Was Obama 100% against the three Bush "free" trade agreements

[MannyGoldstein]

until the moment he signed them into law?

Obama Signs Three Long-Delayed Free Trade Deals

Or is he still against them after he signed them into law?

Or are "free" trade agreements excellent?

This new paradigm has me a little confused, thanks!

[JoeyT]

1. I'm still confused by people demanding we not only ignore what he does,

but demanding we ignore what he says, too. Full-throated support for free trade doesn't mean we can assume he likes free trade. It could be....a trick! That's it! Ten dimensional chess! He's pushing free trade because he knows the Republicans will oppose it!

He proposes cuts to Social Security because he knows the Republicans won't take them! Never mind that that argument actually makes him look WORSE than if he just thought cutting Social Security was a good idea. Being willing to gamble with the food on other people's tables is not a good thing.

[Skittles]

5. it's called ODS

and it will last ONLY as long as Obama is president - it is sheer HYPOCRISY

[bvar22]

2. Cato Institute APPROVED!

[div class="excerpt""This may be the high-water mark for the president's trade policy, certainly in his first term" Dan Griswold, director of the free-market Cato Institute's Center for Trade Policy Studies.

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2011/10/21/obama-signs-three-long-delayed-free-trade-deals



Take a Prozac,
and go read the article.



You will know them by their WORKS,
not by their promises or excuses.

[woo me with science]

6. Ugh.

Good post.

[progressoid]

3. Does somebody need a pony?

Also, you never loved him. And chess. And President Palin. And stuff.

[arikara]

4. And he's after the TPP

fasttrack. I'm beginning to despise all politicians.