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In reply to the discussion: Hillary Clinton Says She Didn’t Work on the Trans-Pacific Partnership [View all]marble falls
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Star Member djean111 (8,620 posts)
1. I am not going to vote for a cold, calculating liar. That's all there is to it. n/t
Austerity will be inflicted on the 99% by the 1% until it has sufficiently trickled UPWARDS......
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Response to djean111 (Reply #1)
Sun Aug 9, 2015, 07:51 AM
6chars (582 posts)
5. will you vote for the Democratic nominee?
eat right, exercise and floss every day
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Response to 6chars (Reply #5)
Sun Aug 9, 2015, 07:55 AM
Star Member djean111 (8,620 posts)
6. I don't do the Pledge-y Thing, sorry. That thing has run its course, like, say, the runs.
And a "Democratic nominee" needs more than a D on the jersey to qualify.
So - asked and answered. Done.
Austerity will be inflicted on the 99% by the 1% until it has sufficiently trickled UPWARDS......
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Response to 6chars (Reply #5)
Sun Aug 9, 2015, 08:24 AM
daleanime (11,372 posts)
10. No denial?
When the going gets tough, the tough take care of each other.
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Response to daleanime (Reply #10)
Sun Aug 9, 2015, 08:29 AM
6chars (582 posts)
13. eh, one person's cold calculating liar
is another's astute politician.
there is always one "straight talking" candidate who will not take big corporate money.
eat right, exercise and floss every day
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Response to 6chars (Reply #13)
Sun Aug 9, 2015, 08:34 AM
daleanime (11,372 posts)
15. 'and the game's crooked, so why brother?'....
Thanks for playing, have a lovely day.
When the going gets tough, the tough take care of each other.
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Response to marble falls (Original post)
Sun Aug 9, 2015, 07:43 AM
HFRN (1,052 posts)
2. too busy planning her campaign for president? nt
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Response to marble falls (Original post)
Sun Aug 9, 2015, 07:45 AM
Oilwellian (11,556 posts)
3. As usual, when her lips move...n/t
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Response to marble falls (Original post)
Sun Aug 9, 2015, 07:48 AM
bigwillq (66,464 posts)
4. No more Clintons, please.
So over this family. Just go away.
To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public. -TR
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Response to marble falls (Original post)
Sun Aug 9, 2015, 07:57 AM
madville (2,888 posts)
7. Democratic turnout is going to be crap
She just turns people off and there haven't even been any debates yet.
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Response to marble falls (Original post)
Sun Aug 9, 2015, 07:57 AM
Star Member Doctor_J (32,815 posts)
8. biggest whopper of the campaign so far
But it's early
Proud Bernista
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Response to marble falls (Original post)
Sun Aug 9, 2015, 08:04 AM
Star Member Motown_Johnny (17,811 posts)
9. I think this is the 3rd position she has had on it....
although I admit, I may have lost count.
1) Referring to it as the "Gold Standard" of trade deals.
2) Saying she agreed with Pelosi (whatever that meant).
3) Now being against it and having never worked on it.
http://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2015/04/21/401123124/a-timeline-of-hillary-clintons-evolution-on-trade
^snip^
Yet, previously as secretary of state, Clinton called the Trans-Pacific Partnership the "gold standard in trade agreements." In her second memoir, Hard Choices, released in 2014, Clinton lauded the deal, saying it "would link markets throughout Asia and the Americas, lowering trade barriers while raising standards on labor, the environment, and intellectual property." She even said it was "important for American workers, who would benefit from competing on a more level playing field." She also called it "a strategic initiative that would strengthen the position of the United States in Asia."
http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/14/politics/hillary-clinton-trade-tpp-pelosi-obama/
^snip^
She cited House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi by name twice. However, Clinton didn't weigh in at all on the bill the California Democrat maneuvered to block last week: so-called "trade promotion authority."
http://www.bloomberg.com/bw/articles/2013-01-10/hillary-clintons-business-legacy-at-the-state-department#p2
^snip^
Shes pressed the case for U.S. business in Cambodia, Singapore, Vietnam, Indonesia, and other countries in Chinas shadow. Shes also taken a leading part in drafting the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the free-trade pact that would give U.S. companies a leg up on their Chinese competitors. The State Department even has had limited success in prying open Chinese markets to U.S. companies. In 2011, after extensive haggling with U.S. Ambassador to China Gary Locke, the Chinese government allowed Titanic 3D and other Hollywood movies to be shown in Beijing theaters. And that same year, after talks with Clinton, the Chinese relaxed so-called indigenous innovation rules that kept U.S. companies from competing for government technology contracts there. Not that they would ever admit that the Americansthat the secretarysaid this, and therefore changed, says Clinton, whos been careful not to brag too loudly about these deals. A lot of this you cannot claim, because then you kind of force the people on the other side to lose face.
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Response to marble falls (Original post)
Sun Aug 9, 2015, 08:25 AM
Star Member djean111 (8,620 posts)
11. Just got an email from the Pledge-y Thing originator -
So now you are aligned with
Carly Fiorina?
Good to know..
I especially love the "..", as if I really cared. And that is the whole message.
Sending PMs like this is backhanded, sneaky, and cowardly. Ugh. Oh, and stupid.
Oh, and I don't think that Sanders is aligned with anything like a Carly Fiorina, but Corporate Democrats might have a bit in common with her.
Austerity will be inflicted on the 99% by the 1% until it has sufficiently trickled UPWARDS......
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Sun Aug 9, 2015, 08:26 AM
KG (25,892 posts)
12. when is a candidate gonna come out as a champion of the working class.
'The slaves are free to elect their masters, and that is enough to satisfy most folks in the land of the free....' -Joe Bageant
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Sun Aug 9, 2015, 08:33 AM
Star Member cherokeeprogressive (19,999 posts)
14. Blatant, in-your-face lie. I'll go with Susan Rice's assessment; integrally involved.
The scene of the crime is now.
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Hillary Clinton Says She Didn’t Work on the Trans-Pacific Partnership [View all]
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