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Cleita

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10. It was obvious to me from the beginning that when the only people who get

Reply to sendero (Original post)

Sat May 23, 2015, 12:59 AM

May 2015

a seat at the table to draft the bill are the corporations to the exclusion of everyone else who will be affected by such bill, and then it's done in secrecy, it has a certain stink to it.

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The simple person's guide to the TPP [View all] sendero May 2015 OP

TPP is a Republican dream come true. n/t PowerToThePeople May 2015 #1

yes 840high May 2015 #3

and apparently it's Obama's dream come true also. That's the real kicker. Kablooie May 2015 #18

Exactly, that is a simpleton's guide. Similar logic, what does it tell you Tbaggers are against it Hoyt May 2015 #2

Dewey didn't get elected, Rolando May 2015 #4

Because Teabaggers are an extreme fringe of the Republican Party... bluesbassman May 2015 #7

Just pointing out your rhetoric trying to tie Obama's support of TPP to Republicans is similarly Hoyt May 2015 #12

Hi Hoyt. delrem May 2015 #16

Hardly, it's tiresome, as they say. Hoyt May 2015 #19

Sorry about that. delrem May 2015 #21

You've got it backwards. bluesbassman May 2015 #22

Teabaggers are more rabidly anti-Obama Flying Squirrel May 2015 #9

They are also bigots, Nationalists, xenophobes, and largely ignorant. eom Hoyt May 2015 #11

It's just astroturf from the American Enterprise Institute. delrem May 2015 #20

More Senate Democrats voted No today than voted Yes Jack Rabbit May 2015 #5

All the Republicans are for it, and it has NO natural constituency DisgustipatedinCA May 2015 #6

....+ + 1 delrem May 2015 #17

This will be the big, bad bruise on Obama's legacy. SoapBox May 2015 #8

+1 BeanMusical May 2015 #14

And, I don't think it will. I trust the President.. don't care how many threaten his "legacy". Cha May 2015 #23

It was obvious to me from the beginning that when the only people who get Cleita May 2015 #10

"It doesn't take a rocket scientist to know that the TPP is not good for working Americans." BeanMusical May 2015 #13

Apparently, it does. Hoyt May 2015 #15

Mahalo Hoyt for standing up to the OP who says anyone who doesn't think like him is a "fucking liar" Cha May 2015 #24