Is anyone beginning to notice the trend with Sanders?

[BlueCaliDem]

110. My longtime DU membership is merely to point out I've been thoroughly vetted and I AM a proven

Democrat. You? Not so much. So your accusation that I'm repeating standard GOP memes is a stretch and completely out of line.

I am pro-Union. I am a longtime member of SEIU - United Healthcare Workers. So spare me your labeling. But there are unions I don't like, like police unions and unions that work to harm my country and our environment - like the AFL-CIO and Brotherhood of Teamsters.

As you feel the need to hold Democratic elected officials accountable for their votes and policies, so also should you focus that lazer-beam of righteousness on union bosses, specifically the AFL-CIO and Teamster union bosses. When they lobby against Democratic ideals and for Republican moneymakers, like the Keystone XL bill which is bad for the environment, bad for job creation, and a really, really bad deal for taxpayers should the pipe burst (and it always does) and taxpayers are expected to cough up the money to repair it, they lose my confidence. When they push to keep undocumented people undocumented by lobbying congresspeople to vote against the 2006 comprehensive immigration reform bill, they lose my confidence.

Let me summarize: the AFL-CIO and Brotherhood of Teamsters are for Keystone and against immigration reform, and Sanders not Hillary Clinton, but Sanders did their bidding.

By the way? The SEIU has endorsed Hillary Clinton.

I trust President Obama to make much the same deal as President Clinton did. Since NAFTA, nothing has halted the wage stagnation and job losses resulting from NAFTA. H. Ross Perot was correct about the "giant sucking sound".

Wait. You do know Ross Perot is even wealthier than the 1%, right? And you don't think it's ironic that you quote him favorably here while excoriating President Obama and the 1%??

Also, you need to update yourself. Obama, not Ross Perot, not Bill Clinton, is president. And he's done a damned good job for this country despite being denied a Congress he could work with. he's earned our trust that he'll do a good job for us. And once again, this trade deal was going to happen WITH or WITHOUT the United States. Now if you trust China to step in and write the regulations for the new trade deal, then that's your personal preference. My personal preference is to allow one of the greatest presidents of my lifetime to take the lead, and to ensure that corporations DON'T write the regulations, and the TPP curbs corporate power.

[center]Specifically Chapter 9 of the TPP deals with:[/center]

Article 9.9: Governments are clearly and explicitly granted authority to regulate in the interest or welfare of the public as well as the environment.

Section B - ISDS - Article 9.20: Corporations lose forum-shopping
Explicit language has been added to the TPP ensuring that corporations can seek redress either in US Courts or through the ISDS process, but not both.

Article 9.23: Sunlight: Every dispute, proceeding, filing, outcome will be public.

Annex 9-B: Profit loss alone isn't reason enough to challenge regulations.

Article 9.3: Protections for the environment, labor and everything else take precedence over corporate rights.

The so-called 1% will get theirs, with or without U.S. involvement in the TPP or any other (and there will be more) trade agreements. Believe me. They'd rather we NOT interfere.

The point I'm making is, it's better to be at the table when these trade agreements are negotiated rather than cross one's fingers and pray for the best possible outcome, and that it wouldn't harm American wages. Sitting on the sidelines will guarantee that those trade agreements will be written by mega-corporations, and they don't give a damn about American wages. President Obama does.

Sometimes it helps to do a little research before condemning something because of what one person claims - especially when that person is beholden to unions for their endorsements and doesn't even bother to read what he's protesting against.