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Town Hall MSNBC Bernie on NOW! (Original Post) leftcoastmountains Mar 2016 OP
He started off going right for the jugular! Atman Mar 2016 #1
Bernie can't be on TV now. SamKnause Mar 2016 #2
K&R LiberalArkie Mar 2016 #3
I do wonder why the M$M is willing to give Bernie a venue now? gordianot Mar 2016 #4
The answer to a question that Bernie is not answering is on trade. LiberalArkie Mar 2016 #5
He did address that. SamKnause Mar 2016 #6
Yes, but I don't think that really states it well enough for people to understand. LiberalArkie Mar 2016 #9
I don't see how he could state it except in generalities until he is actually sitting down Cleita Mar 2016 #12
Exactly. SamKnause Mar 2016 #13
I just think I believe that workers under the trade agreement should be paid a living wage. LiberalArkie Mar 2016 #14
So does Bernie. SamKnause Mar 2016 #15
Yes it is and back when we made our own stuff, we put tariffs on imported goods so that Cleita Mar 2016 #16
Chuck Todd is too ignorant to be on TV interviewing anyone. SamKnause Mar 2016 #7
Bernie is doing a great job. leftcoastmountains Mar 2016 #8
Agree. SamKnause Mar 2016 #10
Bernie is doing an excellent job. SamKnause Mar 2016 #11
... SamKnause Mar 2016 #17
Wth is this on at 3 in the afternoon??? jillan Mar 2016 #18
It was 6:00 EST on the east coast. They are in Ohio. SamKnause Mar 2016 #19
They can get the time right on CNN - this was ridiculously early. jillan Mar 2016 #34
Chris Matthews are you going to ask any hard questions ???? SamKnause Mar 2016 #20
Hillary why can't you bring Trump to heel ?????? SamKnause Mar 2016 #21
11 minutes in. SamKnause Mar 2016 #22
Hillary: 20 minutes in, all fluff, no substance. She is now the warm Hillary in love with Bill. OMG thereismore Mar 2016 #23
Fucking sickening. SamKnause Mar 2016 #25
It's OK. She is not winning anybody with this drivel. nt thereismore Mar 2016 #26
I don't know. SamKnause Mar 2016 #28
15 minutes in. SamKnause Mar 2016 #24
Get out the vote and get educated!!! :) thegoodlifedem Mar 2016 #27
Damn !!!!!!!!!! SamKnause Mar 2016 #29
Well that was a big fail. SamKnause Mar 2016 #30
Well of course he does: dana_b Mar 2016 #31
His wife is running for the Senate. SamKnause Mar 2016 #32
yeah, I know BUT dana_b Mar 2016 #33
Yes, I do !!!! SamKnause Mar 2016 #35

Atman

(31,464 posts)
1. He started off going right for the jugular!
Mon Mar 14, 2016, 06:06 PM
Mar 2016

No mincing of words; Trump is a liar, you cannot fact check him because there are never any facts. Go Bernie!

SamKnause

(13,088 posts)
2. Bernie can't be on TV now.
Mon Mar 14, 2016, 06:10 PM
Mar 2016

I just got a phone call from him.

Okay, it was a recorded message of his voice.

This is the first time I have ever received a call from a presidential candidate.

I will be voting for him tomorrow.

FEEL THE BERN !!!!!!!!

LiberalArkie

(15,703 posts)
5. The answer to a question that Bernie is not answering is on trade.
Mon Mar 14, 2016, 06:31 PM
Mar 2016

Trade bills should require the foreign company to pay a living wage. To have Whirlpool shut down an American factory paying $20 an hour and move to Mexico and pay 25 cents an hour is wrong. Whirlpool should be required to pay a living wage in Mexico.

SamKnause

(13,088 posts)
6. He did address that.
Mon Mar 14, 2016, 06:34 PM
Mar 2016

He said the trade deals hurt Mexican and American workers.

He wants equality and fairness for all workers.

LiberalArkie

(15,703 posts)
9. Yes, but I don't think that really states it well enough for people to understand.
Mon Mar 14, 2016, 06:40 PM
Mar 2016

It would up to some organization to figure out what the real living wage for each country is.

Cleita

(75,480 posts)
12. I don't see how he could state it except in generalities until he is actually sitting down
Mon Mar 14, 2016, 06:49 PM
Mar 2016

at the table and negotiating the deal, then the specifics are hammered out, not before.

LiberalArkie

(15,703 posts)
14. I just think I believe that workers under the trade agreement should be paid a living wage.
Mon Mar 14, 2016, 06:51 PM
Mar 2016


That really is why the companies run away anyway.

