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99th_Monkey

(19,326 posts)
16. Exactly. Bernie's timing is perfect.
Sun Sep 27, 2015, 01:32 AM
Sep 2015

1) Unlike Obama when he took office, Bernie already knows how DC works, from the
inside out, and every which way, having been there for decades doing the right thing, for
labor, bur not only for labor, also for gays, for immigrants, against racial injustice, calling Wall St.
to account, for the environment, and across the board for Progressive & humane public policies.

2) Bernie can build on whatever progressive pro-labor advances Obama has made in the past 7 years.

3) America was NOT ready for a "socialist" POTUS 8 years ago, but as we're seeing, they are now.

4) Labor Unions (if they have a brain and are not corrupt) can put two and two together and see
the same window of opportunity that you and I see. I mean really, what do they have to lose?

5) Clinton's labor record sucks, insofar as she mid-wifed NAFTA & massive outsourcing of US jobs.
and is still refusing to even say she opposes the TPP..

should I go on? I don't think this is a complete list, but it feels good to notice all these things at once.

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I fervently hope Labor finds the backbone to vote squarely in their own best interests 99th_Monkey Sep 2015 #1
Amen.... daleanime Sep 2015 #6
I hope the rank-and-file weren't jaded by supporting Obama SusanaMontana41 Sep 2015 #10
Exactly. Bernie's timing is perfect. 99th_Monkey Sep 2015 #16
You could go on, but please don't. If you listed them all, your hand would fall off. SusanaMontana41 Sep 2015 #20
They found Obama less than supportive, Clinton would likely be worse. Dustlawyer Sep 2015 #15
Ya think? 99th_Monkey Sep 2015 #17
Yes, I do think! Dustlawyer Sep 2015 #19
Precisely. Enthusiast Sep 2015 #26
Me too. Enthusiast Sep 2015 #25
I disagree with Wilson. I think HRC is terrible on labor issues. nt antigop Sep 2015 #2
+10000 marym625 Sep 2015 #4
labor issues are my #1 priority redruddyred Sep 2015 #13
Me too. Enthusiast Sep 2015 #27
Get those Union bosses straight Bernie. dae Sep 2015 #3
they have an easy choice marym625 Sep 2015 #5
Seems clear to me. Enthusiast Sep 2015 #28
Well... SoapBox Sep 2015 #7
Not only might the Party get a shakeup... HooptieWagon Sep 2015 #8
It gets more obvious by the day, SoapBox Sep 2015 #9
The Union leadership, by and large, needs new blood. They haven't changed with the times and have Dustlawyer Sep 2015 #18
KaBOOM. eom SusanaMontana41 Sep 2015 #11
Wilson seems to be.. PosterChild Sep 2015 #12
Partisan perhaps. davidthegnome Sep 2015 #14
Look, you need more than... PosterChild Sep 2015 #21
If you consider Bernie to be "unacceptable to the American people in the general election" mak3cats Sep 2015 #22
Sorry, didn't notice this is in the sander's group.... PosterChild Sep 2015 #23
You make that "mistake" often. smokey nj Sep 2015 #24
Leadership needs to do the right thing. Should be a simple decision. lonestarnot Sep 2015 #29
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