Chuck Todd: Why Clinton’s flip-flop on trade is so unbelievable

[portlander23]

Chuck Todd: Why Clinton’s flip-flop on trade is so unbelievable

But make no mistake: This flip-flop isn’t believable at all. For starters, there was the time as secretary of state when she said TPP “sets the gold standard in trade agreements.” In her book, “Hard Choices” (which she sent out to all the GOP candidates), she called TPP “the signature economic pillar” of the Obama administration’s strategy in Asia. And then there’s the wiggle room she left for herself, as well as the fact that she hasn’t even fully reviewed the trade accord because it’s not public yet. “I’m continuing to learn about the details of the new Trans-Pacific Partnership, including looking hard at what’s in there to crack down on currency manipulation, which kills American jobs, and to make sure we’re not putting the interests of drug companies ahead of patients and consumers. But based on what I know so far, I can’t support this agreement,” she said in her statement yesterday. And because this opposition is so unbelievable, it feeds every negative stereotype about her – despite the short-term political benefits.

[kenfrequed]

2. It isn't the flip-flop

It is the fact that on this particular issue I simply do not believe her.

[Doctor_J]

13. So you believe her 45-times-repeated SUPPORT of TPP instead of her new found rejection?

Hater! MRA! Commie!

[libodem]

26. Would it be wrong to chuckle?

Teeheehee.

[questionseverything]

35. when she has even lost chuck,she has a problem

[DURHAM D]

3. Toad popular on DU now?

I can't keep up

[NuclearDem]

6. Try to keep up.

This week is Chuck Todd good, gun control bad, polls good, appealing to Republicans good.

[daleanime]

9. Subtle.....

not so much.

[daleanime]

7. That's the problem with DU....

we're willing to listen to anybody, agreeing when we think they're right and disagreeing when we need to.

[stupidicus]

16. indeed, imagine that

having the intellectual heft and integrity to make proper determinations based on all the "agreed upon facts", as opposed to ignoring or discarding them based solely upon where or with who they originated.

[emulatorloo]

27. Sorry, been burned by Chuck Todd too many times

He's a disingenuous tool of the GOP. Interesting when he sticks to statistics, promotes republicans when he goes to commentary.

Here's the deal. I have the intellectual heft to have learned that I need not breathlessly absorb the babblings of Limbaugh, Hannity, and Hannity-lites like Chuck. The first thing they teach you in school is that sources matter.

Todd has a track record, he has an agenda. As soon as Bernie wins Iowa and New Hampshire, he's going to go after Bernie. Liars lie, that's what liars do.

[mhatrw]

33. Yeah, Todd sucks, so we can definitely trust Clinton's stance against the TPP.

[emulatorloo]

34. I didn't say anything like that.

No doubt your words are very tasty, but I have no interest in you putting words in my mouth.

[A Simple Game]

14. Hillary changed her position again? Todd isn't the only one that can't keep up. n/t

[certainot]

24. the opposite of a flip flopper is the i'm-never-wrong trump/limbaugh

they are popular in the teabag crowd because of their royal certitude- like kings and dictators- it brings their followers a warm felling and lessens the irrational fears the very same leaders induce- even though it requires regular massive denial of reality

that sack of shit. flip flops are acceptable for dems, it's the certainty addicted authoritarians that can't handle a thoughtful change of mind.

how much of clinton's public acceptance of tpp was based on her still being close to the admin, like keystone?

her late rejection of it shouldn't be rejected just because republican shits like the todder and the other republicans call it a flip flop. that flip flop labeling of kerry was very helpful to them helping keep bush in the white house and it's a label that should be embraced by thinking people just as it is reviled by authoritarians and fascists frightened by the uncertainty it represents.

politicians are supposed to listen to constituents, too.

[Marty McGraw]

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[Motown_Johnny]

28. Nope. but he is telling the truth

You can't argue with plain facts. