All Pro-TPP Talk Removed From Latest Paperback Edition of Hillary Clinton's Memoir
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Source: Daily Mail UK
The original hardcover book included a discussion of Clinton's efforts as secretary of state to urge foreign countries to join negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership. That 12-nation Pacific rim agreement has become a political football, with the Obama administration cheerleading for its success and Trump rooting for its failure and Clinton caught in the middle. Her book's new paperback edition drops entirely the description of her work on the pro-TPP side during a 2009 conference in El Salvador.
'We worked hard to improve and ratify trade agreements with Colombia and Panama and encouraged Canada and the group of countries that became known as the Pacific Alliance Mexico, Colombia, Peru, and Chile all open-market democracies driving toward a more prosperous future to join negotiations with Asian nations on TPP, the trans-Pacific trade agreement,' the book read in 2014.
Now the entire two-page section that described her advocacy for the TPP is gone, according to the Center for Economic and Policy Research. Instead there's a disclaimer on the copyright page noting that 'a limited number of sections' have been cut 'to accommodate a shorter length for this edition.' In all 96 pages were eliminated, some of them in a way that changes Clinton's public positions just months before the presidential election.
Clinton's position on TPP while she was secretary of state was in lockstep with Obama's, giving at least 45 speeches in which she expressed support for it, according to a tally compiled by CNN. During one 2012 speech in Australia, she said the TPP set 'the gold standard in trade agreements to open free, transparent, fair trade, the kind of environment that has the rule of law and a level playing field. (...) And when negotiated, this agreement will cover 40 percent of the world's total trade and build in strong protections for workers and the environment,' she said then.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3635981/Hillary-deletes-emails-latest-edition-memoir-removes-cheerleading-controversial-Trans-Pacific-Partnership-trade-deal.html
Looks like that was an 'easy' choice to make. Coincides nicely with the fortuitous delay of releasing her department's emails on the matter until exactly after the election.
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)leftofcool
(19,460 posts)Sections are still available in the original Hard Back, the 2nd edition HB which I have, the original paper back and the ebook edition as well as the Kindle edition which I also have.
Cassiopeia
(2,603 posts)and ask to see the book for a few minutes while those pages were torn out.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)SusanCalvin
(6,592 posts)"But, but, it's still available in editions they're not selling anymore...."
Ah, it's still in the ebook? I guess taking it out of that would have been too obvious.
drokhole
(1,230 posts)...which, that being the case (making the change in the latest edition), makes the move that much more odd/suspicious.
But thanks for pointing that out!
tecelote
(5,156 posts)SusanCalvin
(6,592 posts)RoccoR5955
(12,471 posts)Equinox Moon
(6,344 posts)pangaia
(24,324 posts)bhikkhu
(10,789 posts)I know some people don't like the idea of a person re-thinking their position, but I've done the same thing. It took some looking into the underlying political theory behind the pro and con viewpoints, but I can see why its not the right direction to go in. I appreciate a politician that has an open mind, is willing to listen to opposing points of view and learn something. I take it is her having listened to Sanders and Warren, and developed her perspective.
bahrbearian
(13,466 posts)bhikkhu
(10,789 posts)It was considered the natural result of decades of theory. The counter-arguments have come pretty late in the game, largely by analyzing the effects of the various policies on inequality and overall economies in developing countries.
http://folk.uio.no/daget/neoliberalism.pdf
The TPP came from a large body of work by a large number of people, mostly very well intentioned. "Left on her own" means nothing - none of us are ever left on our own, and put in a position of responsibility we do our best with what we can learn from our peers.
bahrbearian
(13,466 posts)Ilsa
(64,371 posts)a bit, then we'll be told there were some changes and congress critters will approve it without reading the fine print. Business as usual. I'm getting whiplash from observing walk-backs and changes in position.
Shemp Howard
(889 posts)What bothers me here is not that you posted this article. For if the article is true, then the truth (as they say) is its own defense. Of course, posts such as this one will be banned after June 16, and rightly so.
What bothers me here is that the unions evidently cannot see how bad the TPP will be for them. The TPP will destroy the middle class, and destroy the unions.
The unions should have backed Bernie early, and completely. Because only Bernie spoke up against the TPP from the very beginning.
7962
(11,841 posts)Are we now being told that we MUST ignore ANY news thats not flattering to the candidate? Will this become nothing more than an echo chamber of everyone repeating the same feel-good comments every day? "Bad" news will only be allowed if the subject is a Republican? Are we that weak?
I can see stopping propaganda or opinion pieces, but stuff like this IS news and should be posted. Its not like the REST of the world isnt going to read it if its not posted here!
Shemp Howard
(889 posts)But DU is not a news site. It's a partisan political site. So banning such a post after the primary vote ends, that makes sense to me.
Don't get me wrong. I am no fan of Hillary. And I will not vote for a warmonger. So I plan to write in Bernie come November. And if I let that slip after June 16, I'll probably be banned from DU. And rightly so, I guess.
Gene Debs
(582 posts)Odin2005
(53,521 posts)...into an arm of the Democratic Party establishment and no longer truly represent the workers.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)NV Whino
(20,886 posts)It's so hard to tell these days.
seabeckind
(1,957 posts)Gotta get the house cleaned up before the big event.
SamKnause
(14,896 posts)Is it normal practice that hardcover and softcover books differ ?