Cleita

(75,480 posts)
16. Yes it is and back when we made our own stuff, we put tariffs on imported goods so that
Mon Mar 14, 2016, 07:00 PM
Mar 2016

they would be more expensive in the store than American made goods. That way imported goods didn't affect the job market. When I lived in Chile, the government tried to stimulate domestic production of goods by putting on tariffs so steep on imports no one would bring foreign made goods into the country. So the bootleggers did a brisk business because there wasn't the financing available back then to build factories at home. So this is how a well intentioned plan can backfire. You have to think of all the angles.

I think global human rights organizations can work on getting foreign workers in foreign countries decent wages by encouraging labor unions. This will never happen as long as our American manufacturers outsource their production and the factory owners are doing well by using slave labor by selling to us. We need to fix our labor problem here first by bringing back tariffs and forcing manufacturers to start making their goods here again and bring the labor union movement back.

SamKnause

(13,088 posts)
7. Chuck Todd is too ignorant to be on TV interviewing anyone.
Mon Mar 14, 2016, 06:36 PM
Mar 2016

His little performance of pretending not to understand is nauseating.

leftcoastmountains

(2,968 posts)
8. Bernie is doing a great job.
Mon Mar 14, 2016, 06:38 PM
Mar 2016

I think it is difficult to give specific answers to
questions like that. Behind him would be a
committee and other people involved. He doesn't want
to be pinned down. The other candidates haven't gone
into this much detail. The Repubs say nothing and Hillary
says can't do it.

jillan

(39,451 posts)
18. Wth is this on at 3 in the afternoon???
Mon Mar 14, 2016, 07:01 PM
Mar 2016

Seriously msnbc. It's the middle of the day! I just got home and missed it. Even Hillary will be on before people get home from work on the west coast

SamKnause

(13,088 posts)
19. It was 6:00 EST on the east coast. They are in Ohio.
Mon Mar 14, 2016, 07:06 PM
Mar 2016

I live in Ohio.

Hillary is on now.

I guess people will have to catch it on You Tube or maybe

they recorded it.

SamKnause

(13,088 posts)
20. Chris Matthews are you going to ask any hard questions ????
Mon Mar 14, 2016, 07:09 PM
Mar 2016

I don't think you will.

You wouldn't want to hurt your wife's chance of being elected to the Senate.

Hillary is supporting your wife's campaign.

Conflict of interest ????

thereismore

(13,326 posts)
23. Hillary: 20 minutes in, all fluff, no substance. She is now the warm Hillary in love with Bill. OMG
Mon Mar 14, 2016, 07:15 PM
Mar 2016

somebody wake me up.

thegoodlifedem

(5 posts)
27. Get out the vote and get educated!!! :)
Mon Mar 14, 2016, 07:17 PM
Mar 2016

Tomorrow is an awesome opportunity to show the "strength in numbers" this campaign is building! Florida, Illinois, Ohio, Missouri, and North Carolina can all go Bernie's way, so get excited and get pumped up for your candidate and do your last minute phone calls to people you know are undecided and win them over with the simple message that our candidate is the voice of the regular people, a champ for everyday folks, and goes to bat against big money which has no place in a "fair and balanced" democratic society!!!

And for motivation:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superdelegate#Comparison_to_pledged_delegates

In this poster's opinion, "superdelegates" as the term is used are not bound to stick with their pledges, according to that little bit of info. That said, if we can show our numbers tomorrow, is it possible to sway some of those votes our side? If our party is truly a voice of the people (and with this candidate it has never had a better opportunity), we could and should have a good chance to turn that tide too...every vote counts folks, get pumped up!!!

SamKnause

(13,088 posts)
30. Well that was a big fail.
Mon Mar 14, 2016, 07:47 PM
Mar 2016

After all the questions Chris thinks she is ready for Commander in Chief.

This is such a joke.

Chris do you not know Hillary's policy on college tuition and debt ???

Her polices are NOT better than Bernie's.

SamKnause

(13,088 posts)
32. His wife is running for the Senate.
Mon Mar 14, 2016, 08:03 PM
Mar 2016

The same people backing Hillary are backing his wife.

Isn't that sweet ??? NOT !!!

dana_b

(11,546 posts)
33. yeah, I know BUT
Mon Mar 14, 2016, 08:10 PM
Mar 2016

it's just so blatant and obvious. Don't you think that he should excuse himself from things like this? I do.

SamKnause

(13,088 posts)
35. Yes, I do !!!!
Mon Mar 14, 2016, 08:18 PM
Mar 2016

The Powers That Be do not care anymore.

Everything they do is blatant and in your face.

From Wall Street, to CEO's, to the Judicial system, and the media.

They know we know and they don't care !!!!!!!!

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