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Except for the small matter of the poor not paying taxes and get all the free medical and dental and education that the rest of us pay for.
NDP MP Niki Ashton campaigns for Bernie Sanders
By David Akin, Parliamentary Bureau Chief
First posted: Monday, June 06, 2016 08:08 PM EDT | Updated: Monday, June 06, 2016 08:17 PM EDT
OTTAWA -- NDP MP Niki Ashton was in the House of Commons Monday after a weekend trip south of the border to play a little presidential politics.
Ashton, a long-time fan of Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders, spent "a few hours" in North Dakota on the weekend working with Sanders supporters.
Sanders himself was in California, where he's been campaigning since the middle of May, hoping to score a big upset win over Hillary Clinton in Tuesday's California primary.
North Dakota Democrats hold a caucus there Tuesday where, in the most recent polls, Sanders had a 21-point lead over Clinton.
And while many operatives from all federal parties have travelled to the U.S. and other countries to study the campaigns and techniques of a variety of parties and candidates, it is unusual for an MP to campaign openly for the election of a candidate in another country's election.
But Ashton has made no secret of her admiration for the socialist senator from Vermont.
"I've been inspired by him for a number of months. If anybody had been following my Twitter, they would have seen that," Ashton said outside of the House of Commons.
"It was my own time, my own expense," Ashton said. "I'm also a political being. It's a movement that's been inspiring to me and to many across our country."
Ashton, the MP for the northern Manitoba riding of Churchill-Keewatinook Aski, ran unsuccessfully in 2011 to be leader of Canada's New Democrats, losing out to Thomas Mulcair.
Her dad, Steve Ashton, was a long-serving Manitoba NDP cabinet minister and MLA.
NDP MP Niki Ashton campaigns for Bernie Sanders | Home | Toronto Sun
By David Akin, Parliamentary Bureau Chief
First posted: Monday, June 06, 2016 08:08 PM EDT | Updated: Monday, June 06, 2016 08:17 PM EDT
OTTAWA -- NDP MP Niki Ashton was in the House of Commons Monday after a weekend trip south of the border to play a little presidential politics.
Ashton, a long-time fan of Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders, spent "a few hours" in North Dakota on the weekend working with Sanders supporters.
Sanders himself was in California, where he's been campaigning since the middle of May, hoping to score a big upset win over Hillary Clinton in Tuesday's California primary.
North Dakota Democrats hold a caucus there Tuesday where, in the most recent polls, Sanders had a 21-point lead over Clinton.
And while many operatives from all federal parties have travelled to the U.S. and other countries to study the campaigns and techniques of a variety of parties and candidates, it is unusual for an MP to campaign openly for the election of a candidate in another country's election.
But Ashton has made no secret of her admiration for the socialist senator from Vermont.
"I've been inspired by him for a number of months. If anybody had been following my Twitter, they would have seen that," Ashton said outside of the House of Commons.
"It was my own time, my own expense," Ashton said. "I'm also a political being. It's a movement that's been inspiring to me and to many across our country."
Ashton, the MP for the northern Manitoba riding of Churchill-Keewatinook Aski, ran unsuccessfully in 2011 to be leader of Canada's New Democrats, losing out to Thomas Mulcair.
Her dad, Steve Ashton, was a long-serving Manitoba NDP cabinet minister and MLA.
NDP MP Niki Ashton campaigns for Bernie Sanders | Home | Toronto Sun
Donald Trump would have lost US election if Bernie Sanders had been the candidate
“Right now in every major poll, national poll and statewide poll done in the last month, six weeks, we are defeating Trump often by big numbers, and always at a larger margin than Secretary Clinton is.”
So spoke Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton’s Democratic rival in the primary, when he appeared on the May 29 2016 edition of NBC’s 'Meet the Press'.
It was not the first time the socialist former Mayor of Burlington had made the claim. And it was something that his supporters believed passionately.
Time after time, supporters of the white-haired, frequently cantankerous Democratic socialist, said the media was helping prepare a coronation for Ms Clinton in a way that was neither fair or democratic.
At a rally in the Bronx, New York, in April, Paul Nagel, 58, a gay rights and housing activist, told The Independent that Mr Sanders would go into the Oval Office on the back of a popular movement and that he could continue to listen to the people. “What we’re seeing now feels 1969,” he said.
At rallies for the 74-year-old across the country, there was a sense of euphoria and excitement that simply did not exist at those for Ms Clinton. Ms Clinton’s supporters said they had made a calculation to vote for her as they believed she would be the best candidate to lead the country, but there was no sense of the passion witnessed at her rivals' events, or those of Barack Obama eight years earlier.
But it was not just anecdotal evidence. A series of polls suggested that Mr Sanders - with his calls for free college tuition, the removal of student debt, a national health service and the removal of big money from politics - would stand a better chance against Mr Trump than Ms Clinton.
A poll by NBC News-Wall Street Journal on May 15 said Ms Clitnon would beat Mr Trump by three points, but said Mr Sanders would win by 15 points.
Donald Trump would have lost US election if Bernie Sanders had been the candidate | The Independent
“Right now in every major poll, national poll and statewide poll done in the last month, six weeks, we are defeating Trump often by big numbers, and always at a larger margin than Secretary Clinton is.”
So spoke Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton’s Democratic rival in the primary, when he appeared on the May 29 2016 edition of NBC’s 'Meet the Press'.
It was not the first time the socialist former Mayor of Burlington had made the claim. And it was something that his supporters believed passionately.
Time after time, supporters of the white-haired, frequently cantankerous Democratic socialist, said the media was helping prepare a coronation for Ms Clinton in a way that was neither fair or democratic.
At a rally in the Bronx, New York, in April, Paul Nagel, 58, a gay rights and housing activist, told The Independent that Mr Sanders would go into the Oval Office on the back of a popular movement and that he could continue to listen to the people. “What we’re seeing now feels 1969,” he said.
At rallies for the 74-year-old across the country, there was a sense of euphoria and excitement that simply did not exist at those for Ms Clinton. Ms Clinton’s supporters said they had made a calculation to vote for her as they believed she would be the best candidate to lead the country, but there was no sense of the passion witnessed at her rivals' events, or those of Barack Obama eight years earlier.
But it was not just anecdotal evidence. A series of polls suggested that Mr Sanders - with his calls for free college tuition, the removal of student debt, a national health service and the removal of big money from politics - would stand a better chance against Mr Trump than Ms Clinton.
A poll by NBC News-Wall Street Journal on May 15 said Ms Clitnon would beat Mr Trump by three points, but said Mr Sanders would win by 15 points.
Donald Trump would have lost US election if Bernie Sanders had been the candidate | The Independent
Bernie would have also appealed to the change voters and would have done quite well. But the Dems really have nobody to blame but themselves for that.
I love the finger pointing and the "I told you so" politics. In many ways, it is childish. The unknowing, pontificating about what caused the defeat, why they should have seen it coming - and the big one - I knew this was going to happen!
It's camouflaged butt hurt.
It's camouflaged butt hurt.
It's all pointless jabber anyway.
It is what it is so everybody suck it up and make the best of it.