Clinton Friend McAuliffe: Clinton Will Flip on TPP
We've been saying for a very long time now that Hillary's opposition to the TPP is largely bullshit. She urged her delegates to oppose anti-TPP language in the party platform. She picked pro-TPP Tim Kaine as her VP. And now longtime Clinton friend Terry McAuliffe may have accidentally let the truth slip out:
Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, longtime best friend to the Clintons, said Tuesday that he believes Hillary Clinton will support the TPP trade deal if elected president, with some tweaks.
“I worry that if we don’t do TPP, at some point China’s going to break the rules -- but Hillary understands this,” he said in an interview after his speech on the main stage at the Democratic National Convention. “Once the election’s over, and we sit down on trade, people understand a couple things we want to fix on it but going forward we got to build a global economy.”
Story Continued BelowPressed on whether Clinton would turn around and support the trade deal she opposed during the heat of the primary fight against Bernie Sanders, McAuliffe said: “Yes. Listen, she was in support of it. There were specific things in it she wants fixed.”
The Clinton campaign was pretty quick to come out and say that this was absolutely not true and that Hillary is against the TPP now and would still be after the election. But here's the problem--she can SAY whatever she wants. But she lacks serious credibility on this issue and this is a major problem. Trump's biggest wedge issue across the Rust Belt is trade. He's full of shit on trade, too, since he outsources almost all the work his companies do. But there's a hope among many here that he might do something different.
This also doesn't help bring any Bernie or Bust folks back into the fold for sure.
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Well, my teeth just fell out in shock!
I wouldn't believe that woman if she told me the sun rose in the east. Her actions over the years speak far more loudly than any campaign bullshit she delivers badly from a podium.
Wonder if any of the press will ever get around to asking her why she never holds a press conference? It's not like there hasn't been a lot of news lately for her to comment on....
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She has a tendency to scream at people who
question her. The campaign probably decided that was not a good look.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.--Aristotle
If there is no struggle there is no progress.--Frederick Douglass
Does she ever stop lying?
You can't trust anything Hillary says. This is why making deals with her is worthless. She has absolutely no honor and will blatantly lie to your face to get what she wants. Her credibility with Bernie supporters is worse than her favorability, in that it's past nonexistent. It's in negative territory.
I would be shocked if this came as a surprise to anyone, even her own supporters. They know what kind of a person she is and they're choosing to vote for her anyway.
Only if people will STOP ASKING QUESTIONS
Hey, at least she's consistent. One know what one is going to get from her (check the weather to see which way wind is blowing).
'What we are left with is an agency mandated to ensure transparency and disclosure that is actually working to keep the public in the dark' - Ann M. Ravel, former FEC member
She does sleep....
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I bet she even babbles lies in her sleep n/t
There is no justice. There can be no peace.
Nope. She has horrible, awful nightmares
Where she can't stop telling the truth.
For all we know she could sleep talk!
Granted, I think sleep talkers generally say things that don't make any sense...but that still sounds like Hillary Clinton to me.
...upside down inside a cave.
I thought the sentence needed finishing. I hope that is okay.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.--Aristotle
If there is no struggle there is no progress.--Frederick Douglass
Made me lol
Gold is the wealth of kings; silver is the wealth of commoners; barter is the wealth of peasants; and debt is the wealth of slaves.
Well it wont be long
the whole bullshit Dem. platform will be side stepped, back pedaled or tweaked if that is there new word. hrc has no intentions on honoring any of the issues that would help the 99%. I almost wish I could say it will be the same old shit but I'm sure it will get a lot worse if she becomes POTUS.
Say it ain't so!
Momma Gonna Sell You Out!
The current working assumption appears to be that our Shroedinger's Cat system is still alive. But what if we all suspect it's not, and the real problem is we just can't bring ourselves to open the box?
Her Acolytes are busy Screaming TRUMP
at anything that resembles criticism.
