don't try to show the rest of America that Democrats are strong for the middle class working Americans.  Democrats don't challenge the frame and speak about the benefits that all Americans have gained from Labor Rights and unions. .

 

. . Ever wonder why the FBI spent over $250,000 to search for Hoffa's body last spring based on a tip they had received over 30 years ago? . . .One prominent Street Evangelist claimed to know precisely where Hoffa's body was buried.  He even met with the FBI, because as the ex-lawyer for the Hoffa tipster that stirred up the search . . .

. . .Elsman was quoted in Bethlehem as saying "Jesus was a uniter, not a divider."   Some of you may recall that Bush has also claimed to be a uniter not a divider.  Was this quote intended to put Bush into a frame of being our savior?   And if Bush is the savior, what does that make his opponents?   ("...maybe Satan????")  By the way, both Bush and Elsman are alumni of Harvard...The DA on the Hoffa search was appointed by Bush...Bush appointed the head of the FBI....

Hoffa stories always bring out conspiracy theories.  But one man doesn't make a vast right wing conspiracy.  One man can clearly make a difference though.

A lot of pundits have complained about $250,000 being a tremendous waste of money to find a body.  But the pundits missed the point.  Finding the body is not important, and actually would be counter productive to the goal.  The goal was to distract the public from the war in Iraq, reinforce the frame of unions as controlled by the Mafia, and further weaken one of the strongest supporters of the Democrats.  The publicity that the Hoffa search generated was beyond the budgets of both the Republicans and Democrats combined.

One man can make a difference, and so can you.  Help publicize this story and show who is holding the frame."