Irony and Hypocrisy

From Democrats over Card Check. [Link]

It’s a secret ballot, thank the Lord,” Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY), about keeping her vote on the Dingell-Waxman caucus election secret.

John Boehner highlighted this quote as one reason the House Republican Caucus will vociferously oppose the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), better known as Card Check. He challenged the Democrats’ hypocrisy in closing the ballots on politically tough votes within their caucuses while leaving employees open to harassment and intimidation in the workplace on organizing votes:

House Republican Leader John A. Boehner said Democrats’ use of secret ballots to chose its leadership was ironic because the party wants to nix workers’ rights to a secret voting in deciding whether to unionize.

“The secret ballot election is a cornerstone of our American democracy,” Mr. Boehner, Ohio Republican, said Thursday. “If it is good enough for House Democrats to rely on during today’s high-stakes vote, shouldn’t it be good enough for millions of American workers across America who value their workplace privacy?”