Hillary Clinton is Hillary Clinton. As such, she will do what she and
her advisors believe is necessary to win the election. Cornell West,
a man of principle, did the only thing he could do, refuse to endorse
the Platform. Bernie Sanders, a man who has shaky principles, will
walk back many of his cries for a revolution, and support Clinton.
This decision to support Clinton is like Jesus Christ deciding to
support pontius pilate, as governor of Judaea.
Carl Jarvis
On 6/28/16, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In fact, the committee opposed all of Ssanders' suggested platform planks.
I
didn't post the 2 articles about this that Common Dreams had yesterday.
Cornell West refused to approve the platform as it exists .
Miriam
Trump Just Drove a Truck Through Hole DNC Platform Panel Left in Clinton's
TPP Promise
Published on
Tuesday, June 28, 2016
by
Common Dreams
Trump Just Drove a Truck Through Hole DNC Platform Panel Left in Clinton's
TPP Promise
Platform committee's waffling on trade leaves Clinton vulnerable to Trump's
predictable attacks
by
Deirdre Fulton, staff writer
Donald Trump on Tuesday attacked Hillary Clinton for her stance on trade in
general and the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) in particular. (Photo:
Reuters)
Laying bare how dangerous it could be for Democrats to ignore populist
opposition to corporate-friendly "free trade" deals, Republican
presidential
nominee Donald Trump on Tuesday attacked Hillary Clinton for her stance on
trade in general and the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) in particular.
Speaking in Monessen, Pennsylvania, Trump said the "TPP would be the death
blow for American manufacturing" and vowed to "withdraw" the U.S. from the
agreement.
He said Clinton took "a leading part" in drafting the 12-nation deal,
noting
that the former secretary of state "praised or pushed the TPP on 45
separate
occasions, and even called it the 'gold standard,'" according to prepared
remarks.
"Hillary Clinton was totally for the TPP just a short while ago, but when
she saw my stance, which is totally against, she was shamed into saying she
would be against it too," he said. "But have no doubt, she will immediately
approve it if it is put before her, guaranteed. She will do this just as
she
has betrayed American workers for Wall Street throughout her career."
With this claim, MSNBC reporter Alex Seitz-Wald wrote on Twitter, Trump
appeared to be "speaking directly to [Bernie] Sanders supporters." Sanders
has made opposition to the TPP and other rights-trampling deals a
cornerstone of his campaign.
Trump also said he would renegotiate the North American Free Trade
Agreement
(NAFTA)-and placed partial blame for that deal also at Clinton's feet. "It
was Bill Clinton who signed NAFTA in 1993, and Hillary Clinton who
supported
it," he said.
The real estate mogul's speech comes on the heels of the Democratic
National
Committee's platform drafting panel voting not to oppose the TPP, despite
the fact that both Clinton and Sanders have come out against the deal. As
Common Dreams reported, the Clinton-allied majority on the committee
outvoted the Sanders delegates 10-5 to defeat the anti-TPP measure, citing
President Barack Obama's support.
In doing so, argues Dave Johnson of the Campaign for America's Future in an
op-ed Tuesday, they handed Trump "powerful ammunition" for his claims that
Clinton is only "pretending" to oppose the agreement.
Johnson writes:
TPP and past "trade" deals are incredibly unpopular with working-class
voters, and Republicans are preparing a full-scale attack on Clinton's
credibility over the unpopular TPP. They are making the case that Clinton
actually supports TPP but is pretending she does not in order to get votes.
They say the president's efforts to pass TPP in the post-election "lame
duck" session back up their claims. This pro-TPP vote by Clinton supporters
on the platform committee will likely bolster the Republican argument.
[...] It appears that the party elite just don't understand the public's
overwhelming opposition to TPP. The pro-TPP members of the platform
committee say they must support a Democratic president. But what about the
interests of the public, labor and working people, the environment, the
economy and their own nominee?
In an interview with MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell on Tuesday, Sanders agreed
that
establishment voices on the committee appeared to not only be working
against the party, but undermining Clinton's own stated position.
"I was really quite surprised to see that Secretary Clinton's delegates
rejected our proposal to kill the TPP despite the fact that she has
indicated she does not want to see it get onto the floor [of the U.S.
Congress]," Sanders told Mitchell.
Meanwhile, as in the primary campaign, Clinton's refusal to come out
swinging against corporate-friendly trade deals is costing her support of
working-class voters in the general election-a dynamic Public Citizen's
Lori
Wallach predicted back in March, when she declared: "Americans' opposition
to job-killing trade policies fueled the stunning Bernie Sanders upset
victory in Michigan. But it also could be a deciding factor in the general
election, especially with Donald Trump being the likely GOP nominee. The
outcome of the Michigan primary shows the potency of trade issues and
foreshadows the trouble Hillary Clinton could face winning key Midwestern
states in a race against Trump."