I'm honestly horrified at the idea of Clinton in office because of 1996 precedent. She and her husband were instrumental in creating the Media we have that repaid her in full this election. I fully expect her to attempt to increase their influence at the expense of their competition.
I.e. I expect Communications Decency Act, II. This time with a Supreme Court she stacked to ensure it's found constitutional.
People say you gotta vote Clinton because of the SCOTUS, I say you CAN'T Vote Clinton... because of the SCOTUS.
I do not pretend I know what I do not know.
Nice to see you again, DMW!
Great comment. On your last point, I have finally come FULL CIRCLE.
Ater Fast Track There Are No Changes
This is all a very carefully scripted ballet. First fast track assures that there are no changes, it is up or down.
But none of this matters as the fix is in and they will magically pass it in the lame duck
It just struck me how important TPP is this election
There's a meme-GIF going around that says "I don't see it as voting for Clinton. I see it as voting for the EPA, the Clean Air Act … etc." Hillary's campaign is based on the preservation of existing liberal / progressive programs. But just about the only program that she would introduce that would have a significant impact on the American economy is the TPP.
For all of you Venn diagram fans, let's start with one premise. We know that Donald Trump will not sign a TPP. If there's anything to his economic plan, it's to end trade agreements and impose tariffs. That's the tune that this pied piper began his march with.
The only possibility for a TPP lies with the Democratic candidate. Do you think that maybe there's a lobbyist or two with an interest in the TPP? Or maybe a more powerful structure? Hell, this one issue could be why Bernie was squeezed out.
And the last circle is this: Candidates in favor of the TPP. Cannot be empty.
This is Hillary's achilles' heel, and if Jill gets on stage with her she should ask her about it point blank.
“He may not have gotten the words out but the thoughts were great.”
This election is about the TPP
or at least it seems so to me. It also explains the sudden flip on the media coverage of T-rump, and the blatant pro-Clinton slant of every outlet except Faux Fraudcasting. It is their dream for the global corporations have dominance over countries.
Here's a nice piece from a year ago
Wikileaks 8.5 min video on the TPP and other trade deals.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rw7P0RGZQxQ
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This spring GreenPeace leaked the TTIP documents 3 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0SnhTlsc4g
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Nobody paying attention believed her anyway
Her primary positions are a sham, and even her rhetoric could barely even be dragged a inch left anyway.
This election is a shit show, but the Bernie delegates are making me proud.
^^This^^
George W. Bush was wrong again...
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It seems Democrats will get fooled again...
I want my two dollars!
Greywolf - you proudly display your ejection from DK
I must be a chicken not to get totally off the site
but, your proud display of skull and cross bones as your logo (there is a technical term for this - icon, avatar, something)
so I went to DK to read all about what happened as you got kicked off the site
and low and behold, I found that you had a diary about TPP pointing out the lying Hillary has been for it all along and it slipped our from another one of her friends and the statement had to be quickly squashed
there is almost no content on DK these days except a worship of the DNC and of course, her majesty, but while I was there in your diary I had to make a comment so I put in the link to the article which was posted on TheProgressiveWing and Dailykos which was in addition published to FlushTPP site.
Another brave sole wandering into the mountain of orange BS ... but here from FlushTPP site
IN-DEPTH: How President Obama’s trade deal is a corporate ‘Axis of Evil’ and Why it must be stopped
If anyone is so inclined to go to DK/TOP/Orange Turd, here is the link to greywolf's diary there (I got off the site, so I have to go back and get the link, but I promise to wash my hands after being there)
Major Blunder: Clinton Friend McAuliffe Tells POLITICO Hillary Will Flip on TPP After Election
Even though the diary has 160 comments and 32 recommends, it is not on the REC list.
Yeah I'm not one to leave, gotta be kicked out
Thanks for your comment over there as well. I'm really concerned about how much of our political discourse is being funneled into echo chambers as opposition voices get shouted down. Doesn't help if we're all preaching to various choirs that already agree with us.