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Here's a taste of how the GOP would run against Sanders
in the General election:
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/02/28/when-bernie-sanders-thought-castro-and-the-sandinistas-could-teach-america-a-lesson.html
Anyone who doesn't think this would be highly effective in turning many Americans off does not understand the country we live in.
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... You know, the guy that risked his life dodging STDs stateside during Vietnam.
https://normsaysno.wordpress.com/2016/02/25/more-disturbing-news-about-sec-clinton/
I've also noted that the same equation was happening where ex-Disney employees exploited by the H-1B program that Hillary Clinton is on record for supporting, have just in congress been brought to testify on this by Republicans in the House this week and are on record endorsing Trump too.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=1356732
Do Clinton and the corporate Democrats that support her want be known as the ANTI-LABOR candidate that brought down the Democratic Party in this election? Because I think that just might happen the way things are going now. It doesn't really matter whether Trump is legitimately trying to work for labor or not. It is perceived that he is working for us, but it is most definitely perceived that Hillary is working against us, especially when she takes a lot of lobbyist money from companies like Tata and Infosys that want legislation to work against the interests of American workers.
http://freebeacon.com/politics/outsourcing-clinton-allies-accused-of-abusing-visa-system/
If Clinton and the corporatist Democrats who have been manipulating this election for her lose to Trump, even if they lose when Trump makes false promises to counter the clear case that Clinton is working against American workers' interests, the Democratic Party will lose support from Unions after this election, and one of it's main raisons d'etre.
A lot of those union leadership folk who endorsed Clinton without taking in a vote of their union memberships will also likely be thrown out too, when they will have correctly perceived that she's screwed them!
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In my return from DC a couple of weeks ago, I took a cab to the airport. The driver, an immigrant from Uganda, was quite talkative, and is passionate about politics. He even “tested” me on my knowledge, with questions like “Which president signed into law the repeal of Glass-Stegall?”, and was delighted when I gave him the correct answers.
He’s a Bernie supporter, and he went on at length about what he views as the corruption of Hillary Clinton. Typical rant: “How does she expect us to believe that her taking $600,000 for a speech on Wall Street wouldn’t affect what she would do as president? Does she really take us for fools?”
Of course, as a black man, he had equal contempt for black “leaders” who are supporting Clinton. I must say I can’t blame him. What has Clinton done proactively that is specifically aimed at improving the lot of African-Americans? Nothing, as far as I know. I am not aware of anything Bernie Sanders has done in the Senate specifically on the black issue either, but he has a lifetime of working to support the poor and the working class, and that should qualify. And, in case it matters, as a college student, Sanders was active in the civil rights movement — whereas Hillary, at that age, was a Republican. If African-Americans want to judge a candidate purely on race — which I think is too narrow, but “just if” — then the exhortations of the black leaders to vote for Hillary makes no sense, and one must wonder about their judgment processes.
What will surprise, even revulse, those of you readers who are in the press or the “establishment” political world — but will make perfect sense to those of you outside of those realms — is that the above-mentioned cabbie also likes Donald Trump. It’s a great example of the validity of the comments of Senator Jeff Sessions to Breitbart, among which was “…It looks like working people who may have been voting for Democrats voted for Trump in huge numbers.”
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In my return from DC a couple of weeks ago, I took a cab to the airport. The driver, an immigrant from Uganda, was quite talkative, and is passionate about politics. He even “tested” me on my knowledge, with questions like “Which president signed into law the repeal of Glass-Stegall?”, and was delighted when I gave him the correct answers.
He’s a Bernie supporter, and he went on at length about what he views as the corruption of Hillary Clinton. Typical rant: “How does she expect us to believe that her taking $600,000 for a speech on Wall Street wouldn’t affect what she would do as president? Does she really take us for fools?”
