Gag-worthy from Politico. Obama aides: Warren 'baseless' on trade.

[hedda_foil]

This is SO disgusting.

Obama has already called Warren “wrong” on trade. But in private, administration officials fume in much more colorful terms over Warren’s attacks, calling them “baseless” and “desperate,” with “no bearing or relation to anything we are doing.” They also suggest the Massachusetts senator knows going after trade deals will only further energize the “Draft Warren” movement that desperately wants her to run for president.

The Massachusetts Democrat has been a thorn in the side of the administration on other issues, including recently torpedoing the president’s nomination for a top Treasury Department post. But the stakes are far higher on the trade deal. The fast-track bill still lacks the estimated 20 to 40 Democratic votes necessary for passage in the House, creating the very real possibility that the president’s own party will deny him what he considers a key legacy-building achievement.
This week, Obama has increased his efforts to sell the deal to his own party.

“Are [Warren’s] arguments a sign of desperation given the tide shifting among the public, particularly Democrats?” one person close to the White House said, citing recent poll numbers showing the public growing less wary of possible negative effects of international trade accords.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/05/obama-aides-elizabeth-warren-trade-117703.html#ixzz3ZUUtQ5Ru

[arcane1]

1. And Paul Ryan's people agree:

Brendan Buck, a spokesman for House Ways and Means Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), who is leading the trade push in the House, was more blunt about Warren: “I don’t know which is worse: If she actually believes this nonsense or that she’s just so willing to spread misinformation.”

[Rex]

3. 'Misinformation can be very important'

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/10/18/1248682/-Lessons-from-Rand-Paul-Misinformation-can-be-very-important

WHAT a strange thing for Mr. Assholes group to say! Do you think there is ANYTHING in this world, Paul Ryan will NOT be a big pile of steaming hypocrite about?


EDIT - OOpps...wrong asshole, still...if misinformation is a GOOD thing to GOP assholes...

[djean111]

2. I hate that "legacy" thing. The "trade" agreements look to mess up peoples' lives.

All for a legacy? That would be hubris, indeed.

[polichick]

4. Somebody's desperate, but it might not be EW.

[Elwood P Dowd]

5. Sounds just like Mickey Cantor and Robert Rubin back in 1993 (NAFTA).

The more things change, the more they stay the same.