POPULIST Democrats HAND Obama A STINGING DEFEAT On TPP

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Throwing red meat at a UFCW/Union rally, sure he was a union loving populist, just as he was a pet loving populist at PETA rallies, etc.

So, four years AFTER THIS, Bob King mentions, germane to this discussion, the habit of labor and progressives to "eat our own" while saying "there has not been a president, democrat or republican, as open accessable to labor as President Obama has been."

http://www.uaw.org/articles/video-bob-king-highlights-president-barack-obamas-support-unions

*Raise Taxes on the RICH

Again, he isn't a dictator. He has no capacity as the POTUS to "raise taxes" without a bill brought to him by congress. Leading once again to the larger point. When it came time to tangle with the republicans, who were always 100 percent united in opposition to any tax increase on their bosses, did the democrats in congress fight them as hard on that as the did on this? No.

*"Make EFCA the LAW of the Land"

Again, he isn't a dictator. He has no capacity as the POTUS to make EFCA the LAW of the land without a bill brought to him by congress. Leading once again to the larger point. When it came time to tangle with the republicans, who were always 100 percent united in opposition this legislation, did the democrats in congress fight them as hard on that as the did on this? No.

*Raise the Cap on FICA deductions (make the RICH pay more to protect Social Security)

Again, he isn't a dictator. He has no capacity as the POTUS to raise the cap on FICA without a bill brought to him by congress. Leading once again to the larger point. With the republicans, who are always 100 percent united in opposition to this measure, did the democrats in congress fight them as hard on raising FICA deductions as the did on this? No.

*Immediately re-negotiate NAFTA protecting American jobs.

I am not saying this to excuse whatever he may have said campaigning. But, I will repeat my prior point. I LISTENED/paid attention to what he said and how he said it over the course his campaigning, and I knew when I cast my vote for him that he was going to be tight with big money. He took as much wall street money as McCain did. More if I am correct.

I know you won't recognize this, but there is only so much that can be done in politics, he made his priority doing health care reform. He spent the first year and a half of his first term with this issue, it totally dominated and spent up every bit of political capital he had to put this out. As a running theme, the republicans were 100 percent in fanatical opposition on this issue, democrats cowered in a corner and because they didn't fight for a better reform we got a REPUBLICAN reform with no republican votes AND had a major blood letting in the mid term elections because democrats hid from passing it.

*Label all food with GMO contents and Country of Origin,
"because Americans have a right to know what they are eating."

I don't know, maybe they had some capacity in regard to labeling. And, yes, it is disappointing, but again, nothing that is a surprise.

Sorry, he has a solid moderate democrat, which is what he ALWAYS was as President, even with, sorry, unions.

He stepped up, and it was not a real popular move, but led the effort to save the auto unions.

In the department of what he has control over, while this is his being a big bad hating union president thing, a month ago he was some union loving, handing goodies to union bosses socialist by using executive action to overturn measures in a republican piece of legislation.

You want more than him being who he is, your beef is with the spineless pukes in congress.