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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: If the Democratic Party continues to go [View all]Scuba
(53,475 posts)51. Bernie Sanders: "I will not make that mistake."
from my email ...
One of the biggest mistakes President Obama made once he was in office was, after mobilizing millions of Americans during his brilliant 2008 campaign, to basically tell those supporters, 'Thank you, Im going to sit down with John Boehner and Mitch McConnell and take it from here.
I will not make that mistake.
What were building together as part of this campaign is not just about electing a president. No one person, not me or the best president you could imagine, can make the changes we need by him or herself.
What's necessary to make change happen is a mobilized grassroots movement. Thats especially true when a few wealthy billionaires and corporations have their sights set on buying our elections.
If were going to accomplish what we want for this country, it wont happen by negotiating with Mitch McConnell it will only happen when millions of Americans get out and make their voices heard.
We have a chance to do that today.
Last week, the House of Representatives stopped a bad trade deal that would have continued the approach that forces American workers to compete against workers in nations that have near non-existent minimum wages, where independent labor unions are banned, and where people are thrown in jail for expressing their political beliefs.
But make no mistake, Wall Street, corporate America and their representatives in Congress will try again to pass this bad trade deal as soon as tomorrow.
This is our chance to make our voices heard. Click here to enter your information and be automatically connected to your member of Congress. Urge your member of Congress to hold fast and vote against any legislation that would allow the president to fast track the disastrous Trans-Pacific Partnership.
The TPP follows in the footsteps of other unfettered free trade agreements like NAFTA and CAFTA that have been supported by corporate America and that cost America millions of decent-paying jobs.
Since 2001, nearly 60,000 manufacturing plants in this country have been shut down, and we have lost almost 5 million decent-paid manufacturing jobs. NAFTA alone led to the loss of almost three-quarters of a million jobs the Permanent Normalized Trade Agreement with China cost America four times that number: almost 3 million jobs. These agreements are not the only reason why manufacturing in the United States has declined, but they are important factors.
The TPP would also give multinational corporations the ability to challenge laws passed in the United States that could negatively impact their expected future profits. Take, for example, Phillip Morris, a company using this process to sue Australia and Uruguay for passing legislation designed to prevent children in those countries from smoking. Or a French waste management firm suing Egypt for over $100 million for increasing the minimum wage and improving labor laws.
Virtually every major union and environmental organization in the United States is against the deal that Congress could vote on again tomorrow. Major religious groups are as well because they know what it could mean for some of the poorest people on the planet.
Click here to be automatically connected to your member of Congress and urge her or him to vote against legislation that would enable the implementation of the TPP.
Not a lot of presidential candidates would use their campaigns to influence legislation being considered in Congress. Some candidates havent even expressed an opinion on this critical issue, which, frankly, I dont really understand.
But as Ive said before, this campaign is not about Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton, or Jeb Bush -- its about the needs of the American people.
And we need a new approach to trade in this country one that benefits working families and not just the CEOs of multinational corporations.
Make your voice heard,
Bernie Sanders
I will not make that mistake.
What were building together as part of this campaign is not just about electing a president. No one person, not me or the best president you could imagine, can make the changes we need by him or herself.
What's necessary to make change happen is a mobilized grassroots movement. Thats especially true when a few wealthy billionaires and corporations have their sights set on buying our elections.
If were going to accomplish what we want for this country, it wont happen by negotiating with Mitch McConnell it will only happen when millions of Americans get out and make their voices heard.
We have a chance to do that today.
Last week, the House of Representatives stopped a bad trade deal that would have continued the approach that forces American workers to compete against workers in nations that have near non-existent minimum wages, where independent labor unions are banned, and where people are thrown in jail for expressing their political beliefs.
But make no mistake, Wall Street, corporate America and their representatives in Congress will try again to pass this bad trade deal as soon as tomorrow.
This is our chance to make our voices heard. Click here to enter your information and be automatically connected to your member of Congress. Urge your member of Congress to hold fast and vote against any legislation that would allow the president to fast track the disastrous Trans-Pacific Partnership.
The TPP follows in the footsteps of other unfettered free trade agreements like NAFTA and CAFTA that have been supported by corporate America and that cost America millions of decent-paying jobs.
Since 2001, nearly 60,000 manufacturing plants in this country have been shut down, and we have lost almost 5 million decent-paid manufacturing jobs. NAFTA alone led to the loss of almost three-quarters of a million jobs the Permanent Normalized Trade Agreement with China cost America four times that number: almost 3 million jobs. These agreements are not the only reason why manufacturing in the United States has declined, but they are important factors.