I always thought softcover books were just a less expensive version
and was identical in content to the hardcover version.
leftofcool
(19,460 posts)They pass those savings on to the consumer.
SamKnause
(14,896 posts)I was not aware.
I don't think I would ever buy a paperback book knowing this information.
I always bought and collected hardcover books.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)And the 'savings' were passed on to the customers..
Yup.
Shemp Howard
(889 posts)Yes, softcover books are often edited for length. But that's not what happened here. This TPP editing was done to remove something embarrassing, not to shorten the book. It was purposely done to mislead the reader.
How can I say that with complete confidence? Because the TPP is extremely important! When a book is edited, the important things are normally left in, not taken out.
sulphurdunn
(6,891 posts)Most abridged volumes are of literary works. I've never heard of an abridged reprint of a memoir by someone running for the presidency. That's oddly coincidental to say the least
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)Hillary can't edit her own book.
Hillary can't have private email.
Hillary can't have a charitable foundation.
Hillary can't make money.
Hillary can't be president.
This is YOUR Democratic presidential nominee - right?
Trump would be just fine?
sulphurdunn
(6,891 posts)Hillary can edit her own book to delete sections she now finds objectionable.
Hillary can have a private email to avoid public disclosure of things she may want to keep from the public record.
Hillary can have a charitable foundation for political quid pro quo contributions.
Hillary can make tens of millions of dollars as a 'public servant'.
Hillary can be president because she is over 35 and a native born citizen.
This is your democratic presidential nominee.
Trump's a boorish amateur by comparison.
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)Good job.
We don't need a rightwing spin machine, do we?
sulphurdunn
(6,891 posts)Saying Clinton and progressive in the same breath is laughable spin, and that's no bull.
bahrbearian
(13,466 posts)
oberliner
(58,724 posts)I guess as long as they say negative things about Hillary, any right-wing source is ok?
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)Or would we prefer she not be flexible?
And isn't it time to move on to the battle against "THE DONALD"?
Gene Debs
(582 posts)you'll get to see her change her opinion of it yet again!
drokhole
(1,230 posts)Here's a possible alternative:
"Addendum: At the time, I had been for the trade partnership known as 'TPP'. After much thought and careful consideration (and after 46 speeches praising it), I've come to realize..."
Why have we come to accept this sort of memory-hole removal and refusal to acknowledge/be held to account as the de facto (in not only) course of action? Well, when it comes to our preferred candidate, at least...
This primary season has been an interesting exercise in watching certain elements trip over themselves to see who can come up with the most ridiculous way to excuse and soft-peddle these behaviors.
Shemp Howard
(889 posts)Giving Hillary a complete pass for every last thing is bad for the for the party, and it's bad for the country.
But it's bad for Hillary as well. Leaders surrounded by only yes-men inevitably get sloppy and reckless. Such leaders usually end up as failures. History is filled with examples of this.
zentrum
(9,870 posts)
she changed her opinion on what she actually already did in Honduras?
Wowdidn't realize her resume including time travel. So she can undo the deaths and coup brought on by the Honduran Rightwing.
MrMickeysMom
(20,453 posts)Someone said they'd be transcripts!
mountain grammy
(29,035 posts)Obama included, these trade deals are a way to redistribute wealth and raise living standards all over the world. That's the idealistic view, but it doesn't mesh well with corporate greed. The so called "free market" approach is a disaster for the working class when corporations are given unlimited power over local populations and governments. I guess the "hard choice" is whether the world will be run by corporations or people.
SusanCalvin
(6,592 posts)Corporations already have way too much power and TPP and its ilk give them more.
Gene Debs
(582 posts)the noblest intentions but somehow it doesn't work out they way they and their shining idealism intended? Isn't the simpler and much more logical explanation that they know exactly what it is, and that's what they're going for?
RoccoR5955
(12,471 posts)How dishonest is this?
And you still want her as president.
Amazing!
HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)That is different from whether she -should- but she's a trained attorney and according to the sitting president the most experienced politician to ever run for the presidency; surely she knowes how ethics and pragmatism intersect on the Venn diagram of the applied lemma and the game theory supporting her choice.
SusanCalvin
(6,592 posts)HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)at the most superficial level?
Odin2005
(53,521 posts)bucolic_frolic
(55,143 posts)for books and movies to make deletions and editing in subsequent editions
That's not to excuse it or treat it lightly, just to point out it is often done
DhhD
(4,695 posts)accept ACA like Texas and who are losing American Insurance Providers or Plans? Many Texasns are losing their low cost Marketplace Plans.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/107831091
Will Clinton flip flop after the Nov 2016 election? Is she going for Single Payer between now and the election?
StoneCarver
(249 posts)After the elections the republicans will lose the senate. The lame duck republicans in congress will vote in favor of the TPP. Obama will sign it, and Hillary will claim she was against it but there's nothing she can do.
This is a screw job of the highest order. It doesn't matter if Hillary or Trump win the whitehouse, the die is cast. It's a done deal after the elections!
But the TPP is mostly about containing China by tying up their surrounding countries into our trade deal.
Stonecarver
Herman4747
(1,825 posts)PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)Winston Smith that was responsible for the changes.
DhhD
(4,695 posts)Blue_Adept
(6,499 posts)Who knew!
George II
(67,782 posts)....OP title isn't the title in the link ("Hillary deletes more than emails as the latest edition of her memoir removes all her cheerleading for controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal"