Bernie's In

BERNIE MARCHES With Verizon Workers As Its Execs And Lobbyists Give Big To Hillary



On Monday, Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders marched alongside Verizon workers in New York City. Around 40,000 Verizon employees represented by both the Communications Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers are in a contract dispute with the company, with CWA accusing the notoriously anti-union Verizon of retaliating against employees who do labor activism. As he joined the workers' picket, Sanders also sent along a formal statement of support, saying,

“I am hopeful you will reach a fair contract. But if you run into roadblocks, as in years past, know that I will be there with you until a fair contract is negotiated.”


Sanders' approach to Verizon—standing with workers who are in tough negotiations—is in contrast to Hillary Clinton's, who has not made any statements about the current dispute. Verizon executives and lobbyists seem to appreciate that. Over the course of her campaign, Verizon executives and lobbyists have given tens of thousands of dollars to her operation. Verizon vice-presidents Lydia Pulley, Kathleen Grillo, and Donna Epps each gave $2,700 to Hillary for America. Verizon senior vice-president Thomas Edwards and vice-president Chris Debosier pitched in $1,000. Leecia Eve, a former Hillary staffer who today is a lobbyist for Verizon gave $2,700. Another Verizon lobbyist, David Lamendola, gave Hillary $1,000.

The case of Verizon demonstrates the contrasts between the candidates: Clinton receives support from management, while Sanders is on the side of the workers.


http://www.alternet.org/election-2016/bernie-marches-verizon-workers-its-execs-and-lobbyists-give-big-hillary

There's a lot of me. UPDATED
Let's be clear.

Most political polls never ask me my opinion. And there's a lot of "me" out there.

-27 years old.

-Never voted before.

-Never been registered before.

-Have never owned nor do I own a landline telephone.

And it's my generation that majorly supports Bernie.

We are truly the silent majority.

Keep mocking us as the generation that doesn't show up to polls. Keep mocking us as we do our diligent research in a political spectrum that we're still getting familiar with. Please, disregard our voices through the means with which we are most familiar.

Bully us, please continue wasting your time. We'll just take note of that, keep our heads down and continue watching and learning how it's all working. And we'll make our decision accordingly.

Those polls don't tell anyone how to think or feel. They certainly don't reflect me or my generation with any sort of accuracy. In other words, those polls are old school methods.

They're fast becoming obsolete. Even pundits are noticing that those tools don't work so well anymore.

But I'm not wondering why, I know things that many people don't know about my generation. It's a first hand experience.

I'm sure there are those from my generation that are supporters of Hillary however, and I won't claim to speak for them.

But again, none of these polls speak for me or those that are like me.

So keep mocking us, it does so much good.

UPDATE: Oh and ONE MORE THING...

These polls that keep coming out, literally do suffocate the voice of myself and many others like me.

The fact that anyone waves these polls around as if they are concrete evidence of the general feel of all of the U.S. is like a cold shoulder to those of us who are never included in the polls.

People like ME. Again, there are A LOT of "me".

It's as if politics in general is an old boy's club, where only the elite are allowed to participate. My generation is seemingly shunned while the established players are the only ones considered, and then their voices are treated as if they're the only ones that matter.

So as a personal emotion, I feel like saying... **** these polls. They're wrong, they're exclusive and they're biased.

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Just in case you're wondering, this thread was inspired by this debacle of insulting knee jerk reactions: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251732383

Bernie and Trump's supporters have one thing in common lately. They're both casting doubt on the Iowa poll results.

I think the polls are all wrong. I don't think anyone's really got a clue.

I'm not sure who's in the lead in either race.

John McCain: Bernie Sanders, NOT Hillary Clinton, Has ‘Record of Advocacy’ For VETS


Arizona Sen. John McCain—the 2008 Republican presidential nominee—told reporters today that Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, the second place Democratic candidate, has a “record of advocacy for our veterans” while front-runner Hillary Clinton, the former secretary of state and senator from New York, does not.

On a conference call with reporters, Mr. McCain—chairman of the Senate Armed Forces Committee—and Florida Congressman Jeff Miller, chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee, lambasted Ms. Clinton for her claim last week that the 2014 Department of Veterans Affairs scandal was not “widespread.” The two Republicans recalled numerous cost overruns and countless members of the armed forces who did not receive vital medical care, and the Arizona senator touted his joint bill with Mr. Sanders to increase transparency at the VA and to allow vets to obtain treatment at private facilities.