The TPP would also give multinational corporations the ability to challenge laws passed in the United States that could negatively impact their expected future profits. Take, for example, Phillip Morris, a company using this process to sue Australia and Uruguay for passing legislation designed to prevent children in those countries from smoking. Or a French waste management firm suing Egypt for over $100 million for increasing the minimum wage and improving labor laws.
Virtually every major union and environmental organization in the United States is against the deal that Congress could vote on again tomorrow. Major religious groups are as well because they know what it could mean for some of the poorest people on the planet.
Click here to be automatically connected to your member of Congress and urge her or him to vote against legislation that would enable the implementation of the TPP.
Not a lot of presidential candidates would use their campaigns to influence legislation being considered in Congress. Some candidates havent even expressed an opinion on this critical issue, which, frankly, I dont really understand.
But as Ive said before, this campaign is not about Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton, or Jeb Bush -- its about the needs of the American people.
And we need a new approach to trade in this country one that benefits working families and not just the CEOs of multinational corporations.
Make your voice heard,
Bernie Sanders
Your post sounds a lot like an unconditional surrender. Not exactly the message that will inspire voters.
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As Soon As You Saw Podesta Pull Up In The Limo In Front Of The WH 1/20/07, You Knew WE Were FUCKED
CorporatistNation
Dec 2015
#129
So, where are the FDR's of today taking on the economic royalists the way he did?
cascadiance
Dec 2015
#28
I study history of spoken word!!! A clown? I think one that's a clown denies SPOKEN WORDS!!!
cascadiance
Dec 2015
#30
You don't like social security, public education or other SOCIALISM in our country?
cascadiance
Dec 2015
#107
Then why do they vote for Koch supported candidates that made their money from COMMUNIST money...
cascadiance
Dec 2015
#117
"no US politician has ever been as far left as Sanders"? What clown taught you history?
beam me up scottie
Dec 2015
#32
Was Eisenhower too "extremist" for you? He's more "socialist" than just about anyone but Bernie...
cascadiance
Dec 2015
#108
No, as I noted Bernie says Eisenhower was MORE SOCIALIST than Bernie in his tax policies...
cascadiance
Dec 2015
#111
Polls showed Clinton also heavily ahead of Obama too! How'd that turn out?
cascadiance
Dec 2015
#115
Sorry but this article has polls that show Bernie beats Republicans MORE than Clinton does...
cascadiance
Dec 2015
#119
No, you said "No US politician has been as far left as Bernie Sanders"
HoneychildMooseMoss
Dec 2015
#131
What passes for the Democratic Party today is unrecognizable from the Party I joined in the 60s.
bvar22
Dec 2015
#77
I've been saying this for years. We want Democrats, not Republican-Lite
Feeling the Bern
Dec 2015
#31
and yet they claim it is the left of center progressives that hurt the party.
liberal_at_heart
Dec 2015
#35
The base has been left of the party leadership since the Kochs and Bill Clinton founded the DLC.
Scuba
Dec 2015
#44
What does it mean when someone can't tell the difference between a noun and an adjective?
baldguy
Dec 2015
#43
For many of us, it was never about party, it was about polcies and principles. I don't cheer ....
Scuba
Dec 2015
#45
And that's happened because progressives have been led to believe that both parties are the same...
baldguy
Dec 2015
#54
You're trying to make a distinction without a difference, yet allowing the damage to be done.
baldguy
Dec 2015
#66
Which party leadership wants to rein in Wall Street? Neither. Which party leadership ...
Scuba
Dec 2015
#84
If there is a massive turn out that gets Bernie elected. That will be the mandate, and with
Snotcicles
Dec 2015
#74
Bernie is helping MORE Democrats PROPERLY standing against the TPP get elected far more than Obama!
cascadiance
Dec 2015
#109
I heard a remark on some show last night that America is a "center right" country.
Vinca
Dec 2015
#48
Remind me who won in 2012, with the same alleged pro-corpoate policies being implemented
brooklynite
Dec 2015
#58
OR... maybe the more moderates joing the Democrats and shift it's balance
HereSince1628
Dec 2015
#71
Mandatory Voting. People will be required to vote for a candidate from either corporate based party.
raindaddy
Dec 2015
#85
The DNC DWS DLC Third Way Establishment Is Apoplectic About A Bernie Presidency, The Panic Is Theirs
cantbeserious
Dec 2015
#101