2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: The myth that Hillary is a conservative. [View all]d_legendary1
(2,586 posts)1. S.1348: Establishes a temporary guest worker program (H-2C visa). Provides: (1) that the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) shall determine H-2C eligibility; (2) for a three-year admission with one additional three-year extension; (3) issuance of H-4 nonimmigrant visas for accompanying or following spouse and children; (4) for U.S. worker protection; (5) for implementation of an alien employment management system; and (6) establishment of a Temporary Worker Task Force.
Authorizes cancellation of removal and adjustment to conditional permanent resident status of certain alien students who are long-term U.S. residents.
Sets forth the conditions for a six-year conditional permanent resident status.
States that English is the national language of the United States. Requires the government to preserve and enhance the role of English as the national language of the United States.
2. Most of the undocumented immigrants in this country overstay their visa allotted time. Half a million people did that in 2015. WTF would want to expand visas? Oh wait...
3. Ex-Im has categorized large multinationals like Bechtel as small businesses. How the hell is this actually beneficial to small businesses?
4. AKA the Bush Tax cuts! They should have expired but instead they were passed along with cuts to Social Security and Medicare. I know for a fact Sanders didn't vote for that shit.
5. Pro Gun Bernie! Pro Gun Bernie! Pro Gun Bernie! Pro Gun Bernie! /Sarc off
6. You know who else signed that into law? Obama. And you know what else that law says? The weapon has to be unloaded and it has to ride in a special compartment. Once again from the top: Pro Gun Bernie! Pro Gun Bernie!
7. The article in question is a statement from Tim Murphy who said that Sanders wants to legalize all drugs. But of course there is no evidence that Sanders has pushed such a message along his time in politics, let alone his campaign.
8. You know who else voted for that Bill? Hillary's husband. And three states also agreed to do it including Texas.
9. Utter Rubbish. The real quote is, "What you got is an African-American president, and the African-American community is very, very proud that this country has overcome racism and voted for him for president. And that's kind of natural. You've got a situation where the Republican Party has been strongly anti-immigration, and you've got a Hispanic community which is looking to the Democrats for help." Read the interview: http://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2014/11/19/365024592/sen-bernie-sanders-on-how-democrats-lost-white-voters
10. We're off the deep end here and quite frankly, not worth going over. I should have stopped at #9.
So how exactly is HRC a progressive?