Mark Warner backs work-for-less law

If this story doesn't prove that the Democratic Party I grew up with is nearly extinct, nothing will.

So-called "right-to-work" laws are a misnomer. These laws actually undermine the right to work: They weaken labor unions by gutting labor contracts and forcing unions to represent nonunion workers. I call them work-for-less laws: Workers in states that have such a law earn less money and have less safe working conditions than those in states without such a law.

In Virginia's hotly contested Senate election, the 2 major party candidates are shaping up to be masters of disaster. We all knew Republican Jim Gilmore was a doofus, for he bases almost his entire campaign on supporting work-for-less laws. But the frontrunner, Democrat Mark Warner, is not much better.

A Warner spokesperson said Warner supports Virginia's work-for-less law, an archaic policy that's hamstrung the Old Dominion's workers for decades.

If there's one thing that ought to be a firm, unequivocal stance of the Democratic Party, it's opposition to work-for-less laws. Democrats have diverging views on gun control, abortion, Mideast policy, what state 'The Simpsons' takes place in, and a range of other matters. But opposing work-for-less ought to be sacred.

And until recently, it was. The major exception was the party's conservative Southern wing, but in the past century, that wing never dominated the party like Warner's DLC does now.

Mark Warner is the man who's considered the future of the Democratic Party. If that's the party's future, then I'm gladder than ever I switched to the Greens.

Speaking of which, here's another warning: One of the minor parties in Virginia's Senate election is known as the Independent Greens. This party, however, is a sham that is not affiliated with the Greens that I registered under. The Independent Greens call themselves a "values conservative party", and one of its main causes was trying to get Michael Bloomberg to run for President.

Corporate America really is in control of the country's politics, isn't it?

(Source: http://www.newsvirginian.com/wnv/news/local/article/gilmore_talks_energy_taxes/28173)