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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Homepage of Detroit Free Press: "Hillary Clinton hits Bernie Sanders on auto rescue vote in Flint…" [View all]Barack_America
(28,876 posts)19. Did you just MichiSplain me?
Dude, I live here. I grew up here. I have many, many family members who watched their jobs go to Mexico well before 2009. In fact, I had ZERO family members left in the auto industry before 2009 due to forced early retirement and plant closures. Divide that by the bailout.
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Homepage of Detroit Free Press: "Hillary Clinton hits Bernie Sanders on auto rescue vote in Flint…" [View all]
stevenleser
Mar 2016
OP
" the month before he had voted in favor of an auto rescue plan that failed in the Senate"
think
Mar 2016
#1
Well he got it right once when didn't really matter and wrong twice when it did matter.
DCBob
Mar 2016
#58
the Detroit Free Press used to be an excellent paper, now it is just a scab paper
putitinD
Mar 2016
#2
not really, not since they busted their union and merged with the Detroit News, I don't trust their
putitinD
Mar 2016
#29
It would be the greatest paper in the world if the headline were reversed.
grossproffit
Mar 2016
#57
Nope, I'm not compensated by campaigns or PACs/SuperPACs. Your question is insulting.
stevenleser
Mar 2016
#10
No. If Bernie had his way the auto industry would've been bailed out but the banks wouldn't have.
think
Mar 2016
#11
Clinton twisted a Sanders vote ... to claim he was “against the auto bailout.” Factcheck
Agony
Mar 2016
#64
Nope, it's not. You can't divide by zero. There would be zero auto industry without the bailout. nt
stevenleser
Mar 2016
#12
Ford was smart. They sold off a lot of property, including their headquarters...
Barack_America
Mar 2016
#25
Congratulations. My point stands. There would be no auto industry without the bailout. nt
stevenleser
Mar 2016
#23
I know his excuse. I watched the debate. I give it as much credence as Michiganders are
stevenleser
Mar 2016
#39
If that other poster hadn't mentioned that you were a pundit, I wouldn't have known
Ned_Devine
Mar 2016
#41
Whatever. Back to the point, I know his excuse. I watched the debate. I give it as much credence as
stevenleser
Mar 2016
#42
In my experience, people getting personal in the middle of a political discussion where there is
stevenleser
Mar 2016
#46
NAFTA caused much more damage AND the auto bailout bill passed despite Bernie's vote.
Major Hogwash
Mar 2016
#38
Sanders "appeared visibly angry and on edge...." Yes he did. Sanders was frustrated and did not
riversedge
Mar 2016
#47
Not surprising. Sanders doesn't like big corporations, even if they provide good jobs.
Hoyt
Mar 2016
#51
What? Who doesn't know that Detroit was one of the wealthiest cities in America?
betsuni
Mar 2016
#67
Great, you said that. There's more to the story and it goes largely unreported.
Octafish
Mar 2016
#68
If you're alive when things happen, you don't have to learn about them from history class.
betsuni
Mar 2016
#72