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ucrdem

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2. Phyllis Schlafly is an authority on trade agreements?

Reply to RiverLover (Original post)

Sat Dec 6, 2014, 08:50 AM

Dec 2014

How exciting.

"I think it's insane to give Obama some power to negotiate an important treaty in secret without any supervision, not have to account to Congress or the Senate," Phyllis Schlafly, a prominent social conservative best known for opposing the Equal Rights Amendment in the 1970s, told HuffPost last week.

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Strange Bedfellows Are Blocking The McConnell-Obama Trade Deal (TPP) [View all] RiverLover Dec 2014 OP

Good news! grahamhgreen Dec 2014 #1

Phyllis Schlafly is an authority on trade agreements? ucrdem Dec 2014 #2

Right along with Mitch McConnell who is pushing for it... RiverLover Dec 2014 #3

From what I've seen it's a step up from NAFTA ucrdem Dec 2014 #4

That's so weird, I read the opposite~ RiverLover Dec 2014 #5

Dunno, but I was looking at State Dept info, not Moyers. ucrdem Dec 2014 #6

I trust Moyers far more than I trust Obama and Kerry on this... Johnyawl Dec 2014 #7

The negotiators are trade representatives of the participating nations. ucrdem Dec 2014 #8

Have you read what Alan Greyson(D) said about the actual agreement? RiverLover Dec 2014 #13

I haven't but I will. ucrdem Dec 2014 #16

Me too. RiverLover Dec 2014 #9

I never really trusted.. sendero Dec 2014 #10

If big corporations got everything they wanted we'd be discussing President Romney. nt ucrdem Dec 2014 #11

Nonsense.. sendero Dec 2014 #12

I imagine Ms Schlafly will be relieved to hear this. nt ucrdem Dec 2014 #14

Like most people.. sendero Dec 2014 #17

+100000 Katashi_itto Dec 2014 #24

Problem is, you're not going to see an "official draft" of the agreement until it's too late. Buns_of_Fire Dec 2014 #23

You need to start reading the leaked documents and then decide if you want Foreign Corporations sabrina 1 Dec 2014 #22

opposing Fast Track is perfectly in line with conservative principles Enrique Dec 2014 #15

I'm not happy being on the same side of an issue as the John Birch Society starroute Dec 2014 #18

You don't even need to listen to them to know that this agreement IS a threat to US sovereignty. sabrina 1 Dec 2014 #25

Doesn't matter how this piece of shit rape of American labor is stopped. 99Forever Dec 2014 #19

There's this really famous guy who works in an oval office FiveGoodMen Dec 2014 #20

the NAFTA vote also split both parties 51/49 apiece, IIRC MisterP Dec 2014 #21