PI Original Josh Kalven Wednesday November 26th, 2008, 9:25am

Rachel Maddow Highlight's Kirk's UAW Comments

Last night on MSNBC, Rachel Maddow aired a clip -- posted by Progress Illinois last week -- from GOP Rep. Mark Kirk's recent appearance on local radio in which he said, "I worry that unless properly structured, this is a bailout of the
United Auto Workers, not General ...

Last night on MSNBC, Rachel Maddow aired a clip -- posted by Progress Illinois last week -- from GOP Rep. Mark Kirk's recent appearance on local radio in which he said, "I worry that unless properly structured, this is a bailout of the United Auto Workers, not General Motors."  Maddow went on to say that this "sounds like the worst kind of class warfare -- being fought against the blue collar class." Watch it:

As far as I can tell, we were the only website to excerpt Kirk's comments on the November 18 broadcast of WLS' Don Wade & Roma Morning Show.  So it seems safe to say Maddow's crew got the audio from PI.

On a related note, Rep. Luis Gutierrez had a great response to the Republican complaints about the UAW on WTTW's Chicago Tonight yesterday:

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