Miners’ mandatory attendance at Romney rally cost them a day’s pay

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You may remember last week when Fox Nation ran the headline "Ohio Miners Turn on Obama," showing a photo of miners trooping into a Romney rally. Readers dubbed the article "Inspiring."

We were kind of wet blankets, noting that the head of the company indicated beforehand that he would bus those miners in. Perhaps they weren't there entirely willingly, we said! Just maybe!

Little did we know.

From the Plain Dealer:

When GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney visited an Ohio coal mine this month to promote jobs in the coal industry, workers who appeared with him at the rally lost pay because their mine was shut down.

The Pepper Pike company that owns the Century Mine told workers that attending the Aug. 14 Romney event would be both mandatory and unpaid, a top company official said Monday morning in a West Virginia radio interview.

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[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

I remember those days back in East Germany where people were mandated to appear at rallies.

Way to go, comrade Mitt.

[Darnell 8,479]

did this work in Mexico for GrandPa ?

Oh wait, he wasn't running for office.

Just trying to catch the slow womens..

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How is he in touch with the common man????

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

How is he in touch with the common man????

You can see him clearly touching a common man here.

[X Factor 1,112]

You can see him clearly touching a common man here.

[Ban Hammer 13,558]

on the bright side, at least they didn't suck on the taxpayer teat while attending, like illinois....