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In reply to the discussion: Not since LBJ [View all]cascadiance
(19,537 posts)... and as being on a high school debate team would demand provide some EVIDENCE that Hillary is CLEARLY against the Fast Tracking of the TPP. You can't so you just resort to try to characterize us as echoing "right wing talking points" when it is the right wing Republican senators (ALL OF THEM!) who are on "Democrat" president Obama's side in helping him push through Fast Track.
That's a FACT and not a "right wing" talking point. Unfortunately, you and others don't want to seem to look at this.
I'm merely pointing out that Hillary Clinton has an opportunity to SHOW us that she's on our side by using her bully pulpit (as so many would say she has since she's almost already "elected" by your measurements) to speak out against passage of Fast Track, or if not, explain why she supports it.
That's not an attack on her, it is asking for her to be clear on what she supports and what she doesn't. I have already stated here, that I could support her more if on this ISSUE (NOT an attack) she would take a stance on this TPP ISSUE that I and so many other Americans care about that is potentially going to damage a lot of our futures if it gets passed in our opinion.
If she can't make a commitment in a timely fashion, that shows me a lack of leadership qualities that I'd like a president to have, who is decisive and timely in his support for or standing against issues that affect the American people. Bernie Ward shows that kind of leadership for me. Elizabeth Warren has too.
If it isn't a problem for us the way past trade agreements in recent decades all have been in breaking the promises that have been made about them before their passage, then we are OWED an explanation why this ISSUE of TPP being made law benefits us! That isn't an attack, it is asking for our politicians do their part in a democracy and keep us informed as to what they are going to put in place for laws for us all to live by.