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Proserpina

(2,352 posts)
Sat Dec 5, 2015, 10:27 PM Dec 2015

Hillary Clinton Wins Union Endorsements, But Not Enthusiasm

http://www.newsweek.com/hillary-clinton-wins-union-endorsement-not-their-enthusiasm-398978?piano_t=1

California nurse Katy Roemer remembers how at the height of the Ebola crisis last year, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders marched arm-in-arm with union workers as they fought for hazmat suits and other protections to treat patients with infectious diseases.

Roemer's gratitude is why she keeps a large stash of "Bernie" stickers and posters in her car and is urging people she knows to back his White House bid. She jokes that she will be telling friends and family members: "You're not coming to dinner if you didn’t vote."

If Hillary Clinton wins the Democratic nomination, Roemer said she would vote for her in the November 2016 general election but she will not volunteer for her campaign...

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Hillary Clinton Wins Union Endorsements, But Not Enthusiasm (Original Post) Proserpina Dec 2015 OP
"If Hillary Clinton wins the Democratic nomination, Roemer said she would vote for her..." malokvale77 Dec 2015 #1
not surprising. Clinton is getting the elite votes, not the real votes. Menshunables Dec 2015 #2

malokvale77

(4,879 posts)
1. "If Hillary Clinton wins the Democratic nomination, Roemer said she would vote for her..."
Sat Dec 5, 2015, 11:50 PM
Dec 2015

That is the very thinking that is destroying the Democratic party.

 

Menshunables

(88 posts)
2. not surprising. Clinton is getting the elite votes, not the real votes.
Sun Dec 6, 2015, 12:03 AM
Dec 2015

The union people know where the possible good action is, and it's not from a Clinton or a Republican. History tells.

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