Mitch McConnell On Why He Supports Obama On The TPP: It's 'about next president, not this one'

[sabrina 1]

Those who are supporting this Trade Deal because they 'trust Obama' need to realize what McConnell apparently does, that Obama has one year left to take advantage of the powers the TPP will give to the POTUS.

Whoever the next President is will have that power for FIVE MORE YEARS.

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McConnell: Trade deal about next president, not this one

"The Obama years are coming to an end," McConnell said during an interview in his Capitol hideaway office. "So now the action is on the Democratic side. And you are seeing that on trade. You've got the energy of the Elizabeth Warren faction kind of driving the agenda, pulling Hillary Clinton further to the left.


"This is a six-year bill," he added. "So what I've said to my members, if we want the next Republican president, who we hope will be sworn in less than two years from now, to have a chance to do trade agreements with the rest of the world, this bill is about that president as well as this one."

And he' very happy to see the President he swore to make a 'one term President' taking on his base:

"I want to compliment the president on the way he took on the base, took on Elizabeth Warren, took on the labor unions," he said. "The biggest divisions these days are not among Republicans but among Democrats."

High praise from McConnell who as we all know, cares so deeply for the Working Class and about Wall St Corruption!

Five years for the next President to negotiate Trade Deals with Foreign Nations on behalf of the American People.

There is no guarantee that that President will be a Democrat.

To support something without knowing what is in it is bad enough.

To support it knowing there is even a remote chance that the powers it will give to the POTUS COULD end up in the hands of Jeb Bush or any one of the current crew of right wingers running for the WH, is, imo sheer insanity.

If it's a matter of who to 'trust' on all of this, then I am with Elizabeth Warren because SHE is making SENSE.

While WE are being asked to accept NONSENSE!




Elizabeth Warren Fights the WH Over the TPP

Warren has shown a strong interest in the TPP. She has warned: ‘From what I hear, Wall Street, pharmaceuticals, telecom, big polluters, and outsourcers are all salivating at the chance to rig the upcoming trade deals in their favour … I believe that if people would be opposed to a particular trade agreement, then that trade agreement should not happen.’

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Before leaders in Congress and the president get caught up in proving they can pass some new laws, everyone should take a skeptical look at whom those new laws will serve. At this very minute, lobbyists and lawyers are lining up by the thousands to push for new laws — laws that will help their rich and powerful clients get richer and more powerful. Hoping to catch a wave of dealmaking, these lobbyists and lawyers — and their well-heeled clients — are looking for the chance to rig the game just a little more.

And Sen. Levin has echoed the concerns of many others regarding the Sovereignty of this Country, (other involved nations have also expressed this concern).

Corporate Tribunals that are outside our Laws run by Multi National Corporate Lawyers and Judges, determining Corporate claims that OUR LAWS interfere with THEIR PROFITS flies in the face of this country's Sovereignty.

Third, Levin stressed that there was a need to protect national sovereignty in the TPP, and the right to regulate. He commented: ‘Reaching for a high bar to increase standards of living, improve worker rights and strengthen environmental protections, and ensure that trade opportunities are reciprocal does not mean the United States gives up its right to regulate in all of the vitally important areas that affect our interests’. Levin was particularly interested in defending food safety rules, and tobacco control measures. He was also alarmed by the abuse of investor-state dispute settlement: ‘Investor-state disputes have proliferated in recent years and involve increasingly novel and costly challenges to public welfare and environmental regulations.’

And the gist of the only response all those who have legitimate concerns have received is:

JUST TRUST US!

I don't think so!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. These excellent points need to be shouted from the rooftops!

Trust those bastards?

NEVER.

K&R

[sabrina 1]

2. Thanks Peggy, there is so much misinformation regarding this Trade Deal.

But I trust those Dems who have had at least seen some of it, and we did see the leaks ourselves.

Why this President is pushing it so hard knowing he will not be the one to benefit from its passage is beyond me.

As for McConnell, the man who promised to devote his political career to making Obama a 'one term president' and did airc, since he didn't do much else, one would think that having him on your side would be enough to make you hesitate at the very least.

[Wilms]

3. ^

[WorseBeforeBetter]

4. I don't think so, either.

I can't believe some DUers are actually using their *trust* of Obama to support this trade agreement. Well, actually I can.

K&R!

[BrotherIvan]

5. Who else you gonna vote for?

"I want to compliment the president on the way he took on the base, took on Elizabeth Warren, took on the labor unions

[Octafish]

6. Just like when Sen. Phil Gramm supported President Bill Clinton on repealing Glass-Steagall!

Lots of money was at stake then, too. Wealth Management, wink wink.

http://financialservicesinc.ubs.com/revitalizingamerica/SenatorPhilGramm.html

Ah, it is so rewarding to see such Buy Partisanship.

[sabrina 1]

8. 'Buy Partisanship'. Lol, money seems to have a way of 'bringing people together'

Unless it's something for the people. Like HC eg.

Just like Bill and Phil. Thanks for the reminder.

[JEB]

7. Evidently, money not only trumps peace,

but the well being of American workers and Democratic principles.

[sabrina 1]

13. It's clear that the people no longer factor into decisions that are made by those in charge now.

Think of how often a majority of the people stated they were opposed to something, eg, bailing out the Corrupt Wall St Banks eg. They were completely ignored.

Now they are pushing through a secret trade agreement knowing full well how much it is opposed to a majority of the people, and the people are told they are just too stupid to understand how great it is.

I think we have lost the power to influence this government anymore.

[pampango]

9. If the next president is a republican, he will get fast track from a republican congress

whether Obama gets it now or not.

[sabrina 1]

10. That is not what happened when Bush tried it in 2007. Democrats stopped it then.

So no, there is no certainty that they would get it.

[SMC22307]

11. DU doesn't seem too plussed by this.

Odd.

[sabrina 1]

12. I think a majority of DUers, just like the rest of the country, ARE very angry over this. But there

are a few who don't seem to mind all this secrecy and giving away of rights etc.

[SMC22307]

14. I know DU is paying attention, I just hope the rest of the country is. (n/t)