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hack89

(39,171 posts)
34. So what happens next?
Mon Mar 26, 2012, 02:58 PM
Mar 2012

I don't see a retreat from the global economy by the president or any leading Democrats. How is this going to play out? Will it truly be a rebellion?

Sums it up perfectly. Blaze Diem Mar 2012 #1
K&R !!! n/t RKP5637 Mar 2012 #2
This issue will be the deciding factor in the 2016 election cycle pipoman Mar 2012 #3
I'd rather see the Democrats wake up to this first. Zalatix Mar 2012 #4
I agree pipoman Mar 2012 #5
K&R The light must continually be shed on those cockroaches Populist_Prole Mar 2012 #6
I just want to see the look on their faces when it all comes crashing down. Zalatix Mar 2012 #9
~kick~ (and already R'ed) pipoman Mar 2012 #7
Rec n/t OhioChick Mar 2012 #8
K&R varelse Mar 2012 #10
There are still a few DU members that support this insanity, Elwood P Dowd Mar 2012 #11
No chance. The free traders have no counter. Not here, not anywhere. Zalatix Mar 2012 #13
As a believer in the value of trade (like FDR), I know I quake in my boots every time you post. pampango Mar 2012 #14
? Conservatives put the deadliest globalists in history in office. George W. Bush on Free Trade: Zorra Mar 2012 #18
ahem.. Clinton.. Puzzledtraveller Mar 2012 #22
Yep. Exactly. NAFTA. Cutting social programs. Zorra Mar 2012 #25
Ever notice that so FEW actual Democrats come to back you up on this? Zalatix Mar 2012 #27
Thanks, Zalatix! Just say no... Zorra Mar 2012 #12
Here's ProSense Mar 2012 #15
More good news: pampango Mar 2012 #17
That is good news. Zorra Mar 2012 #26
The leading globalist is Barack Obama Nye Bevan Mar 2012 #16
There was no NAFTA 30 years ago when my job and about ten million more were eliminated NNN0LHI Mar 2012 #19
Sorry, I'm not following. Nye Bevan Mar 2012 #20
Here, let me be clear NNN0LHI Mar 2012 #23
It was free trade. De-facto style. Zalatix Mar 2012 #39
Economically, Barack Obama is a center-right Chi-Schooler. HughBeaumont Mar 2012 #21
Yup, we now have two parties divided solely on social issues. ieoeja Mar 2012 #24
Obama has also passed a few tariffs against China. Zalatix Mar 2012 #28
But not the kind of "globalist" envisioned by right wing conspiracy theorists. pampango Mar 2012 #33
Your arguments smack of desperation. Zalatix Mar 2012 #38
"rebelling en masse"? hack89 Mar 2012 #29
Even the most optimistic polls show that support is dropping like a stone. Zalatix Mar 2012 #30
But how much of that is due to the impact of a poor economy? hack89 Mar 2012 #31
Support was dropping precipitously in 2004. Probably even 2000. Zalatix Mar 2012 #32
So what happens next? hack89 Mar 2012 #34
We'll start replacing them like we replaced a lot of Blue Dogs. Zalatix Mar 2012 #37
Do you have a theory on why the conservative base has figured out how "evil" 'free trade' is so much pampango Mar 2012 #35
Nope, because Democrats don't support free trade any more than Republicans do. Zalatix Mar 2012 #36
I know you have no answer for this, but do you have a theory Zalatix Mar 2012 #40
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