2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Do you think that Hillary will switch positions to being pro-TPP? [View all]elljay
(1,178 posts)and so is she. We write in a very specific way- some call it legalese. When we analyze a document or statement, we look at exactly what was written, no no more or no less. When you read exactly what she has said, you see that she has some very specific comments about the way the agreement is worded. It is like saying , "I read The Hunger Games and thought there were too many adjectives in Chapter 1." That is not the same as, " I read The Hunger Games and hated the book." Subtle difference and, in Hillary's case, intentional. Our press needs to call her out on this and force her to either issue a blanket disavowal of the concept of the TPP, or admit that she would support it if some changes were made. Of course, no one is doing that.