2016 Postmortem

99th_Monkey

(19,326 posts) Tue Feb 23, 2016, 04:07 PM Feb 2016

BREAKING: Chicago teachers endorse Bernie Sanders!

Breaking: Chicago teachers endorse Bernie Sanders!
By VL Baker * Tuesday Feb 23, 2016 * Kos

After a heated debate, the Caucus Of Rank-and-file Educators (CORE) of the Chicago Teachers Union voted at its February 22, 2016 regular meeting to endorse the candidacy of Bernie Sanders over Hillary Clinton in the March 15, 2015 Democratic Party primary in Illinois. The vote was overwhelming in support of Sanders (this reporter is a member of CORE and was present and voting at the meeting).

The endorsement vote came in part in response to the fact that for more than six months, the Chicago Teachers Union (and hence all CORE members) had been forced to support the Clinton candidacy. The Executive Council of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) had endorsed the Clinton candidacy after a controversial "push poll," which AFT President Randi Weingarten tried to characterize as a "survey" of the union's members, hence justifying the early Clinton endorsement.

Go Bernie! Teachers don’t like being ‘forced’ to support Hillary.

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/2/23/1489881/-Breaking-Chicago-teachers-endorse-Bernie-Sanders

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BREAKING: Chicago teachers endorse Bernie Sanders! (Original Post) 99th_Monkey Feb 2016 OP

A lot of people are rebelling against being forced into supporting Hillary. liberal_at_heart Feb 2016 #1

This is what a revolution looks like: 'little people' standing tall for justice, real 99th_Monkey Feb 2016 #2

EXACTLY! CorporatistNation Feb 2016 #21

K & R! TIME TO PANIC Feb 2016 #3

A reaction to Rahm Emanuel. Buzz cook Feb 2016 #4

Yep. Hillary & Rahm appear to be quite close. No surprise really. 99th_Monkey Feb 2016 #5

Thanks Chicago... Mika of MSNBC "Print Media Has Transcripts!" CorporatistNation Feb 2016 #22

teachers and nurses!! dana_b Feb 2016 #6

woot for them all! Go Bernie - is there a thread for the town hall? wordpix Feb 2016 #18

Bernie was a Head Start teacher. What is an "Executive Council" kids? K&R bobthedrummer Feb 2016 #7

and Hillary has Rahm lol Truprogressive85 Feb 2016 #8

I never seen such a white-ass crowd. jack_krass Feb 2016 #9

Bullshit. Half or more of the faces in that pic are AA. Nt lostnfound Feb 2016 #12

Dude, I was joking :) jack_krass Feb 2016 #13

Oh sorry! lostnfound Feb 2016 #20

The humor maybe obscure to some (or maybe all, lol) jack_krass Feb 2016 #23

I understand angrychair Feb 2016 #10

Yeah silenttigersong Feb 2016 #11

FANTASTIC! Jefferson23 Feb 2016 #14

Just say NO to the anti-union Walmart candidate gyroscope Feb 2016 #15

for? no. TO? yes MisterP Feb 2016 #19

Fantastic! (Way to go Rahm). Why do some people think Bernie only appalachiablue Feb 2016 #16

I'm not surprised. LWolf Feb 2016 #17

liberal_at_heart

(12,081 posts)

1. A lot of people are rebelling against being forced into supporting Hillary.

Reply to 99th_Monkey (Original post)

Tue Feb 23, 2016, 04:09 PM

Feb 2016

Teachers and Millennials too. My daughter has left the Democratic Party because she is so pissed that the party has decided for her who the nominee should be.

99th_Monkey

(19,326 posts)

2. This is what a revolution looks like: 'little people' standing tall for justice, real

Reply to liberal_at_heart (Reply #1)

Tue Feb 23, 2016, 04:12 PM

Feb 2016

democracy and a level political playing field. GO Teachers!!

Go Bernie!!!

CorporatistNation

(2,546 posts)

21. EXACTLY!

Reply to liberal_at_heart (Reply #1)

Wed Feb 24, 2016, 12:48 AM

Feb 2016

People ... Thinking for THEMSELVES!

