2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumProof that Bernie Sanders is nothing more than a run of the mill politician
http://www.ciw-online.org/blog/2008/01/senator_sanders_visit_report/
http://www.ciw-online.org/blog/2008/04/senate_hearing/
The historic hearing in the US Senate the first ever specifically called to look into labor conditions in Floridas fields, the nations largest producer of fresh tomatoes and, for many years, of shameful headlines of farmworker slavery and exploitation
was called to order at 10:00 am Tuesday morning by the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Senator Edward Kennedy (middle).
Then it was on to the hearing. The senators gathered for the start of the hearing Sen. Bernie Sanders (left), Sen. Kennedy, Sen. Richard Durbin, and Sen. Sherrod Brown opened the days proceedings with blistering denunciations of the conditions reported in Floridas fields. Sen. Sanders, who visited Immokalee in January, told the hearing, In America today we are seeing a race to the bottom, the middle class is collapsing, poverty is increasing. What I saw in Immokalee is the bottom in the race to the bottom.
Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)Run of the mill indeed.
Albertoo
(2,016 posts)Bernie advertised himself as Socialist, which is not a great selling point to Main Street.
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anotherproletariat
(1,446 posts)I can't imagine the repub base who wants to build a wall and evict Muslims will graciously accept a Socialist, Jewish/Agnostic, pro-weed legalization, tax raising candidate. The ads just write themselves. Yes, he has a loyal group of supporters, but it won't be enough nationally.
Albertoo
(2,016 posts)Who knew Sanders one year ago? Not many. True, his numbers look good now that there's the wind of novelty swelling his sails.
I doubt the polls would resist attack ads by the Republican nominee come general election day
I also doubt the mythical "Joe the plumber" would ever vote for someone branding himself Socialist. In other words, despite the polls, I think Hillary stands a much better chance.
Albertoo
(2,016 posts)I can take being called 'dummy'. 'Microaggressions' don't break my bones.
Betty Karlson
(7,231 posts)I still maintain O'Malley had a fair shot too. Any Democrat with a half-decent campaign can beat the GOP circular firing squad. The problem is the Democratic 'frontrunner'(better known as the chosen establishment figurehead) who is running a wholly IN-decent campaign.
cantbeserious
(13,039 posts)eom
NoSeVaya
(12 posts)I don't see the proof you contend. But, OK. What you can't call him is a pathological liar. What you can't say is that he is owned and in the pocket of wall street and the bankers and the insurance companies and the pharmaceutical companies. That's what you can't call him/say about him, for starters.
mikehiggins
(5,614 posts)to help the exploited workers in Florida's agricultural industry. I'm sure some people will just read the opening line and not the actual posting.
Thanks.