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Trump Just Drove a Truck Through Hole DNC Platform Panel Left in Clinton's
TPP Promise
Published on
Tuesday, June 28, 2016
by
Common Dreams
Trump Just Drove a Truck Through Hole DNC Platform Panel Left in Clinton's
TPP Promise
Platform committee's waffling on trade leaves Clinton vulnerable to Trump's
predictable attacks
by
Deirdre Fulton, staff writer
. 76 Comments
.
. Donald Trump on Tuesday attacked Hillary Clinton for her stance on
trade in general and the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) in particular.
(Photo: Reuters)
. Laying bare how dangerous it could be for Democrats to ignore
populist opposition to corporate-friendly "free trade" deals, Republican
presidential nominee Donald Trump on Tuesday attacked Hillary Clinton for
her stance on trade in general and the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) in
particular.
. Speaking in Monessen, Pennsylvania, Trump said the "TPP would be the
death blow for American manufacturing" and vowed to "withdraw" the U.S.
from
the agreement.
. He said Clinton took "a leading part" in drafting the 12-nation
deal, noting that the former secretary of state "praised or pushed the TPP
on 45 separate occasions, and even called it the 'gold standard,'"
according
to prepared remarks.
. "Hillary Clinton was totally for the TPP just a short while ago, but
when she saw my stance, which is totally against, she was shamed into
saying
she would be against it too," he said. "But have no doubt, she will
immediately approve it if it is put before her, guaranteed. She will do
this
just as she has betrayed American workers for Wall Street throughout her
career."
With this claim, MSNBC reporter Alex Seitz-Wald wrote on Twitter, Trump
appeared to be "speaking directly to [Bernie] Sanders supporters." Sanders
has made opposition to the TPP and other rights-trampling deals a
cornerstone of his campaign.
Trump also said he would renegotiate the North American Free Trade
Agreement
(NAFTA)-and placed partial blame for that deal also at Clinton's feet. "It
was Bill Clinton who signed NAFTA in 1993, and Hillary Clinton who
supported
it," he said.
The real estate mogul's speech comes on the heels of the Democratic
National
Committee's platform drafting panel voting not to oppose the TPP, despite
the fact that both Clinton and Sanders have come out against the deal. As
Common Dreams reported, the Clinton-allied majority on the committee
outvoted the Sanders delegates 10-5 to defeat the anti-TPP measure, citing
President Barack Obama's support.
In doing so, argues Dave Johnson of the Campaign for America's Future in an
op-ed Tuesday, they handed Trump "powerful ammunition" for his claims that
Clinton is only "pretending" to oppose the agreement.
http://commondreams.org/killing-messengerhttp://commondreams.org/killing-mes
senger
Johnson writes:
TPP and past "trade" deals are incredibly unpopular with working-class
voters, and Republicans are preparing a full-scale attack on Clinton's
credibility over the unpopular TPP. They are making the case that Clinton
actually supports TPP but is pretending she does not in order to get votes.
They say the president's efforts to pass TPP in the post-election "lame
duck" session back up their claims. This pro-TPP vote by Clinton supporters
on the platform committee will likely bolster the Republican argument.
[...] It appears that the party elite just don't understand the public's
overwhelming opposition to TPP. The pro-TPP members of the platform
committee say they must support a Democratic president. But what about the
interests of the public, labor and working people, the environment, the
economy and their own nominee?
In an interview with MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell on Tuesday, Sanders agreed
that
establishment voices on the committee appeared to not only be working
against the party, but undermining Clinton's own stated position.
"I was really quite surprised to see that Secretary Clinton's delegates
rejected our proposal to kill the TPP despite the fact that she has
indicated she does not want to see it get onto the floor [of the U.S.
Congress]," Sanders told Mitchell.
Meanwhile, as in the primary campaign, Clinton's refusal to come out
swinging against corporate-friendly trade deals is costing her support of
working-class voters in the general election-a dynamic Public Citizen's
Lori
Wallach predicted back in March, when she declared: "Americans' opposition
to job-killing trade policies fueled the stunning Bernie Sanders upset
victory in Michigan. But it also could be a deciding factor in the general
election, especially with Donald Trump being the likely GOP nominee. The
outcome of the Michigan primary shows the potency of trade issues and
foreshadows the trouble Hillary Clinton could face winning key Midwestern
states in a race against Trump."
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