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2016 Postmortem

In reply to the discussion: Is Hillary pro Union? [View all]

upaloopa

(11,417 posts)
33. yep didn't vote
Thu Mar 17, 2016, 04:14 AM
Mar 2016

I am a member of SEIU local 206 and I support Hillary and she supports us.


That my friend is reality. Reality isn't a something that comes about because your friends vote a certain way.

Is Hillary pro Union? [View all] Go Vols Mar 2016 OP
Clearly a good number of national unions think so BainsBane Mar 2016 #1
Yep Go Vols Mar 2016 #3
Yeah, that's the running meme with Bernie supporters, but it's not true. SEIU, for example, fully BlueCaliDem Mar 2016 #4
lol,its true Go Vols Mar 2016 #5
k Go Vols Mar 2016 #8
A few dissenters does not an entire union make. Even here, where we should be heeding the BlueCaliDem Mar 2016 #13
They both are the enemy. Chan790 Mar 2016 #45
Got a link to anything that says the members voted? nt revbones Mar 2016 #14
Got a link to anything that says the majority of members didn't? nt BlueCaliDem Mar 2016 #18
Well I wasn't publishing falsehoods and lies revbones Mar 2016 #21
Michigan is a heavily blue collar union state and union members broke 49-46 for the VT independent DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2016 #46
The comment was about union endorsements. revbones Mar 2016 #49
This is the constant meme BainsBane Mar 2016 #7
Exactly. A few dissenters within the ranks does not an entire union membership make. BlueCaliDem Mar 2016 #17
Wow. revbones Mar 2016 #24
ROFL! The Libertarian online news source is your proof?? ROFL! BlueCaliDem Mar 2016 #25
Just because you don't like the source revbones Mar 2016 #27
Just because you prefer the source, doesn't make what they write true, either. BlueCaliDem Mar 2016 #30
Shorter BlueCaliDem: "The truth, it burns!" revbones Mar 2016 #50
And you don't do your argument justice by using biased sources known for hating the Democratic Party BlueCaliDem Mar 2016 #61
Sure. You win. Any source that isn't pro-Hillary 100% of the time is false. nt revbones Mar 2016 #62
Oh and {{{{{{BainesBane!!}}}}}} Welcome back! BlueCaliDem Mar 2016 #20
Thanks. BainsBane Mar 2016 #35
Which union? revbones Mar 2016 #23
Anything Glenn Greenwald is involved in has zero credibility with me. Sorry, revbones. BlueCaliDem Mar 2016 #28
Okay. BainsBane Mar 2016 #38
That is too funny! revbones Mar 2016 #52
About as much as Robert Taft jfern Mar 2016 #2
we are Go Vols Mar 2016 #6
She Pushed NAFTA and is/was a major player in CINTAS Co. not becoming Unionized Bern2WinUSA Mar 2016 #9
She is not for us or the USA Go Vols Mar 2016 #11
Depends on who she is speaking to... eom Purveyor Mar 2016 #10
yes it does Go Vols Mar 2016 #12
I will add the fact, Go Vols Mar 2016 #15
I'm going to hazard a guess BainsBane Mar 2016 #16
You would be wrong. Go Vols Mar 2016 #19
Don't know what you mean by that sentence BainsBane Mar 2016 #39
Of course she is. How ridic. nt BreakfastClub Mar 2016 #22
She is? Really? Art_from_Ark Mar 2016 #26
Her time at Walmart was spent working on getting women in management and Lucinda Mar 2016 #48
This Union family does. Loki Mar 2016 #29
And she has done little to stop that nt Depaysement Mar 2016 #40
I blame Republicans for that not her. Loki Mar 2016 #43
Speak for yourself Depaysement Mar 2016 #44
Did you just say gender based? Loki Mar 2016 #57
On what planet could anyone construe my post as opposing equal pay for women? Depaysement Mar 2016 #66
another meaningless DU poll upaloopa Mar 2016 #31
yet you respond Go Vols Mar 2016 #32
yep didn't vote upaloopa Mar 2016 #33
friends= Union brothers and sisters Go Vols Mar 2016 #34
Where's the box for "Are you fucking kidding me"? kath Mar 2016 #36
agree Go Vols Mar 2016 #37
Excellent question Depaysement Mar 2016 #41
Depends on if the wind is blowing toward Unions that day. n/t PonyUp Mar 2016 #42
Per exit polls in Iowa and Nevada, union households favored HRC by a 10-point margin Tanuki Mar 2016 #47
So that means she is pro-union? Based on polls? nt thereismore Mar 2016 #51
when she gets a greater number of union endorsements... jcgoldie Mar 2016 #55
Or naive. thereismore Mar 2016 #63
The International Paid Off Politician Union. Fighting for the downtrodden Rich. Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2016 #53
Ask the Waltons who got rich while their workforce got welfare. Octafish Mar 2016 #54
From a personal experience my brother-in-law is an iron worker and Hillary did hrmjustin Mar 2016 #56
Not just no. 99Forever Mar 2016 #58
Her record says no. Lizzie Poppet Mar 2016 #59
Unions are an obstacle to be surmounted to people like that. Smarmie Doofus Mar 2016 #60
Ask Wal-Mart TheDormouse Mar 2016 #64
Is Hillary pro-union? Depends on whether she's running for office nt TheDormouse Mar 2016 #65
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