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Cheese Sandwich

(9,086 posts)
Wed Apr 13, 2016, 01:36 PM Apr 2016

Why I知 Supporting Bernie Sanders by US Senator Jeff Merkley

NO decision we make as Americans more dramatically affects the direction of our country than our choice for president. He or she is more than the manager of the executive branch, commander in chief or appointer of judges. The president reflects, but also helps define, our national values, priorities and direction.

After considering the biggest challenges facing our nation and the future I want for my children and our country, I have decided to become the first member of the Senate to support my colleague Bernie Sanders for president.

I grew up in working-class Oregon. On a single income, my parents could buy a home, take a vacation and help pay for college. My father worked with his hands as a millwright and built a middle-class life for us.

My parents believed in education and they believed in the United States. When I was young, my father took me to the grade school and told me that if I went through those doors, and worked hard, I could do just about anything because we lived in America. My dad was right.
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The first three words of the Constitution, in bold script, are “We the People.” The American story is a journey of continuous striving to more fully realize our founding principles of hope and opportunity for all.

It is time to recommit ourselves to that vision of a country that measures our nation’s success not at the boardroom table, but at kitchen tables across America. Bernie Sanders stands for that America, and so I stand with Bernie Sanders for president.

more: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/13/opinion/why-im-supporting-bernie-sanders.html?_r=0
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Why I知 Supporting Bernie Sanders by US Senator Jeff Merkley (Original Post) Cheese Sandwich Apr 2016 OP
Right on, Jeff. floriduck Apr 2016 #1
Merkely was the only NW senator to vote against TPP stuffmatters Apr 2016 #5
Yes, I have my issues with my WA senators too. floriduck Apr 2016 #6
Won't he have to switch to Hillary if she wins the Oregon primary? stopbush Apr 2016 #2
No. Bernie will win convention, if not before. nt silvershadow Apr 2016 #3
K&R Jefferson23 Apr 2016 #4
 

floriduck

(2,262 posts)
1. Right on, Jeff.
Wed Apr 13, 2016, 01:41 PM
Apr 2016

If Oregon only had their other Senator with the foresight you have, your state would be much better off. But Wyden is now a corporatist and the Dem leader for the TPP.

stuffmatters

(2,574 posts)
5. Merkely was the only NW senator to vote against TPP
Wed Apr 13, 2016, 04:37 PM
Apr 2016

Wyden enabled fast track for this TPP corporate coup d'etat out of committee, where it could have been stopped. He's the biggest snake.
But Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray also voted for fast track. Merkely stood alone against TPP agenda and corporate Dems who showed their true affinity in this vote towards Wall Street (and essentially ALEC's) dream legislation.

As you, lots of respect for Merkely before, even more now that he endorsed Bernie. Plenty brave of him.

 

floriduck

(2,262 posts)
6. Yes, I have my issues with my WA senators too.
Wed Apr 13, 2016, 05:51 PM
Apr 2016

And Merkely has been an ally of Elizabeth Warren too. I like to think they're the beginning of a new breed in WA DC.

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