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Chakab

(1,727 posts)
47. If this trade deal that he's been championing isn't a steaming pile of shit, then why does he need
Sun Jun 28, 2015, 01:18 AM
Jun 2015

to give the Democrats "cover" for anything in the first place?

Dont say suck it, say FUCK YOU GOP randys1 Jun 2015 #1
Then taste their tears. Initech Jun 2015 #29
He was going to take all the guns and raise taxes through the roof! The stock market would collapse Phentex Jun 2015 #2
BO ain't lame duckin' the TPP - the GOP loves him! polichick Jun 2015 #3
President Obama has proven over & over again that we can trust him on well, pretty much everything underahedgerow Jun 2015 #4
Do you understand that it is the twits in the GOP who were/are FOR the TPP? djean111 Jun 2015 #6
Ok, I hear you. So if it's so horrible and GOP supported, then why is President Obama backing it underahedgerow Jun 2015 #11
One theory is that he wants to pass it before Hillary has to actually answer questions about it. djean111 Jun 2015 #13
Those are interesting theories, but they don't really stand up to much scrutiny. President Obama has underahedgerow Jun 2015 #16
Well, we will each have our own theories and maybe we will never know what' up. djean111 Jun 2015 #21
I remember how the GOP and some Democrats hated HRC in the mid 1990s. n/t DhhD Jun 2015 #59
...because he agrees with the Republicans on trade policy...? Marr Jun 2015 #31
I don't have ANY problems with the TPP, even though some Republicans underahedgerow Jun 2015 #54
No, almost *all* of the Republicans support it, and *most* of the Democrats don't. Marr Jun 2015 #58
Gee, have you read the whole thing? How can you say it is wondrous? Why should we just take your djean111 Jun 2015 #60
Tbaggers aren't. They are agin it like you. Hoyt Jun 2015 #51
Oh, you lose points for the faked folksiness designed to lump (real) Democrats in with Tea Baggers. djean111 Jun 2015 #55
What I'm saying is simple -- if you can criticize those who want to see the final deal, by throwing Hoyt Jun 2015 #62
Again, why do you care? The thing is greased and ready. Citizen happiness is not necessary. djean111 Jun 2015 #63
Yeah, that's it. It's gazillionth dimensional TPP chess!!! cui bono Jun 2015 #8
I like NAFTA. I like the EU. I see that in the future with the expansion and increase underahedgerow Jun 2015 #14
Why do you like NAFTA? cui bono Jun 2015 #15
I think NAFTA needs a bit more tweaking, if that's possible. As a completely new concept it's a underahedgerow Jun 2015 #17
So, no benefits to our country? cui bono Jun 2015 #19
I think you fail to see the big picture in both NAFTA & TPP. It's not about the little guy, it's underahedgerow Jun 2015 #52
Support something like supply side coming our way to move the workers aside! n/t DhhD Jun 2015 #61
I think we can be confident that President Obama isn't a supporter of Supply Side Economic policies underahedgerow Jun 2015 #64
lol - pass that bong, would ya? polichick Jun 2015 #9
Yess, isn't wonderful how well he and the GOP are getting along these days re TPP kath Jun 2015 #5
Yet he just flashes those pearly whites or sings a hymn and people swoon! polichick Jun 2015 #10
Right? LOL it's as if - gasp... Drunken Irishman Jun 2015 #20
Well... polichick Jun 2015 #22
Well... Drunken Irishman Jun 2015 #23
Wow, a corporatist who sings Amazing Grace and talks real good! Swooooooooon!!! polichick Jun 2015 #24
lol Drunken Irishman Jun 2015 #25
And there's the "he's articulate" dog whistle... SidDithers Jun 2015 #34
You're smear is what is "Un-fucking-believable". snagglepuss Jun 2015 #36
It's not a smear, it's the fucking truth...nt SidDithers Jun 2015 #37
Nice try. My point was he talks good... polichick Jun 2015 #40
Nice try, but it your words are abundantly clear...nt SidDithers Jun 2015 #41
And yet you translated them into your warped crap. polichick Jun 2015 #66
Nope. No translation needed... SidDithers Jun 2015 #67
Serious question. How can he take credit for SCOTUS decisions? snagglepuss Jun 2015 #30
Did he take credit for it? Drunken Irishman Jun 2015 #32
Sometimes it's useless to argue using critical thinking. I hear 'ya. nt kelliekat44 Jun 2015 #42
Wow... SidDithers Jun 2015 #33
As for me, I'll wait to see how it all washes out. The President may be just what our trade kelliekat44 Jun 2015 #12
"The demanders of perfection so they can overlook any of the good" good folks will soon arrive Fred Sanders Jun 2015 #7
Yeah, and he's really proved his detractors wrong by teaming up with the Republicans to fight Chakab Jun 2015 #18
I hear a majority of own voted in the end for TPP Sheepshank Jun 2015 #35
You'd think that people with thousands of posts on a political message board would Chakab Jun 2015 #38
Yes one would think people would understand politics. Egnever Jun 2015 #43
Huh? If there was never any real intention of standing in the way of the TPP, why would the majority Chakab Jun 2015 #45
Obama isn't runing again Egnever Jun 2015 #46
If this trade deal that he's been championing isn't a steaming pile of shit, then why does he need Chakab Jun 2015 #47
Because a large portion of democratic base Egnever Jun 2015 #48
If it's not a steaming pile of shit, then why is the Republican establishment, who typically won't Chakab Jun 2015 #49
Negotiations are almost never done in the open Egnever Jun 2015 #50
Because we elected the people we trust to handle these types of negotiations. underahedgerow Jun 2015 #53
I am glad I can see the forest for the trees. Lame duck is not going to happen with Obama. Thinkingabout Jun 2015 #26
... For ALL multi national tax dodging corporations! GummyBearz Jun 2015 #27
What are you saying? Thinkingabout Jun 2015 #28
He's saying nothing.. just ignorant cheap pot shots. Cha Jun 2015 #68
Would this be "smearing"? LOL Thinkingabout Jun 2015 #69
President Obama is reinventing the Lame Duck.. Cha Jun 2015 #39
kick Liberal_in_LA Jun 2015 #44
K & R Surya Gayatri Jun 2015 #56
Can someone direct me to the "Bash President Obama" thread? Orrex Jun 2015 #57
*Sigh* I know... I prefer to be a cynical optimist until someone smacks me up side the head with underahedgerow Jun 2015 #65
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