Bernie Sanders statement on Trump victory

[Cynic]

what? is? this?

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

It's gonna be a white male Obama.

So we are looking at 8 years of Trump

People don't want a continuation of Obama

 

[FAH1223]

 

[Type Username Here]

The crazy thing is that he sounds more optimistic about getting some of his platform passed via Trump then he did via Clinton. You can hear it in his voice.

That's how pathetic the Corporate Democrat Machine was. Good riddance.

 

[Sukairain]

Sanders

 

[FAH1223]

The crazy thing is that he sounds more optimistic about getting some of his platform passed via Trump then he did via Clinton. You can hear it in his voice.

That's how pathetic the Corporate Democrat Machine was. Good riddance.

Yeah. He's clearly annoyed how Hillary lost because of all the flaws plus the implications for Medicare, ACA, Social Security and the yuge tax breaks.

But he's a pragmatist and knows there are things Trump ran left on some things and they agree on trade.

 

[southpawstyle]

I couldn't get 30 seconds into that Wolf Blitzer video. I really do not think this has been enough of a wake up call for Democrats.

 

[FAH1223]

I couldn't get 30 seconds into that Wolf Blitzer video. I really do not think this has been enough of a wake up call for Democrats.

It will be when the GOP rams in their policies next year

 

[King Kreole]

 

[tru_m.a.c]

If Trump is really serious about getting rid of NAFTA and TPP, and other bad trade deals, don't be surprised if he puts in a call to Bernie to make it a bipartisan effort.

Here's the thing though, NAFTA and TPP are Republican trade deals. He's bullshytting. He's going to offset the trade deficit through tax breaks and blame the opposition for being uncooperative.

 

[tru_m.a.c]

Hmm Enlightening. Thanks for info

I brought this up when she resigned from the DNC. I'm not sure what to make of it because I don't know too too much about the socio-political underpinnings in that region. I can't separate bias from the source.

The Curious Islamophobic Politics of Dem Congressmember Tulsi Gabbard

She's particularly a favorite of right-wing media. Appearing with Fox's Neil Cavuto last week, she lashed out at the White House for holding an extremism summit with Muslim Americans, saying it's a “diversion from what our real focus needs to be. And that focus is on that Islamic extremist threat.” She criticized Obama for saying that “poverty, lack of access to jobs, lack of access to education” is contributing to radicalization. “They are not fueled by materialistic motivation, it's actually a theological, this radical Islamic ideology,” she said, throwing red meat to Fox viewers.

To the media, Gabbard is a curious spectacle. She's a Hawaii Democrat, coming from one of the nation's most progressive and dovish chapters of the Democratic Party, but she's also an Iraq war veteran, and she's consistently tried to outflank President Obama and the rest of her party to the right on foreign affairs. Last month she openly mocked Secretary of State John Kerry during an appearance on CNN, saying that he thinks that, "if we give them [Islamic extremists] $10,000 and give them a nice place to live that somehow they're not going to be engaged in this fighting."To Gabbard, the idea that Syria and Iraq have been through years of brutal civil war, wrecked economies, and massive displacement is irrelevant; the only reason they have an extremism problem is because of Islamic theology.

But the case of Tulsi Gabbard becomes less curious and more expected once you look at her links to a different set of ethnic and religious hardliners: the Hindu nationalist Indian Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Since her election to Congress, Gabbard has tied herself closely to this party, which has a history of condoning hatred and violence against India's Muslim minority. Many of her stateside donors and supporters are also big supporters of this movement, which disdains secularism and promotes religious sectarianism.

 

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

I brought this up when she resigned from the DNC. I'm not sure what to make of it because I don't know too too much about the socio-political underpinnings in that region. I can't separate bias from the source.

Do you agree with her on those points?

 

[King Kreole]

Here's the thing though, NAFTA and TPP are Republican trade deals. He's bullshytting. He's going to offset the trade deficit through tax breaks and blame the opposition for being uncooperative.

Bonus question: What were the political affiliations of the Presidents who championed those trade deals and signed them into law? You can phone a friend if you want.

And at you still thinking Trump campaigned as a traditional Republican. You still don't get it

 

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

Bonus question: What were the political affiliations of the Presidents who championed those trade deals and signed them into law? You can phone a friend if you want.

And at you still thinking Trump campaigned as a traditional Republican. You still don't get it

Hes basically an Independent.

 

[tru_m.a.c]

Bonus question: What were the political affiliations of the Presidents who championed those trade deals and signed them into law? You can phone a friend if you want.

And at you still thinking Trump campaigned as a traditional Republican. You still don't get it

But this is the dumb shyt your 15 year old ass doesn't get. You know what makes Bill, Hillary, and the rest of the neo-liberals pure shyt to progressives - IT'S BECAUSE THEY MADE DEALS WITH REPUBLICANS.

it's like you nikkas don't put 2 and 2 together. If a Democrat sells out the base to make a deal with the republican, you don't get to place the blame solely on the democrat.

