Vetting Bernie Sanders

The consumer side of global trade agreements

It's strange that no one seems to mention nor consider the consumer side of global trade agreements. That computer you're typing on. That smart phone in your pocket. Your shirt, pants, shoes that you're wearing. That flat screen in your living room. That Prius, Toyota, Honda, Hyundai that you drive.

All of these things and more are made more affordable courtesy of global trade agreements. Consumers, on a collective level, demanded lower prices for goods and services, and the market has responded to your requests.

Imposing protectionist policies means higher prices for those goods and services which will bring less overall demand and consequently less jobs.

For example, Carrier moved its plant because it has to keep their prices in line with their competitors who can make the same unit at lower costs. If Carrier doesn't move, they won't be able to compete and will go out of business.

If you want high quality, cutting edge goods, and services at low costs, then you have to be open to global competition.

A Trump presidency would bring about a revolution and a progressive utopia?

Do some here actually believe that? We'll have to endure 4 years of sheer hell and then be saved by Elizabeth Warren in 2020? Is that what some of you think?

If you're registered as an Independent, then you have no right to complain about the Dem party

If you're not a member of the party, then you cannot complain about the order of the primaries, the caucuses, the Super Delegates, the debate schedule, NOTHING. You're not a member of the party, then you cannot complain about the rules of the party.

The Dem party is designed to service those who are members of the party. Those who have put in the time and effort to build it. You didn't want to be a part of that process, so now you want to file list of complaints? That's absurd.

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For those who disagree, if you were in a union, paid your dues, attend meetings, etc., you would be okay with someone outside of the union having a voice on what your union should and should not do, and who gets to lead the union?

Given all of the updsets in the tournament, was the seeding off?

Or is there just more parity in the NCCA mens bracket?

Discuss.

Yesterday, Bernie won a grand total of 230,000 votes across three states --EDITED

So, I have edited my post to include the updated attendance totals for each state from Saturday. There were a total of 286,564 votes cast. Bernie won on average of 80% of the vote in each state to give him 230,000 votes yesterday.

As a contrast, Hillary won over 1 million votes in Florida alone.

My point still stands. This is his HUUUUGGGEEE momentum? 230,000 votes in total across 3 states????


Total Turnout
WA: 244,548
HI: 32,000
AK: 10,016

Links:
Democrats likely set caucus attendance record
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Democrats-likely-set-caucus-attendance-record-1264684.php

Bernie won 43,150 total votes from yesterday

This is his big momentum?

Bernie Sanders has not been vetted. Not a single hard negative ad has ever been run against him.

That's why he polls so well against the Republicans. At one point in 1988, Mike Dukakis was out-polling George H.W. Bush, and then they started in on him.

Conversely, Hillary has been vetted since 1992.

Why are polls showing Bernie doing well a good thing but the actual votes and delegates

including the Super delegates where Hillary is leading a bad thing?

President Obama was right to continue his Cuba trip

Dropping everything to respond to every terrorist attack sends the wrong message to the terrorists. What they want is to control our behavior and actions through mass violence. Ending a historic event enables and encourages them to do more of it.