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In reply to the discussion: I have met Obama, [View all]stillwaiting
(3,795 posts)And trust Obama WAY more than you should. From Day 1 Obama has picked Wall Street lackeys for his Cabinet positions which exposes a very strong Wall Street bias. There's your reason you keep looking for. He has been behind Wall Street and the investor class from Day 1 (even in his health care legislation). The investor class has reaped massive gains in wealth and income during his Administration so any belly-aching and howling they do is ridiculous and might as well be theater. What conceivable grievance could they have with how well their fortunes have increased during his Administration?
Since you are telling people that you don't have to follow in lockstep behind Warren (and of course you don't have to and shouldn't; no one should), I wish you'd realize that reasonable people can find good reason to oppose Obama on the TPP (esp. Fast Track) using that same logic. Many good and reasonable progressives oppose Obama on this matter, and there are very good reasons to do so.
Anytime a huge initiative garners ZERO resistance from Senate Republicans and ample resistance from progressive Senators in the Democratic caucus I'll side with the progressive Senators. Every time. Especially when I am not even given the chance to read the legislation, but the Senators from both parties have had access to it in various capacities throughout its creation. This is a no-brainer for me. Continuing to say "but Obama" in light of that fact rings very, very hollow for me. Regardless, that fact provides plenty of justification and reason to oppose the TPP and Fast-Track even though we little people haven't been deemed worthy enough to see the details of this "trade" agreement (that includes so much more than just trade issues).