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Obama Hurls Insults at Liberals on Trade

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Posted by Fred 2015-05-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Mr. Obama's tirades on trade have included accusations that these liberal Democrats are ignorant about trade policy, insincere when offering their opinions, motivated by politics and not the national interest, and backward looking towards the past.

As much as it pains me to agree with Obama...

Posted by Secret Master 2015-05-14 01:09|| 2015-05-14 01:09|| Front Page Top

#2 ......does anybody seriously believe that the highest paid lobbyists for the most wealthy global conglomerates that will reap the greatest profits from the trade pact are not aware of the key details of the trade talks that are being kept secret from most of the nation?

Someone at the Clinton Foundation should have the 'inside baseball' on this. Whom do we call ?

Posted by Besoeker 2015-05-14 03:11|| 2015-05-14 03:11|| Front Page Top

#3 Ms. Warren, the most nationally respected liberal leader in American politics

Of course! [gag]

Posted by Bobby 2015-05-14 07:15|| 2015-05-14 07:15|| Front Page Top

#4 It's like a reverse McCarthy thing - "That communist over there, Princess Elizabeth, is much less of a communist than me!" I thought Globalism was a Serious Thing for leftists, but I guess the taint of icky money that isn't going directly into a pol's pocket wrecks the whole thing...

Posted by M. Murcek 2015-05-14 07:49|| 2015-05-14 07:49|| Front Page Top

#5 The problem here is this: All of the arguments are about process. Who has the power to make deals. Obama wants basically absolute power. Why?

Ahh, that comes down to the content of said trade deal. Libby is worried that the deal will contain all sorts of procedural details that allow the overriding of US laws that deal with finance e.g. Dodd Frank.

Other people, myself included, are worried that power to override our laws and BoR will be/are given to the UN or other international groups on any topic that can be spun to be trade related (see the elastic clause of the constitution), such things as gun-control, health care, labor law, etc. etc. may wind up as grist for the mill.

But, the content is all secret now. Do we want to trust the Rino Oligarchs and the Obama commie clique (oligarchs, too) to control all of this? I don't. Despite what is said by Commander Zero, once this deal is passed it will never be rolled back despite what language is in there that allows it. Bureaucracies never voluntarily give back power.

Posted by AlanC 2015-05-14 08:12|| 2015-05-14 08:12|| Front Page Top

#6 Yep, they're old fashion. They still believe they need the votes of those privileged white blue collar workers, or at least filling the ranks in the coming civil war.

Posted by P2Kontheroad 2015-05-14 08:36|| 2015-05-14 08:36|| Front Page Top

#7 Mr. Obama’s tirades on trade have included accusations that these liberal Democrats are ignorant about trade policy, insincere when offering their opinions, motivated by politics and not the national interest..

That's rich coming from a know-nothing guy.

Obama criticizing the current privileged ruling class of bureaucrats and Communist Party functionaries. Hmmmmm, pass the popcorn for the Democrat internecine food fight.

Posted by JohnQC 2015-05-14 09:39|| 2015-05-14 09:39|| Front Page Top

Posted by 2015-05-14 10:05|| 2015-05-14 10:05|| Front Page Top

#9 B,
No honor among thieves

Posted by Warthog 2015-05-14 10:48|| 2015-05-14 10:48|| Front Page Top

#10 Old Bolshevik's moment?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2015-05-14 10:54|| 2015-05-14 10:54|| Front Page Top

#11 Is the president who says liberals don’t know what they are talking about on trade intellectually unaware of this, or callously insensitive to this, or so contemptuous of liberals he simply does not care?

Yes…yes… and Hell yes.

Posted by DepotGuy 2015-05-14 11:40|| 2015-05-14 11:40|| Front Page Top

#12 Thing is, Mr. Budowsky and the rest of his liberal ilk will suck it up and support Mr. Obama without question over the next twenty-two months. Because - politics.

Posted by Pappy 2015-05-14 12:03|| 2015-05-14 12:03|| Front Page Top

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