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In reply to the discussion: Still don't think he's a used-car salesman? [View all]Response to WilliamPitt (Original post)
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Nope. Nor do I think he is going to sell us into slavery or the TPP will be as bad as some assert.
Hoyt
Jun 2015
#1
Would love to see where I hope it's "bad for Americans." I am disgusted with xenophobia used to
Hoyt
Jun 2015
#19
Xenophobia? All I see, and all I have criticized, is the way that global corporate profits
djean111
Jun 2015
#30
You believe that. I do not. We both will have to wait and see. When the TPP is released in all
djean111
Jun 2015
#49
right after that pile of corporate crap gets signed into law, of course
Fast Walker 52
Jun 2015
#465
No other "free" trade agreement that Obama has gotten through congress has done that
fasttense
Jun 2015
#122
What, you think the Korean trade agreement has hurt the USA. I get the uniformed think
Hoyt
Jun 2015
#134
I think of it that we took more than our share of the world's wealth and resources, and now want to
Hoyt
Jun 2015
#436
Besides, holding them to the same standards would cut into the profits of the corporations who are
dflprincess
Jun 2015
#441
It will keep corporations from taking a chance there, and that's what some Americans want.
Hoyt
Jun 2015
#446
I can tell you directly as a result of the KFTA more American products are showing up in Korea
davidpdx
Jun 2015
#473
If we just wait long enough. If we just suffer lost jobs and decreased living standard long enough
Ed Suspicious
Jun 2015
#130
How will they get raised up? Countries where right now, people can actually
truedelphi
Jun 2015
#455
I consider an attitude of America First, the heck with foreign poor, part of the definition.
Hoyt
Jun 2015
#91
It is the fear of people from other countries, which has nothing to do with the TPP.
Rex
Jun 2015
#278
We have seen the leaks and WE KNOW it will be bad for Americans. Now please tell us what you
sabrina 1
Jun 2015
#69
I've seen as much as you, I've seen the goals for the agreement, and I see no reason to
Hoyt
Jun 2015
#100
What do you mean 'it won't be presented to Congress' if it isn't the best Obama can do?
sabrina 1
Jun 2015
#112
You really need to think about what you just posted. TPP goes to Congress, the will vote No or
Hoyt
Jun 2015
#129
What does 'fast tracking' mean to you? Why did Democrats REFUSE to give it to BUSH who tried
sabrina 1
Jun 2015
#135
It includes criteria the TPP must meet, or they can withdraw FT authority, if it is similar to the
Hoyt
Jun 2015
#157
Thanks, I give up trying to explain this to people who are determined to protect their
sabrina 1
Jun 2015
#233
You guys really need to keep up with the TPA passed. Honest to goodness, you should be embarrassed.
Hoyt
Jun 2015
#169
If it is bad it will fail. More likely, Obama won't submit it. Actually, the House did not
Hoyt
Jun 2015
#314
And they don't even consider for an instant that we will again have a right wing president.
Ed Suspicious
Jun 2015
#147
Well, Ed, we better stop trying to undermine the candidate that can keep that from happening.
Hoyt
Jun 2015
#371
Sorry I meant TTIP. If you knew what it meant, you'd have recognized my error and YOURS.
Hoyt
Jun 2015
#137
No, most folks posting in this thread and the hundreds of others have posted about corporations
Hoyt
Jun 2015
#378
I don't think you'd win that bet, unless you really stretch the definition of 'darn close'.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Jun 2015
#461
OK, let's just talk a moment about 'free trade.' As a labor economist, I can tell you that
PatrickforO
Jun 2015
#183
"insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."Albert Einstein
sulphurdunn
Jun 2015
#306
Sorry about your dad. There are Mexicans getting jobs at foreign auto plants at $8 an hour vs.
Hoyt
Jun 2015
#440
2500 trade agreements since 1959 have had those same tribunals in them. But, now it's suddenly an
Hoyt
Jun 2015
#438
What we have to come to grips with is this: corporate control is what rightwingers support.
Romulox
Jun 2015
#3
Ah yes: "The POSUCS saved my eye. Again." That was an excellent use of the term.
Hekate
Jun 2015
#146
That is one thing that MM can be sure of. Both Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken voted no on every
jwirr
Jun 2015
#115
Will it? Do you believe a few hundred or a few thousand contacts out of a population of
merrily
Jun 2015
#57
You could have answered it had you chosen to. My question was about what YOU believe. Never mind.
merrily
Jun 2015
#75
Yes, I believe they listen to me. I don't believe that mine is the only voice
MineralMan
Jun 2015
#80
I communicate as well, but I don't think it does a thing. Warren is one of my Senators. I even
merrily
Jun 2015
#93
The same with me, for the most part. But, I've been trying to make a very different point
merrily
Jun 2015
#203
Are you from MN? That is where both MM and I are from. From my experience with my elected
jwirr
Jun 2015
#127
Well you might be right but the last time I called the worker who answered the phone listened and
jwirr
Jun 2015
#236
if what has already been shown of TPP courtesy of wikileaks isn't enough
magical thyme
Jun 2015
#209
My two Senators and my rep are all Democrats and they gave me bullshit rhetoric.
rhett o rick
Jun 2015
#449
The Purity Police are at it again....."we make the laws AND we enforce them" is the motto, I believe
Fred Sanders
Jun 2015
#10
You go with that...I love a calm man, angry men are a dime a dozen. Calmness has driven the GOP mad.
