2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumMarcy Kaptur makes her case for Bernie Sanders
Kaptur, a longtime ally of organized labor and outspoken opponent of President Clintons free-trade policies, stopped just shy of endorsing Sanders, but praised him for his ideological consistency.
He hasnt changed anything, and people are hearing the message now. Unvarnished, now, for the first time in my career, she told the Globe in a phone interview Wednesday afternoon. First time in my career that Ive heard a candidate give voice to what weve been struggling for and against in this Congress for the last quarter century.
She contrasted that with Clinton, saying, I must say that when Secretary Clinton was secretary of state, I dont recall her ever attempting to balance [free-trade agreements] or change them in any way.
http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2016/02/04/member-congress-makes-case-for-sanders/s5zmNJO1CIbJ9k0QDw3OmK/story.html?event=event25?event=event25
immoderate
(20,885 posts)And mankind and womankind will emerge from the illusion!
--imm
valerief
(53,235 posts)jhart3333
(332 posts)FlatBaroque
(3,160 posts)adore these strong and principled women.
erlewyne
(1,115 posts)She made a stand against abortion when the Dems
were trying to impeach Bush. She
used abortion as her excuse ... I'd have to look up
the details. Her district is a gerry-mandered freak
built to oust Kucinich. In my opinion she is a DINO.
su99
(2 posts)Marcy is on her own level--as a fellow Catholic, I find her struggles to articulate a position on abortion very meaningful. She's brilliant. But they've also affected her career (she's otherwise relatively left, not a DINO, imho). Barbara Lee would be an AMAZING pick for Bernie's VP. Love to see that happen.
AtomicKitten
(46,585 posts)appalachiablue
(41,199 posts)tokenlib
(4,186 posts)Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)TIME TO PANIC
(1,894 posts)navarth
(5,927 posts)She represents the great city of Toledo very well. (Toledo is our beloved cousin to the south. Great town.)
Snotcicles
(9,089 posts)navarth
(5,927 posts)all the best
MichMan
(12,002 posts)Kaptur was one of those who voted yes for the legislation that allowed the pension cuts. It was a bipartisan bill and a lot of her colleagues voted against it.
navarth
(5,927 posts)MichMan
(12,002 posts)It was part of HR 83, which was the Omnibus spending bill This was passed in Dec 2014 and signed into law by President Obama. Marcy Kaptur was one of only 57 Democrats to vote Yes.
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/113-2014/h563
http://www.pensionrights.org/issues/legislation/summary-pension-cutback-provisions-multiemployer-pension-reform-act-2014
navarth
(5,927 posts)Okay that looks bad. I wonder what would make Marcy vote for that.
su99
(2 posts)I heard her explain it on America's Workforce Radio as some combination of not getting the full import of the provision in the Omnibus bill and then labor being split (at least that's what I took away). She's an appropriator--seems to have made a philosophical commitment to vote that way. Anyway she and Sanders are fighting it now.
Feeling the Bern
(3,839 posts)Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)I haven't seen that movie in years!
ljm2002
(10,751 posts)Thanks for the good words.
Go, Bernie!!!!!
Uncle Joe
(58,524 posts)Thanks for the thread, Fawke Em.
FairWinds
(1,717 posts)Thanks Marcie !! But wish she were more skeptical about
the military-industrial-Congressional complex
EndElectoral
(4,213 posts)It's just refreshing to vote for a candidate who speaks for my values rather than simply vote so the Repub Nutters don't take over the henhouse in the Supreme Court.