Asked if he thought Mr. Sanders was a greater advocate for former servicemen and women, Mr. McCain—a Vietnam War veteran and former prisoner of war—said he did not wish to “engage in expressing favoritism.” But he remembered his fraught negotiations with Mr. Sanders, who was then the chairman of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, and praised his socialist colleague’s efforts.

“I will say Bernie Sanders worked very hard when he was chairman of the Veterans Affairs Committee, he, he and I had many disagreements, but we were able to come together, finally, after very spirited discussions—I think my reward will be in heaven, not here on earth for that exercise,” he said. “But the fact is we were able to come together and come and pass legislation that was nearly unanimous in both House and Senate. So he does have a record of advocacy for our veterans.”


Mr. McCain claimed Ms. Clinton had no such credentials during her tenure in the Senate between 2001 and 2009.

“To my knowledge, I know of no activity, legislative or otherwise, that Hillary Clinton was engaged in during her time as United States senator,” he said. “I don’t see how any veteran who cares about their fellow veterans could possibly have any good things, nor could support, her quest for being commander-in-chief.”




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http://observer.com/2015/10/john-mccain-bernie-sanders-not-hillary-clinton-has-record-of-advocacy-for-vets/

Kinda unexplainable for a defense hawk, for a let's bomb other countries on "humanitarian" grounds advocate (Hillary of course).

This will NOT be a boring primary season. I read that millennials will make a splash for The Bern.

Its gotten weird out there. So many similarities between supporters who have no crossover whatsoever. But lets face it, there's no similarities at all between the Donald tRump and Bernie Sanders.

McCain sold out to the Tea Party.

I think that rather than vote for Trump one would be better off to place a 38 revolver to ones head and pull the trigger. It would be so much quicker and less painful.

you are not paying attention. They both want to blow up Washington.

Joe Biden meets with Bernie Sanders


Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders met with Vice President Joe Biden at his Naval Observatory residence for an hour Thursday, discussing issues related to campaign finance reform and education, according to a statement released through the Vermont senator's campaign.

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“Under the leadership of President Obama and Vice President Biden, this country has come a long way economically since President Bush left office and we were losing 800,000 jobs every month and the world economy was on the brink of financial collapse,” Sanders said in a statement released through his campaign. “Nevertheless ... we still have a long way to go to create the kind of economy that works for all Americans and not just the top 1 percent.

(snip)

Biden previously praised Sanders, then a potential primary opponent, in September at a Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee fundraiser in Miami.

“I am not a populist. But Bernie Sanders, he’s doing a helluva job,” Biden remarked, leaving at some donors in Miami scratching their heads.

In his Rose Garden remarks announcing that he would forgo a third campaign for the White House last Wednesday, Biden pledged to stay involved in the election. "While I will not be a candidate, I will not be silent," he said.

"I intend to speak out clearly and forcefully, to influence as much as I can where we stand as a party and where we need to go as a nation," the vice president said

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/10/joe-biden-bernie-sanders-215369#ixzz3q0lEEVht

None. Zero. The fact that this fuckwit hawkeye will go from Trump to Sanders is only indicative of a dim, reptilian desire for someone they think is anti-something, anti-anything. Because it sure as hell isn't because those two candidates have anything substantive - ideologically or policy-wise - in common.

Snood, considering that it should be clear that you are none too bright dont you think that you should be careful when talking about your betters?

Have you ever driven in the snow Snood? Have you ever gotten stuck in the snow Snood? Have you then ever gotten out by putting the car in forwards, then reverse, then forwards until the car reaches enough momentum energy to get out? We are as a nation stuck, the important thing is that we get unstuck, and I dont really care if we try F or R first. I want somebody in the POTUS chair who will do something big, who will blow Washington up. ( you will recall that that is the job we gave Obama to do, he simply never tried to do the work. He seems like a pretty lazy fellow, and not very honest either) Exactly what that something that they do is I care less about.

Hopefully this clears things up for you. In the future if you are confused about something I would appreciate it if you approached me for some tutoring before you run around A2K claiming that I must be a life form beneath you. If one of us is behind the evolutionary curve it is you not me.

All signs point to support for the Bern. I'm just a little miffed at Biden and Warren waiting so damn long to endorse. I'll never forgive them. I'm sure Bernie will, though.

There is one very strong similarity between their supporters, though.

You know I don't like putting Bernie Sanders in a sentence with the words similarity and Donald Trump, but all of Trump's nutty contingent and Bernie's are people who want to destroy Washington as it stands now. Everyone of them is after the establishment with blood in their eyes.

And that's a fact.

I'm done with Hawkeye. He's only here for the rise.