Bernie Sanders
In reply to the discussion: Check in if you sincerely believe that Bernie can win. [View all]Jack Rabbit
(45,984 posts)Senator Sanders has been very visible fighting against the "free" trades presently under discussion, but not public discussion, while Mrs. Clinton remains silent in a effort to appear noncommittal.
I believe Mrs. Clinton would, if she followed her past political commitments and her instincts, would support any free trade deal. I can't recall her seeing one she didn't like.
I've give her credit for being smart enough to know that in the end, the Trans-Pacific Partnership will be ballot box poison.
Mrs. Clinton is making the same mistakes now that she made eight years ago when then-Senator Obama took her lunch money from under nose and won the Democratic nomination that once seemed hers for the asking. She didn't owe up to her past mistakes. She would not admit that she was wrong to vote for the IWR. Even by 2008 (if not 2004), any sensible Democrat would have at least said that Bush and his den of liars and thieves played fast and loose with the facts and, if she had known the truth, she would not have voted for the war.
Now, she should admit that she has been wrong about "free" trade all along. She will be be presented the facts that free trade agreements have hurt most Americans and no deal like NAFTA should ever be seriously considered again, even thou President is pushing one now.
Eight years ago, the longer she held back admitting her mistake on the IWR vote, followed by her vocal support for the war, only made candidates like Senator Obama, who opposed the war, look better and better and primaries began.
Will Bernie Sanders look better and better as the primaries approach because he opposes "free" trade deals and has always opposed "free" trade deals? There's no reason to think he won't.