It's about the destruction of The New Deal and who best to help restore it

[SHRED]

I am voting for Bernie Sanders because he is NOT part of the problem and in fact is sensible in his desire to return to the principles of FDR.

Rather than paying homage to the politics of Franklin Roosevelt, Clinton passed trade deals that defied and even injured the labor movement, once his party’s leading constituency; he signed off on a measure that basically ended the federal welfare program; and he performed singular favors for the financial industry, the New Deal’s great nemesis.

As we slide ever deeper into the abyss of inequality, it is beginning to dawn on us that sinking the New Deal consensus wasn’t the best idea after all.

Unfortunately, focusing on the money being mustered behind Hillary Clinton by various lobbyists and Wall Street figures misses this point. The problem with establishment Democrats is not that they have been bribed by Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and the rest; it’s that many years ago they determined to supplant the GOP as the party of Wall Street – and also to bid for the favor the tech industry, and big pharma, and the telecoms, and the affluent professionals who toil in such places.

Consider the revolving door between Washington and Wall Street, which drew so much public outrage in the early days of the Obama administration … or the revolving door between Washington and Silicon Valley, which has been turning briskly in recent years without much public notice at all. Or the deal the pharmaceutical companies got as a result of the Obamacare negotiations. Or the startlingly different ways in which Obama’s Treasury Department treated beleaguered bankers and underwater homeowners. Or the amazing double standard his Justice Department seems to have erected for dishonest mortgage financiers and dishonest mortgage borrowers. Or the way office-holding Democrats of nearly every rank throw money at the people they call “innovators” while telling working-class Americans that little can be done about their ruined lives.

http://www.theguardian.com/global/2016/feb/16/the-issue-is-not-hillary-clintons-wall-st-links-but-her-partys-core-dogmas



Many thanks to RiverLover for inspiring my post:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=1254925

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. Absolutely! It breaks my heart to see unions bypass Bernie in endorsements.

[TDale313]

2. They're going where the power is at the moment. n/t

[tk2kewl]

3. their leadership is anyway

[TDale313]

10. Yep. Good point. n/t

[gyroscope]

15. Or more precisely, where the money is

a suitcase full of money (or several) is one way to gain an endorsement.

[Ninga]

9. It is pure and simple...it's a lack of education on their part. If union leaders

would take a few moments to learn about the true differences between the candidates, they would find they are in danger of backing the wrong one.

[MisterP]

12. more importantly, they bypassed their own MEMBERS

when membership votes, Sanders wins; when the leadership decides, the endorsement goes to Clinton

[GreenPartyVoter]

13. Interesting point, thanks!

[MisterP]

16. here's the thread

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511053512
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/01/22/bernie-sanders-gets-group-endorsements-when-members-decide-hillary-clinton-when

[ananda]

4. Exactly.

Better to have a bleeding heart than no heart!

[Donkees]

5. Bernie Sanders on FDR's LEGACY

[SHRED]

7. Nice!

[Skwmom]

6. Certainly not the Clintons who helped destroy it. n/t

[Ninga]

8. This needs to be discussed - over and over - until people understand that

LBJ was the last liberal President and Carter was the very beginning of the neoliberal movement that was embraced by Bill Clinton who was one of the founders of the conservative DLC - Democratic Leadership Council. Read the blog found at the first link:

A few days ago I posted about this very topic:

"Why Bernie vs Hillary Matters More Than People Think"

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511247679

Here is more analysis from the same author

"Why Bernie Sanders is More Electable Than People Think"

http://benjaminstudebaker.com/2016/02/10/why-bernie-sanders-is-more-electable-than-people-think/

[kristopher]

11. It really isn't complicated, is it? K&R

[SHRED]

14. No it's not.

You either want a corporate/elitist centered administration or a people centered administration.

The choice is clear.

[2banon]

17. Kickin' & a Recken'