By Leftlane Staff
Tuesday, Sep 12th, 2006 @ 5:19 pm

The president of the United Auto Workers union on Tuesday blasted President Bush for failing to meet with U.S. automakers to discuss their problems, reports Reuters. UAW chief Ron Gettelfinger said Bush recent decision to push meetings with UAW officials to after the November elections is a thinly veiled political move. “Apparently, he thinks that if he did something for Michigan right now … he might be helping (Stabenow) get reelected when he’s trying to unseat her,” Gettelfinger said at the Reuters Auto Summit in Detroit. Gettelfinger also said it was “ludicrous” that Bush had no time for the car industry but managed to find the time to tap Clay Aiken to serve on the President’s Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities.

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