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GummyBearz

(2,931 posts) Wed May 13, 2015, 03:02 PM May 2015

If we all felt a "gut punch" by the full court pressure Obama put on the TPP deal,

Did Obama feel an equal "gut punch" when it got rejected yesterday? We can only hypothesize of course, but it is satisfying to punch back after you get punched first.

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If we all felt a "gut punch" by the full court pressure Obama put on the TPP deal, (Original Post) GummyBearz May 2015 OP

Celebrations are a bit early. leftofcool May 2015 #1

The Dems are holding out to get 2 other bills attached to TPP appoval. Yesterday wasn't a no vote on okaawhatever May 2015 #2

Oh, no, Obama will get his Fast Track. djean111 May 2015 #3

^^^ This ^^^ FreakinDJ May 2015 #5

No, because he knows his friends will get his pet project passed (nt) bigwillq May 2015 #4

leftofcool

(19,460 posts)

1. Celebrations are a bit early.

Reply to GummyBearz (Original post)

Wed May 13, 2015, 03:05 PM

May 2015

okaawhatever

(9,462 posts)

2. The Dems are holding out to get 2 other bills attached to TPP appoval. Yesterday wasn't a no vote on

Reply to GummyBearz (Original post)

Wed May 13, 2015, 03:06 PM

May 2015

FTA so much as it was a negotiating tactic. Sorry, Fast Track Authority isn't dead.

djean111

(14,255 posts)

3. Oh, no, Obama will get his Fast Track.

Reply to GummyBearz (Original post)

Wed May 13, 2015, 03:13 PM

May 2015

If the TPP is as bad as it sounds, my participation in politics, from now on, will consist of writing in Bernie Sanders on ballots. For everything. I am not going to waste another minute or another dollar on politics. The corporations run the game.

FreakinDJ

(17,644 posts)

5. ^^^ This ^^^

Reply to djean111 (Reply #3)

Wed May 13, 2015, 03:15 PM

May 2015

bigwillq

(72,790 posts)

4. No, because he knows his friends will get his pet project passed (nt)

Reply to GummyBearz (Original post)

Wed May 13, 2015, 03:14 PM

May 2015

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