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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Sanders was the only White guy who showed up [View all]WhaTHellsgoingonhere
(5,252 posts)73. Hadn't heard that term, but I am keeping my eye this stuff and H-1B expansion
H-1Bers are not more qualified. They're just modern indentured servants readily exploitable. They'll do anything to avoid getting shipped back home.
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So, around the same time Hillary was saying she was still "proud" of having been a Goldwater girl
Mufaddal
Feb 2016
#9
Totally false - this was more than THIRTY years after she was a "Goldwater girl", and this.....
George II
Feb 2016
#42
She may be the nominee. She likely will not be elected President. And if she is, watch out.
highprincipleswork
Feb 2016
#50
That got old a while ago also. Clearly the Dem Party Leadership doesn't care whether or not
sabrina 1
Feb 2016
#158
I would prefer to repeal the 22nd amendment, or just leave the office empty for four years.
AtheistCrusader
Feb 2016
#161
If so the 99% will continue to suffer. It's a tough battle against the Big Money
rhett o rick
Feb 2016
#124
"...my political beliefs are rooted in the conserfvatism that I was raised with. I don't recognize
Petrushka
Feb 2016
#169
Robert Reich has known her since she was 17. He just endorsed Bernie Sanders.
sabrina 1
Feb 2016
#157
Robert Reich doesn't like Hillary because Bill fired him from his cabinet. And he's been sending...
George II
Feb 2016
#159
He's a Democrat and airc, he and several other Progressives quit Clinton's cabinet after realizing
sabrina 1
Feb 2016
#163
Actually it was around the same time she was running for senate as a DEMOCRAT
liberalnarb
Feb 2016
#164
Just like her Iraq War vote, and besides, it was "just" 1 vote and she's sorry
WhaTHellsgoingonhere
Feb 2016
#26
If she makes it to the general. Trump will use that vote against her for sure.
NWCorona
Feb 2016
#27
Third Wayers so badly want to call themselves Liberals and Progressives. They're ashamed of...
WhaTHellsgoingonhere
Feb 2016
#48
Did you know that "Progressive Liberalisation" is a code word for GLOBAL PRIVATISATION?
Baobab
Feb 2016
#66
Hadn't heard that term, but I am keeping my eye this stuff and H-1B expansion
WhaTHellsgoingonhere
Feb 2016
#73
Have you ever heard of GATS Mode IV? Its not immigration, its not H1B, its perhaps L1 visas
Baobab
Feb 2016
#120
Definitely. And here's problem with the "just 1 vote" argument. It goes something like this:
WhaTHellsgoingonhere
Feb 2016
#122
so.... Selma was how long ago and that doesn't count either wow thats stretching it :( n/t
PatrynXX
Feb 2016
#87
Why "unfortunately"? Other than no other white politicians caring enough show up, of course. n/t
cui bono
Feb 2016
#99
Oh I don't think so, people will listen at least and then we have to compare/
Jefferson23
Feb 2016
#14
I've had people here and elsewhere say that they are with Hillary no matter what.
NWCorona
Feb 2016
#15
We'll see, he was never suppose to do this well. She had every advantage and he has been
Jefferson23
Feb 2016
#16
No worries, I think we have to look at everything too and what you're saying
Jefferson23
Feb 2016
#18
You have to remember that Bernie has never said anything bad about anyone really
NWCorona
Feb 2016
#19
True. I did not support her the first time, so to see her back again running the same
Jefferson23
Feb 2016
#23
Plus it avoids all those pesky questions re: transcripts, Goldman Sachs, etc. nt
99th_Monkey
Feb 2016
#67
Thom Hartmann ~ It is tough when you are up against billionaires and ballot bandits.
Jenny_92808
Feb 2016
#25
Come ON. That's a stretch. I don't see it as a "reference in time"--I see it as a reference of
MADem
Feb 2016
#40
The Selma march was in 1965 - Bernie was at the March in 1963 and arrested in 1964
EffieBlack
Feb 2016
#71
There can only be one black people event per day and that was the one Bernie attended
EffieBlack
Feb 2016
#74
LOL!!!! John Lewis should be ashamed, that he and HRC were off doing all that Leadership stuff! nt
MADem
Feb 2016
#82
This is the most astounding case of recycled hoo-ha I've seen in recent years! nt
MADem
Feb 2016
#80
Wordsmith Greg also says Bernie was the only white guy to show. Does that mean Palast didn't?
ucrdem
Feb 2016
#112
No, it's ACCURATE. He was never anywhere NEAR Selma, and to suggest he was is akin to
MADem
Feb 2016
#77
What civil rights legislation did Bernie fight for and get passed during his time in the Senate?
EffieBlack
Feb 2016
#81
That's a list of votes and statements, most of which have little to do with POC
EffieBlack
Feb 2016
#113
Voting from the comfort of Congress is not equivalent to being on the "front lines." nt
SunSeeker
Feb 2016
#86
I was not disrespectful. I was correcting the factual inaccuracy of Greg ' s quote. nt
SunSeeker
Feb 2016
#118
At the time she was the wife of a lame duck President. She wasn't in the Congress like Sanders was.
George II
Feb 2016
#37
No, she was a sitting senator, she was co-hosting that event, AND she was speaking at a Black
MADem
Feb 2016
#79
Perfectly good proof of his commitment to the cause, but our own people "swiftboat" him for this.
highprincipleswork
Feb 2016
#53
And so it shall. Well, at least I think it will, and here's some more.
highprincipleswork
Feb 2016
#60
Palast "forgot" to mention that Hillary wasn't there because she was co-hosting a forum with the CBC
EffieBlack
Feb 2016
#69
Bernie has supported civil rights for POC his whole life - but he's not a fighter
EffieBlack
Feb 2016
#110
Really? I guess it depends on who the legislator is and how hard they're actually fighting
EffieBlack
Feb 2016
#147