TIME TO PANIC

(1,894 posts)

3. K & R!

Reply to 99th_Monkey (Original post)

Tue Feb 23, 2016, 04:14 PM

Feb 2016

Buzz cook

(2,474 posts)

4. A reaction to Rahm Emanuel.

Reply to 99th_Monkey (Original post)

Tue Feb 23, 2016, 04:33 PM

Feb 2016

After he screwed them they probably want nothing to do with anything associated with Obama, including Clinton.

99th_Monkey

(19,326 posts)

5. Yep. Hillary & Rahm appear to be quite close. No surprise really.

Reply to Buzz cook (Reply #4)

Tue Feb 23, 2016, 04:37 PM

Feb 2016

Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton says she still has confidence in Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, amid controversy surrounding the delayed release of a video that showed Chicago police shooting a black teenager last year.

Clinton responded “I do” when asked whether she stood by Emanuel, who is a veteran of both the Obama and Clinton administrations.

“He loves Chicago and I'm confident that he's going to do everything he can to get to the bottom of these issues and take whatever measures are necessary to remedy them,” she told reporters Friday in Iowa, according to Bloomberg.
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/262207-clinton-expresses-confidence-in-chicago-mayor

CorporatistNation

(2,546 posts)

22. Thanks Chicago... Mika of MSNBC "Print Media Has Transcripts!"

Reply to Buzz cook (Reply #4)

Wed Feb 24, 2016, 12:49 AM

Feb 2016

dana_b

(11,546 posts)

6. teachers and nurses!!

Reply to 99th_Monkey (Original post)

Tue Feb 23, 2016, 04:39 PM

Feb 2016

you know, the big money, super pacs. lol...

Yay Bernie!!

wordpix

(18,652 posts)

18. woot for them all! Go Bernie - is there a thread for the town hall?

Reply to dana_b (Reply #6)

Tue Feb 23, 2016, 09:19 PM

Feb 2016

bobthedrummer

(26,083 posts)

7. Bernie was a Head Start teacher. What is an "Executive Council" kids? K&R

Reply to 99th_Monkey (Original post)

Tue Feb 23, 2016, 04:44 PM

Feb 2016

Truprogressive85

(900 posts)

8. and Hillary has Rahm lol

Reply to 99th_Monkey (Original post)

Tue Feb 23, 2016, 05:15 PM

Feb 2016

jack_krass

(1,009 posts)

9. I never seen such a white-ass crowd.

Reply to 99th_Monkey (Original post)

Tue Feb 23, 2016, 06:45 PM

Feb 2016

lostnfound

(16,189 posts)

12. Bullshit. Half or more of the faces in that pic are AA. Nt

Reply to jack_krass (Reply #9)

Tue Feb 23, 2016, 08:09 PM

Feb 2016

jack_krass

(1,009 posts)

13. Dude, I was joking :)

Reply to lostnfound (Reply #12)

Tue Feb 23, 2016, 08:44 PM

Feb 2016

lostnfound

(16,189 posts)

20. Oh sorry!

Reply to jack_krass (Reply #13)

Wed Feb 24, 2016, 12:32 AM

Feb 2016

Actually not a dude 😎 but sorry my humor functions went missing for a while

jack_krass

(1,009 posts)

23. The humor maybe obscure to some (or maybe all, lol)

Reply to lostnfound (Reply #20)

Wed Feb 24, 2016, 02:02 AM

Feb 2016

But it's in reference to the annoying habit of Bernie detractors of "counting PoC" at his functions, sometime with "colorful" commentary along lines of which I've repeated above.

angrychair

(8,732 posts)

10. I understand

Reply to 99th_Monkey (Original post)

Tue Feb 23, 2016, 07:46 PM

Feb 2016

AFSCME voted to endorse Clinton. Our state employee union here in Washington state, WFSE, did not agree.
WFSE endorsed Bernie Sanders!

Welcome my brothers and sisters to the Bernie revolution!

#NotMeUs
#VoteTogether