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2016 Postmortem

restorefreedom

(12,655 posts)

32. no, she will maintain

Reply to floriduck (Original post)

Tue Dec 15, 2015, 04:48 PM

Dec 2015

the pro trade position she has always had.

her carefully crafted statement to diane sawyer was not an indication of opposition, so there is nothing to flip on imo

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Will Hillary Clinton Flip on Trade? [View all] floriduck Dec 2015 OP

not flip olddots Dec 2015 #1

Yes. (nt) jeff47 Dec 2015 #2

Her powerful cadre of supporters certainly believe so JonLeibowitz Dec 2015 #3

Ding, ding. cali Dec 2015 #5

"No more aggressive than Obama" AgingAmerican Dec 2015 #34

Yes. Hill will end up. Pushing the shit out of lousy trade agreements cali Dec 2015 #4

Clinton by the numbers... ibegurpard Dec 2015 #6

Oh Joy. Another "Hillary is worse than Pol Pot or Genghis Khan" thread. n/t cosmicone Dec 2015 #7

Your post is utterly inane as well as being melodramatic to the max cali Dec 2015 #11

What were their positions on free trade agreements? -nt Bradical79 Dec 2015 #14

Hysteria Alert. nm floriduck Dec 2015 #16

Exactly!!11! Hillary favors "free trade" is just like "Hillary is worse than Pol Pot" Doctor_J Dec 2015 #17

Oh joy... more hyperbole kenfrequed Dec 2015 #23

It's nothing that can't be fixed by a dishonest chart arcane1 Dec 2015 #28

How dare us peons not agree 100% with Hillary on an important issue? jfern Dec 2015 #42

I assume so Bradical79 Dec 2015 #8

Yes. nt Autumn Dec 2015 #9

Same anti-Hillary meme, different day. leftofcool Dec 2015 #10

It's not a meme. This is a policy discussion about Clinton and trade. cali Dec 2015 #13

Policy is a 'meme' to her supporters AgingAmerican Dec 2015 #38

She never flips...she evolves.... EndElectoral Dec 2015 #12

You mean flop? Doctor_J Dec 2015 #15

it's very very hard to keep track of whether she is on "flip" or on "flop" kath Dec 2015 #43

Hasn't she already flipped once? RoccoR5955 Dec 2015 #18

Probably firebrand80 Dec 2015 #19

No one really believes in "Free Trade". bvar22 Dec 2015 #21

Good post. Somehow the word "free" trade appeals to some more than "fair" trade. EndElectoral Dec 2015 #24

+100000 UglyGreed Dec 2015 #31

ouch ibegurpard Dec 2015 #33

So she is intentionally taking both sides of the issue? AgingAmerican Dec 2015 #36

Her ostensible opposition to the TPP is campaign smoke-and-mirrors. Maedhros Dec 2015 #20

Who knows? She's a LIAR... AzDar Dec 2015 #22

Hillary Clinton will disappoint the same group that was MineralMan Dec 2015 #25

Oh what nonsense. cali Dec 2015 #29

yup ibegurpard Dec 2015 #35

She will triangulate to the extent necessary... Herman4747 Dec 2015 #26

She flips on everything else, so why not? The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2015 #27

No she won't Armstead Dec 2015 #30

She touted the agreement 15 times before she rejected it AgingAmerican Dec 2015 #37

no, she will maintain restorefreedom Dec 2015 #32

A'yup. Pastiche423 Dec 2015 #39

One never knows what tomorrow may bring. Especially with the flip flop queen. nt Live and Learn Dec 2015 #40

She already flip flopped on NAFTA jfern Dec 2015 #41