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## Video: Joe Klein in Detroit with the UAW and Rodney Crowell

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_Published 2010-09-13. Joe Klein met two young UAW leaders at the TIME Detroit Bureau, and convinced singer/songwriter Rodney Crowell to play one of his more 'populist' songs for them_


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## Transcript

>> If it wasn't for the bailout, the whole victory would go under. I mean--

>> I feel I'd better check in with the UAW since this is Detroit, and United Auto Workers are an-- is an important part of the scene here-- -[ unk ]

>> And they brought on a couple of-- a couple of their leaders, young leaders, and we met with them at TIMES' Detroit house. And we met a woman named Tammy Jackson who was a ball of fire.

>> Some of these people running for office have no clue. You're asking them questions-- Some of them, I think they need to go through class in order to run for a position because they are brainless. Some people are literally-- I mean, it's a disgrace. And I get disgusted, and I get frustrated because these are people who we're supposed to look up to, who our children are supposed to look up to, who we're supposed to follow, but yet some of the answers, they have no clue, so I really-

>> I would suppose you let them know that either.

>> I let them know, I let them know.

>> We're also hit up about this that I asked Rodney Crowell to sing one of his populist tunes.

>> We ran into trouble scamming for oil. The whole Middle East is coming to a boil It's the Muslims and Kurds, Bedouin herds, Palestinians, and Arabs, and Jews in the news It's too much to keep up with; it'll jangle your head. The whole situation's running way in the red. I said, don't get me started. Don't get me started, not now. Don't get me started, 'Cause it makes me angry. -[ unk ] That was great.

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