Big Ed wants to play 3d chess with Obama over TPP.

[CK_John]

Big callout for the President, I hoped Ed doesn't quit his day job.

[libdem4life]

1. No softball roundtable to dis Elizabeth Warren, I'll bet. Go Big Ed...get him.

[polichick]

5. Ed challenged the prez to go on his show and talk it out. Hope he does...

Tweety only lobbed softballs.

[libdem4life]

26. I think that's how he got him on. They are submitted pre-talking points. That's probably why Ed

won't get an interview. Pretty sure he's not going to work from their list, but I could be wrong.

[polichick]

27. Unfortunately, you're probably right.

[NightWatcher]

2. Ed's still on the air?

I thought he disappeared a while ago. Didn't he quit his radio show and his daily msnbc show?

[polichick]

3. Big Ed and Bernie double-teaming the prez, who called out msnbc...

for its coverage of the TPP. As Bernie said, none of the other networks are covering it still,

Great segment!

[Hoyt]

4. Even without his football concussions, Big Ed is no match for Obama. I remember when he was for the

Pipeline. Then a bunch of MSNBC viewers got on him, and he changed his mind quickly. I do agree with him, but it just shows he's not particularly nuanced or knowledgeable.

About a week ago, Ed was going on about this "New dispute mechanism WHICH WE HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE would let companies usurp a nation's 'national sovereignty'. . . . . ." and basically take over the world.

One of the guests was telling Ed that most trade agreements had pretty much the same dispute mechanism for decades, even NAFTA, and that Obama was trying to insert improvements that would avoid any frivolous disputes, and the like.

Ole Ed was yelling and calling her a liar, saying that's just not true . . . . . . One of Ed's cherry-picked commenters -- who always strokes his ego -- tried telling Ed it's true NAFTA has it and Obama is trying to improve it. But, Ed kept saying I don't believe that is true.

I used to like him, but his emotional rants just get old. Tonight, his blustering -- "By God, I'll debate Obama, just get him on here . . . . ." -- and yelling was a bit much.

[mmonk]

6. Big Ed always fights for the workers.

He had my web story and video on his show about Obama "putting on his walking shoes" years ago.

[CK_John]

7. Without knowing if you seen the show, IMO, it verged on being disrespectful.

[Cleita]

9. I saw it and I saw nothing disrespectful.

They were just calling it what it was, a weasel deal that needs a lot more explanation and facts presented.

[mmonk]

10. No, I did not. And MSNBC has quit showing his shows in repeats like they used to.

I can only speak to this as being Big Ed's big issue since day one.

[Cleita]

8. That was great.

Team Bernie and Ed asking for real answers and some truth.

[polichick]

11. Loved that big grin on Bernie's face!

[CK_John]

12. He had that "What did this jerk get me into?" look.

[polichick]

13. That's one interpretation.

[Cleita]

14. If he was upset he would have ducked away for a phone call or a

vote on the floor. I watch Bernie every week on Thom Hartmann and that was a genuine, "I like what you are saying", grin. Ed and Bernie have been very close to the ground on this deal and they are not criticizing the President as much as they are trying to dissuade him from what seems to be some very bad advice that he's getting.

[CK_John]

15. Bernie and Ed are trapped in a 1947 world view. We don't make everything the world

needs. We make hardily anything we need, just look in Walmart or Dollar General. We are trying to get the world to buy our stuff.

They are telling us, "We no longer need your stuff" and quit bugging us about our way of doing things. That's what TPP is about.

[Cleita]

16. And if you had paid attention you would have heard Bernie

say that the Asian markets the President said we would be selling our goods to wouldn't be a reality. Instead the stuff being sold in China would be made in China. Whatever we still make here would be made in Asia instead once this deal goes through. We get nothing in the way of jobs or trade balance. I was alive in 1947 and we should try to get back there because things were better for the average working class family.

[CK_John]

17. Then we better start making what we need.

[Cleita]

19. Yes. We'd better. But you had better do it communally because

no bank today will help you and even if you succeed in being able to undercut the wholesale prices of the Asian imports, they will buy you out or make sure you go bankrupt. The laws are not in your favor and that is what Ed and Bernie are trying to fight back at.

[CK_John]

20. TPP is just a stopgap measure. My solution is lower SS age to 50 and since

technology is not going to create enough jobs we have to train people to learn to live without work and not kill eack other.

At 75 it's going to be a problem for others.

[Cleita]

21. You need people working at living wage jobs to get SS funds.

I do agree that retirement at 55 is desirable.

[CK_John]

22. It may not be desirable but if your over 50 and don't know a smart phone from

the cloud, you are going into the dustbin and a safety net will be needed. Also money is just a concept and if it's needed it will be found. Just like it was found for 13 yrs of war.

[Cleita]

23. Yes it is. Now you see the problem. Really, go back and look at 1947.

[CK_John]

24. You have to take the world as it is, not as it was. Get ready for driverless cars.

[Cleita]

25. I look forward to a driverless car I can afford. I probably could if 1947 economic policies

would be in place today. I can't even afford a regular hybrid today and doubt very much if a driverless car is anything most of us can look forward to owning today. In 1947, my parents could look forward to the latest auto innovations.

[WhaTHellsgoingonhere]

18. This

http://wegoted.com/2015/04/president-obama-dings-msnbcs-tpp-coverage/

[polichick]

29. Thanks for posting this - more people should see it!

[bigwillq]

28. Give 'em hell, Ed