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Omaha Steve

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46. How did she decide to be against the final product?

Fri Dec 4, 2015, 09:32 PM

Dec 2015

At the time she flipped according to Obama she hadn't even seen it yet? It was however after several unions said if your not against it... no endorsement.

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FIVE REASONS WHY THE AFSCME AND SEIU SHOULD HAVE ENDORSED SANDERS OVER CLINTON link added [View all] Omaha Steve Dec 2015 OP

Kickin' Faux pas Dec 2015 #1

When We Stand Together - No Citizen Need Settle For The Lesser Of Two Corporate Evils - Go Bernie Go cantbeserious Dec 2015 #2

So you're saying the Union members were too stupid to make an informed recommendation? brooklynite Dec 2015 #3

No... Not Union Members... Union "Leadership"... WillyT Dec 2015 #6

Union members elect their leadership workinclasszero Dec 2015 #30

No, we're not making enemies. Fawke Em Dec 2015 #55

Strawman much? daleanime Dec 2015 #9

Both leaderships polled their membership... brooklynite Dec 2015 #11

I wasn't asked anything by AFSCME even though I was an AFSCME PEOPLE PAC donor often Omaha Steve Dec 2015 #13

Wow. How revealing is that? 99th_Monkey Dec 2015 #16

Wow! That's very telling. Nt tex-wyo-dem Dec 2015 #23

And data coming from CNN, the Hill Network, floriduck Dec 2015 #27

Are you an AFSCME --MEMBER--? brooklynite Dec 2015 #33

I run the DU Labor Group (did you know we have one?) Omaha Steve Dec 2015 #42

Maybe you didn't attend the meeting upaloopa Dec 2015 #52

I notice your links mention nothing... tex-wyo-dem Dec 2015 #19

SEIU has said over 75% of their members support Hillary. n/t tammywammy Dec 2015 #25

Not 75% In This Bulding... And Nobody Asked Us... WillyT Dec 2015 #34

I belong to SEIU local 260 upaloopa Dec 2015 #53

75% of their polled members had a favorable view. RichVRichV Dec 2015 #54

+ 1,000,000,000 - What You Said !!! WillyT Dec 2015 #59

Right.....sure....... daleanime Dec 2015 #20

Post says "should have"; reality is "did not" SCantiGOP Dec 2015 #41

If Bernie wins, it will truly be a people's revolution. Baitball Blogger Dec 2015 #4

No link. tk2kewl Dec 2015 #5

HUGE K & R !!! - THANK YOU !!! WillyT Dec 2015 #7

Guess What? Gamecock Lefty Dec 2015 #8

Correction -- the LEADERSHIP did the endorsing... Hepburn Dec 2015 #10

...after consulting with their members. brooklynite Dec 2015 #12

please link to the vote by the rank and file marym625 Dec 2015 #17

You must have missed this video upstring 99th_Monkey Dec 2015 #21

The point ejbr Dec 2015 #31

I find any post that attempts to smear Hillary because of Bill.... MaggieD Dec 2015 #14

Regarding your last sentence ejbr Dec 2015 #32

No one that has previously worked with Unions in politics would differ MaggieD Dec 2015 #45

Says the anonymous person on the internet ejbr Dec 2015 #48

Take it or leave it MaggieD Dec 2015 #49

OK ejbr Dec 2015 #50

Nicely put, Maggie. nt Nitram Dec 2015 #40

Hillary called TPP the GOLD STANDARD not so long ago Omaha Steve Dec 2015 #43

The thing all these journalists and Hillary haters miss... MaggieD Dec 2015 #44

How did she decide to be against the final product? Omaha Steve Dec 2015 #46

I hadnt seen that, and would love a link MaggieD Dec 2015 #47

Link Fawke Em Dec 2015 #57

I don't think she needed to see the full text MaggieD Dec 2015 #58

Funny thing about that Omaha Steve Dec 2015 #62

Bogus points. Fawke Em Dec 2015 #56

K&R! marym625 Dec 2015 #15

My union leadership endorsed HRC. JonathanRackham Dec 2015 #18

The umbrella organization AFC-CIO asked all member unions to wait until after the Feb conference Omaha Steve Dec 2015 #24

Union "leadership" tends to try to cover their asses. Fuddnik Dec 2015 #22

Reminds me of 72 when the union heads supported the great Richard Nixon. jalan48 Dec 2015 #26

I still remember the Teamsters endorsing Reagan in '84, even after his Air Traffic Controllers mess EndElectoral Dec 2015 #37

The seeds of our Third Way Corporate Democrats. jalan48 Dec 2015 #38

maybe they can rampage into an Episcopal Church and beat up students passing by? MisterP Dec 2015 #51

Since you are familiar with unions then you know unions endorse candidates Thinkingabout Dec 2015 #28

Coulda, woulda, shoulda... SidDithers Dec 2015 #29

Betcha members vote what they want. And right after they vote for President Sanders this union jtuck004 Dec 2015 #35

K&R nt Live and Learn Dec 2015 #36

Operative phrase: "should have". Nitram Dec 2015 #39

Kicked and recommended to the Max! Enthusiast Dec 2015 #60

You didn't want those grapes any way! MohRokTah Dec 2015 #61

The country loses if she wins. eom Fawke Em Dec 2015 #63

The country loses if Sanders wins. eom MohRokTah Dec 2015 #64