Of course, as a black man, he had equal contempt for black “leaders” who are supporting Clinton. I must say I can’t blame him. What has Clinton done proactively that is specifically aimed at improving the lot of African-Americans? Nothing, as far as I know. I am not aware of anything Bernie Sanders has done in the Senate specifically on the black issue either, but he has a lifetime of working to support the poor and the working class, and that should qualify. And, in case it matters, as a college student, Sanders was active in the civil rights movement — whereas Hillary, at that age, was a Republican. If African-Americans want to judge a candidate purely on race — which I think is too narrow, but “just if” — then the exhortations of the black leaders to vote for Hillary makes no sense, and one must wonder about their judgment processes.
What will surprise, even revulse, those of you readers who are in the press or the “establishment” political world — but will make perfect sense to those of you outside of those realms — is that the above-mentioned cabbie also likes Donald Trump. It’s a great example of the validity of the comments of Senator Jeff Sessions to Breitbart, among which was “…It looks like working people who may have been voting for Democrats voted for Trump in huge numbers.”
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I've also noted that the same equation was happening where ex-Disney employees exploited by the H-1B program that Hillary Clinton is on record for supporting, have just in congress been brought to testify on this by Republicans in the House this week and are on record endorsing Trump too.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=1356732
Do Clinton and the corporate Democrats that support her want be known as the ANTI-LABOR candidate that brought down the Democratic Party in this election? Because I think that just might happen the way things are going now. It doesn't really matter whether Trump is legitimately trying to work for labor or not. It is perceived that he is working for us, but it is most definitely perceived that Hillary is working against us, especially when she takes a lot of lobbyist money from companies like Tata and Infosys that want legislation to work against the interests of American workers.
http://freebeacon.com/politics/outsourcing-clinton-allies-accused-of-abusing-visa-system/
The Department of Labor is investigating two outsourcing giants with ties to the Clinton Foundation for illegally supplanting American workers with cheap foreign labor.
The Department of Labor announced on Thursday it was investigating Tata Consultancy Services and Infosys for allegedly forcing American IT workers to train foreign workers before being laid off. Some of those employees allege that their employers replaced them with the immigrants who were in the country on temporary visas.
The Labor Department is investigating whether or not the companies abused the H-1B program, which grants temporary visas to fill highly-skilled jobs that employers claim are not adequately filled by American workers. The law requires that companies take “good faith steps to recruit U.S. workers” and “has not displaced a U.S. worker at the time of filing an H-1B visa petition,” according to the department.
The investigation was announced on Thursday by a bipartisan group of senators.
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The Department of Labor announced on Thursday it was investigating Tata Consultancy Services and Infosys for allegedly forcing American IT workers to train foreign workers before being laid off. Some of those employees allege that their employers replaced them with the immigrants who were in the country on temporary visas.
The Labor Department is investigating whether or not the companies abused the H-1B program, which grants temporary visas to fill highly-skilled jobs that employers claim are not adequately filled by American workers. The law requires that companies take “good faith steps to recruit U.S. workers” and “has not displaced a U.S. worker at the time of filing an H-1B visa petition,” according to the department.
The investigation was announced on Thursday by a bipartisan group of senators.
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If Clinton and the corporatist Democrats who have been manipulating this election for her lose to Trump, even if they lose when Trump makes false promises to counter the clear case that Clinton is working against American workers' interests, the Democratic Party will lose support from Unions after this election, and one of it's main raisons d'etre.
A lot of those union leadership folk who endorsed Clinton without taking in a vote of their union memberships will also likely be thrown out too, when they will have correctly perceived that she's screwed them!
You should really see a doctor about that wicked case of republicanism flaring up there....does it hurt? You seem like you're in pain? Enough bed rest and you should be better by Tuesday. Super Tuesday....
You should drink plenty of fluids too, here have some KoolAid
I have heard from Hillary supporters that "Sanders wants to do things the GOP won't like." That implies something about Hillary.
https://www.politicalcompass.org/uselection2016
... that was what was used to fuel the Koch empire after WWII, which subsequently has been used to push Republican candidates, and to help build the DLC and corporatist Democrats with the Clinton's help?
Bernie may be a "socialist" taking a lot of individual contributions from AMERICANS! But he hasn't been getting as much "commie" Stalin/Koch money as those who he runs against as Republicans and corporate Democrats have taken in.
