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dreamnightwind

(4,775 posts)
55. Not really
Sun Aug 2, 2015, 04:39 PM
Aug 2015

They needlessly moved up the usual and agreed-to date of endorsement by months to avoid allowing the rising candidate from the left to get sufficient momentum, nip it in the bud so to speak, polled a very small sample of their members and said "all good, it's HRC!" to get the endorsement for Weingarten's friend Hillary. Not the normal flow of business for that union at all, it was designed to produce a certain result for a certain candidate.

Very nice try at twisting my view to saying what you claimed I was saying. Not even close to what I was saying. The endorsement was NOT a true or fair representation of that union's membership, who should have been granted, as they usually are, a significant period of the primary campaign to vet the candidates.

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The Sierra Club is a thousand times bigger and is already leaning towards Hillary. onehandle Aug 2015 #1
That's from April HerbChestnut Aug 2015 #3
'Long before most people had knew about Sanders' onehandle Aug 2015 #5
He announced his presidential campaign on April 30th... HerbChestnut Aug 2015 #6
The article WAS dated April 1st, and in any case, you didn't Divernan Aug 2015 #20
Hi there, and appreciated... HerbChestnut Aug 2015 #26
April 30th: "The Sierra Club has not yet begun any endorsement process for the 2016 Presidential..." bananas Aug 2015 #36
Well that is excellent HerbChestnut Aug 2015 #37
+1000 MissDeeds Aug 2015 #27
"Bernie is running on his record. Their candidate is trying to run from hers." beam me up scottie Aug 2015 #39
Absolutely! MissDeeds Aug 2015 #40
Thanks! beam me up scottie Aug 2015 #41
Not only is it a valid point, but it applies to large numbers of other groups and voters who GoneFishin Aug 2015 #49
Your lack of comprehension is hilarious. bluedigger Aug 2015 #28
The Sierra Club has been subsumed by big money interests 99th_Monkey Aug 2015 #7
Well ...no wonder they are for Hillary. L0oniX Aug 2015 #9
Look at what Friends of the Earth says about elections azmom Aug 2015 #34
I've been a long time contributer, but I've been thinking about dropping them. rwsanders Aug 2015 #10
Most likely the leadership has been co opted. Stay and fight for a environmentally friendly rhett o rick Aug 2015 #44
Me too - I'm calling them next week. Divernan Aug 2015 #46
Aren't they anti-immigration also? CanadaexPat Aug 2015 #51
He announced April 29th artislife Aug 2015 #14
*snort* Cleita Aug 2015 #16
The Sierra Club has long ago been co opted by corporations. Of course they would rhett o rick Aug 2015 #45
Awesomeness! "a more-steadfast environmental champion" <- That's Bernie! nt 99th_Monkey Aug 2015 #2
Friends of the Earth is an important endorsement. Scruffy1 Aug 2015 #4
I can't wait for the Hillarious Clintonistas to call Bernie an eco terrorist. L0oniX Aug 2015 #8
Oh ya...3, 2, 1, zero. SoapBox Aug 2015 #11
I never heard of them. George II Aug 2015 #12
And??? artislife Aug 2015 #15
Not surprised. bluedigger Aug 2015 #29
If I was pretending to care about the environment I wouldn't brag about that. beam me up scottie Aug 2015 #42
Here's the Washington Post article on the endorsement kenn3d Aug 2015 #13
I guess they don't read much. elleng Aug 2015 #17
I don't hate MoM angrychair Aug 2015 #30
I'm glad you don't hate him.We have/had the best public schools in the country when he was governor, elleng Aug 2015 #33
O'Malley's record on the environment is pretty good. But when he says that Vattel Aug 2015 #50
LOL. JaneyVee Aug 2015 #18
Cap and trade is a scam for Wall Street to make money by trading carbon credits. Cheese Sandwich Aug 2015 #19
Keep in mind: Bernie supports it as well. JaneyVee Aug 2015 #21
You are wrong. Bernie Sanders is against cap and trade. Cheese Sandwich Aug 2015 #22
That must be why he voted YES on it... JaneyVee Aug 2015 #24
I would say maybe he voted for it as part of an overall package Cheese Sandwich Aug 2015 #25
Thank you dreamnightwind Aug 2015 #47
I'm not sure how major FOE really is but... Cheese Sandwich Aug 2015 #23
Thanks azmom saidsimplesimon Aug 2015 #31
As a latina, I appreciate Friends of the Earth azmom Aug 2015 #32
I'm shocked! ..., NOT!! Elmer S. E. Dump Aug 2015 #35
Kicking and highly recommending. beam me up scottie Aug 2015 #38
I find something missing here dsc Aug 2015 #43
An environmental group is not very similar to a labor union dreamnightwind Aug 2015 #48
they did get a say dsc Aug 2015 #52
Not really dreamnightwind Aug 2015 #55
what agreed upon date? dsc Aug 2015 #56
Exactly, no contests happen, only campaigning dreamnightwind Aug 2015 #57
you seem to have no problem at all with the enviromental group having endorsed now dsc Aug 2015 #58
I made the point that an environmental group is not like the teacher's union dreamnightwind Aug 2015 #59
your argument might have some validity as to whether members should be polled dsc Aug 2015 #60
Why the hell not? Disagree. - eom dreamnightwind Aug 2015 #61
Bernie has always been the best on the Environment, he has a fantastic record sabrina 1 Aug 2015 #53
Good to know. nt LWolf Aug 2015 #54
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