NOT THE FIRST TIME

Obama's removal of the G. M. CEO was not the first time a Democrat President removed an executive to support a labor union. On April 26, 1944 FDR had troops carry Montgomery Wards chairman, Avery Sewell, out and seized the companies assets. This was done to support the Retail Clerks unionization of the company. This was upheld in a court of appeals ruling, but was terminated in 1945 by Harry Truman.

While it is not surprising that a Democrat President would support a labor union, the fact that Truman, JFK, Johnson, Carter and Clinton were not as extreme, but Obama is, I find telling. FDR did this during a time when the country was united in a war effort. Obama chose to do this when the country is divided and that is change, indeed.