@Hollywood Hogan had a great line about only democrats being told to pick between the lesser of two evils or not vote. The other undiscovered angle of this election is that only Democrats and the Democratic establishment suffered politically for the philosophy, principles, and legislative actions of the Republican party.

Didn't I already tag you in this shyt before?

NAFTA passed the Senate 61 to 38. Democrats were almost evenly split: 27 YEA, 26 NAY (and 1 not in attendance for the vote). Republicans voted for it by a larger margin: 34 YEA to 12 NAY.

7 of the NAY votes are still in the Senate: 6 D, 1 R.

Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL)
Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA)
Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-CA)
Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD)
Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI)
Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV)
Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV)

9 of the YEA votes are still in the Senate: 6 R, 3 D.

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ)
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
Sen. Tom Harkin (R-IA)
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT)
Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT)
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT)
Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA)

8 former Representatives who voted NAY are now in the Senate: 5 D, 2 R, 1 I.

Mike Crapo (R-ID)
Bob Menendez (D-NJ)
Chuck Schumer (D-NY)
Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
Jim Inhofe (R-OK)
Jack Reed (D-RI)
Tim Johnson (D-SD)
Bernie Sanders (I-VT)

7 former Representatives who voted YEA are now in the Senate: 5 D, 2 R.

dikk Durbin (D-IL)
Pat Roberts (R-KS)
Ben Cardin (D-MD)
Ed Markey (D-MA)
Rob Portman (R-OH)
Ron Wyden (D-OR)
Maria Cantwell (D-WA)

NAFTA passed the House 234 to 200. House Democrats voted against it 156 to 102. Republicans supported it 132 to 43. The sole Independent—Bernie Sanders—voted against it.

In other words, a Democratic president signed a bill against the wishes of 60% of the House Democratic caucus.

Republican margins in favor of NAFTA were about 3:1 both houses.

30 NAFTA supporters are still in the House: 17 R, 13 D.

The 17 Republicans:

Spencer Bachus (AL-06)
Buck McKeon (CA-25)
Ken Calvert (CA-42)
Dana Rohrabacher (CA-48)
Bill Young (FL-13)
Dave Camp (MI-04)
Fred Upton (MI-06)
Pete King (NY-02)
Howard Coble (NC-06)
John Duncan (TN-02)
Sam Johnson (TX-03)
Joe Barton (TX-06)
Lamar Smith (TX-21)
Bob Goodlatte (VA_06)
Frank Wolf (VA-10)
Jim Sensenbrenner (WI-05)
Tom Petri (WI-06)

The 13 Democrats:

Ed Pastor (AZ-07)
Nancy Pelosi (CA-12)
Anna Eshoo (CA-18)
Sam Farr (CA-20)
Xavier Becerra (CA-34)
Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40)
Alcee Hastings (FL-20)
Steny Hoyer (MD-05)
David Price (NC-04)
Jim Cooper (TN-05)
Eddie Johnson (TX-30)
Jim Moran (VA-08)
Jim McDermott (WA-07)

40 NAFTA opponents are still in the House: 8 Republicans and 32 Democrats.

The 8 Republicans:

Don Young (AK)
Ed Royce (CA-39)
Duncan Hunter (CA-50)
John Mica (FL-07)
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (FL-18)
Jack Kingston (GA-01)
Hal Rogers (KY-05)
Chris Smith (NJ-04)

The 32 Democrats:

George Miller (CA-11)
Henry Waxman (CA-33)
Maxine Waters (CA-43)
Rosa DeLauro (CT-03)
Corrinne Brown (FL-05)
Sanford Bishop (GA-02)
John Lewis (GA-05)
Bobby Rush (IL-01)
Luis Gutiérrez (IL-04)
Pete Visclosky (IN-01)
Richard Neal (MA-01)
Sander Levin (MI-09)
John Dingell (MI-12)
John Conyers (MI-13)
Collin Peterson (MN-07)
Bennie Thompson (MS-02)
Rob Andrews (NJ-01)
Frank Pallone (NJ-06)
Nydia Velázquez (NY-07)
Jerry Nadler (NY-10)
Carolyn Maloney (NY-12)
Charlie Rangel (NY-13)
José Serrano (NY-15)
Eliot Angel (NY-16)
Nita Lowey (NY-17)
Louis Slaughter (NY-25)
Marcy Kaptur (OH-09)
Pete DeFazio (OR-04)
Jim Clyburn (SC-06)
Gene Green (TX-29)
Bobby Scott (VA-03)
Nick Rahall (WV-03)

NAFTA at 20: An Unhappy Birthday and a Look at the Roll Call Votes on "Free" Trade Deals

Go learn some shyt and stop waxing poetic.