This week many organizations will join together to fight the passage of the Trans-Pacific Partnership also known as the TPP. 

http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2015/11/16/tpp-protest-blockade-us-trade-rep

Hillary Clinton worked on the TPP as Secretary of State. She even said in 2012 that the TPP is ‘the gold standard of trade agreements.’

During the current campaign she had made a few critical comments but avoided taking a position on the TPP for many months.  Close to the first debate she declared that she did not support the TPP but her objections ring hollow.  Currency manipulation, an issue raised by both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton was never going to be part of the deal.

http://www.vox.com/2015/10/7/9474151/hillary-clinton-tpp-flip-flop

And let’s by clear any expression of her concerns about big pharma are just not believable.  First of all the deal in the TPP for Big Pharma was reduced/improved from where it had previously been when she was involved. Hillary claimed drug companies as her ‘enemy’ in the first debate but that is completely unbelievable because Hillary is a top recipient of drug company campaign cash.

http://www.examiner.com/article/hillary-clinton-leads-all-presidential-candidates-donations-from-big-pharma

This week Hillary stated publicly that she would not use any of her power or influence to fight or prevent the passing of TPP.  So she worked for it, she has mega connections giving her much advantage in this election (including a relationship with the DNC that has changed its rules to allow candidates to fund the DNC with their Super Pacs & to accept Corporate Money), And Hillary Clinton will do nothing to fight The TPP.

“Why does this keep happening? Why is it that on this particular issue, Democratic leaders are unable to be consistent and transparent?

The cynical answer is money—trade deals do mean big bucks for corporate interests. Ralph Nader lambastes “King Obama” and his “royal court” of “massive corporate lobbies” for engineering the “fast-track” legislative process designed to smooth passage of TPP.”

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/10/hillary-clinton-2016-free-trade-213231#ixzz3rUjZzsR2

In my view, this is as good as Hillary saying… I am just ‘telling people’ I am against it because they don’t support it but I am fine with it being passed by congress and signed by the president.

I am disgusted by this.  It reflects a condescending attitude toward The American People that is reflected in much of Hillary’s communication with us. 

Yes Hillary and Bill Clinton ARE Rich (And much of their money came from Wall Street) And Very ‘Well Connected’ and apparently that provides her the ability to run her campaign with a very comfortable disdain for The American People.  At a time when many of Americans are waking up to the reality that our country is becoming an Oligarchy and are feeling very unsure whether or not there is any ‘real’ democracy left or whether it has become ‘just for show’ to placate us, Hillary is running her campaign and reflecting an attitude that is barely tolerable and not at all the leadership needed to change the course significantly in favor of The People. 

While there are certainly many who appear to be comfortable with her disdain & 'connections’ however corrupt some of them may be, others of us see the deck as ‘stacked’ against The People and Hillary as part of the problem. 

Hillary’s corrupt relationship with the media among other organizations and the changes in public behavior make much of the polling going on in this election meaningless.  Even if we were to believe the polling roughly meaningful, president Obama was doing about the same at this point in 2007 as Bernie Sanders is now.  The pundits and media also said similar things about Obama in 2007, that he could not win and only Hillary could etc.

I think it is very important for everyone to understand that many of us see this election as The People Vs Oligarchy and we see Hillary and many that support her as supporting the Oligarchy and the status quo. 

While it is not new for us to be to lied to by our presidential candidates, it is a new thing that Americans are experiencing income equality that has not been experienced at this level since the great depression.  People are dying, suffering.   51% of Americans are making under $30,000 (https://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/netcomp.cgi?year=2014) while costs have risen and our opportunities have greatly diminished and during this time the same ‘big money’ oligarchs that are suppressing The People are also destroying our environment and threatening our survival.

At just this moment Bernie Sanders, a man that is often called ‘a rare politician’ based on his honesty , integrity, and consistency, has stepped up to lead the people to rally against the oppressive forces against them.  This makes what might have passed for normal or acceptable distortion from our politicians of the past intolerable to many of us today.  I regularly experience seeing criticisms of republicans to which I feel obligated to add ‘the same holds true of Hillary.’ 

If we were playing the same old game with the same stakes we ‘thought’ we had in the past, maybe Hillary would look pretty good.  That’s not the reality we are living in now.  There is too much at stake.  Now is the time to turn the page on the status quo and fight hard for major reforms.  We cannot afford the incremental status quo change that Hillary represents. 

Bernie wins among independents the largest growing segment of voters that will soon surpass the number of dems & republicans added together.  He attracts republican voters that see that their party has gone off the deep end.  It is the fight for the nomination that counts and with so much at stake, I hope that enough democrats support AND WORK to get Bernie Sanders elected as the democratic nominee, that we overcome the deck stacked against us in SO MANY Ways, and we can continue to work together to build a movement and fight together for the reforms we so sorely need.  A President Bernie Sanders is exactly what our country needs at this time in our real ‘eyes open’ history.

If our country is able to transform our current circumstances, I have no doubt we will have a woman president one day.  Bernie is a strong feminist, the causes of women will be well represented in his capable leadership.  Around the world people know that we are being lied to, and ruled by Corporations & Billionaires, that we need serious reform in the U.S., and they are hoping that we elect Bernie Sanders as our next president.  This is my greatest hope too.