Fred Sanders
Jun 2015
#472
No, but I'm starting to think your "I was really upset" excuse is total bullshit.
NuclearDem
Jun 2015
#11
No, it's obviously personal and was happening before the car salesman post last year.
BeanMusical
Jun 2015
#253
Lot of people have careers selling used cars. Ever bought a car from a used car salesman?
Autumn
Jun 2015
#340
Ad hom, typical response of someone with a weak position or someone who full of shit
uponit7771
Jun 2015
#393
"Next up, Keystone, and his legacy will be secured" is right up there on the hilarity scale....maybe
Fred Sanders
Jun 2015
#22
Could be. The Pacific Rim is apparently teeming with unwashed hordes yearning to steal anything American.
Fred Sanders
Jun 2015
#106
Does your president work for you or for the countries of the Pacific rim? Last I checked they
Ed Suspicious
Jun 2015
#160
We've had several posts like that here; thanks for bringing up NYC_SKP's experience. nt
Hekate
Jun 2015
#154
I know. He never thanked me. And if Candidate Public Option had actually insisted on
Doctor_J
Jun 2015
#245
You should read the story about the boy who cried wolf once too often. nm
rhett o rick
Jun 2015
#451
Bill Moyers, whom I respect very much, has done about an article a month, first
merrily
Jun 2015
#40
That was cute, wasn't it? No one knew what the hell it was, yet it was part of the platform.
merrily
Jun 2015
#102
Do you really believe that the AFL-CIO was ignorant of what the TPP was?
Freddie Stubbs
Jun 2015
#138
? My post was about my vote. But yes, I believe that was a possiblity, given what members of
merrily
Jun 2015
#144
If the top brass at the AFL-CIO didn't know what the language in trade plank of the
Freddie Stubbs
Jun 2015
#148
The language in the plank did not detail what the TPP said and, again, what was the union to do?
merrily
Jun 2015
#153
Thank you, randome.. that was such a bad hide.. you only told the truth and they can't handle it.
Cha
Jun 2015
#408
It's still a stupid analogy. The TPP is more akin to a car being built in the factory.
randome
Jun 2015
#68
So we should never give Congress anything more complicated than a paragraph or two?
randome
Jun 2015
#116
That Documentary "Lifting the Veil" Early On "Clued Me In"...what has followed hasn't been a comfort
KoKo
Jun 2015
#396
The list is getting long, isn't it? Some people don't learn from bad experiences.
randome
Jun 2015
#73
Obama has been a great Pres and is loved by many.. I couldn't care less about the "disappointed" on
Cha
Jun 2015
#411
Personally I think he makes sandwiches at Subway. Shit sandwiches. n/t
cherokeeprogressive
Jun 2015
#74
Hating Bush didn't allow them to feel like Extra Special Premium Super Progressives. nt
geek tragedy
Jun 2015
#175
I still can't believe they were voting for something they couldn't even study in full.
C Moon
Jun 2015
#84
The George Carlin/George Clooney/Alec Baldwin/Chris Brown School Of Journalism.
randome
Jun 2015
#140
Yes, and the only protection the workers will get is TAA a program that has not been all that
jwirr
Jun 2015
#108
The sheer entertainment value lies in the number of people who are flat-out disagreeing with Will...
Hekate
Jun 2015
#181
Nope - I'm not a spoiled brat who didn't get her pony - win some lose some n/t
JustAnotherGen
Jun 2015
#161
Spoiled brat is being too kind, given Obama's TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY ONE ACCOMPLISHMENTS
randys1
Jun 2015
#170
In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
JustAnotherGen
Jun 2015
#356
Several weeks ago, I called Obama a "Hawaian car salesman" and then was briefly banned by DU.
DrBulldog
Jun 2015
#184
"Record number of homeless children enrolled in US public schools (+video)"
MannyGoldstein
Jun 2015
#285
"homeless" in that study means moving in with relatives and staying in hotels
geek tragedy
Jun 2015
#296
Yay, Third Way Manny! It's good that you've got your mind right. He IS the best prez in the history
kath
Jun 2015
#220
No, you lied when you said that Obama tried to "help Wall Street at every turn."
geek tragedy
Jun 2015
#370
Yes! Yes! That's it!!! Along with all of his other seventy billion accomplishments!!!
truebrit71
Jun 2015
#218
I suspect that 90% of them would've supported the Iraq War if it was Obama doing the bidding.
Broward
Jun 2015
#249
They supported blasting Libya into the stone age, leaving a chaotic nightmare in the aftermath,
Maedhros
Jun 2015
#338
I think you orignally referred to the POTUS as a PIECE OF SHIT used car salesman
itsrobert
Jun 2015
#312
Next thing you know, a Democrat will propose that every citizen alive
nationalize the fed
Jun 2015
#335
You can always just complain about his policies without insulting him you know.
hrmjustin
Jun 2015
#354
Nah....Will is just pointing out that Obama isn't what we thought we were voting for in his latest
KoKo
Jun 2015
#395
You're going to need to...you know...explain what you're talking about.
DisgustipatedinCA
Jun 2015
#412
Or it just might be an old and well worn thing people say about politicians
TheKentuckian
Jun 2015
#444
I see the same shills are here to explain why us taxpayers should be happy to give away our jobs
GoneFishin
Jun 2015
#427
It maybe true, but as far as we know Mr. Lendman is not on DU and Mr. Pitt is
davidpdx
Jun 2015
#463