Betraying Progressives, DNC Platform Backs Fracking, TPP, and Israel Occupation

[Tom Joad]

Wake up Bernie!

You need to unass the Democrats and go Green!

http://www.commondreams.org/news/201...ael-occupation

Despite its claims to want to unify voters ahead of November's election, the Democratic party appears to be pushing for an agenda that critics say ignores basic progressive policies, "staying true" to their Corporate donors above all else.

During a 9-hour meeting in St. Louis, Missouri on Friday, members of the DNC's platform drafting committee voted down a number of measures proposed by Bernie Sanders surrogates that would have come out against the contentious Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), fracking, and the Israeli occupation of Palestine. At the same time, proposals to support a carbon tax, Single Payer healthcare, and a $15 minimum wage tied to inflation were also disregarded.

In a statement, Sanders said he was "disappointed and dismayed" that representatives of Hillary Clinton and DNC chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schulz rejected the proposal on trade put forth by Sanders appointee Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.), despite the fact that the presumed nominee has herself come out against the 12-nation deal.

[finnbow]

Good deal. Moderate governance. Suits me just fine.

[bobabode]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t3cBTb3xPc

[Rajoo]

Change went out when Obama took office, with Hillary out goes the Hope.
But hey, we'll get a continuation of Obama with No Hope & No Change.

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by finnbow

Good deal. Moderate governance. Suits me just fine.

But you're a Rockefeller Republican, not a liberal. This platform is a slap in the face to anyone left of center, not just Bernie's supporters. It's almost certainly a disappointment to many of Hillary's supporters as well.

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by Rajoo

Change went out when Obama took office, with Hillary out goes the Hope.
But hey, we'll get a continuation of Obama with No Hope & No Change.

Reading the above makes it crystal clear why Bernie crashed and Berned.

President Obama enjoys an eighty percent approval rate with registered Democrats and a plus 50% rate across the board.

[Oerets]

Sorry to disappoint, but HRC will still be better by a long shot for the planet the a climate change denier dim 1/2 wit!

Am I in favor of this platform, NO! But the convention is still weeks away, a lot of horse trading still to come.


Barney

[Rajoo]

Originally Posted by bobabode

Reading the above makes it crystal clear why Bernie crashed and Berned.

President Obama enjoys an eighty percent approval rate with registered Democrats and a plus 50% rate across the board.

To each his own Bob. I was not a supporter of Obama for his second term and I've never supported Hillary for any office, not even Mayor of Chappaquiddick. I don't go to bed with my marching shoes on.

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by bobabode

Reading the above makes it crystal clear why Bernie crashed and Berned.

I wouldn't say that winning 22 primaries constitutes crashing and burning, especially in the face of his own Party's efforts to defeat him.

And I'm getting pretty tired of all the derision we "Berniacs" have been getting from you and ice, especially when there's nothing of the sort going in your direction I've been pretty hard on Clinton, but not as hard as I could be or want to be, but I have yet to insult, denigrate and ridicule her supporters the way you two have. No wonder so many of Bernie's supporters are planning to vote for Trump and Johnson. You and the Clinton Campaign have made us feel decidedly unwelcome.

[Rajoo]

Originally Posted by Oerets

Sorry to disappoint, but HRC will still be better by a long shot for the planet the a climate change denier dim 1/2 wit!

Am I in favor of this platform, NO! But the convention is still weeks away, a lot of horse trading still to come.


Barney

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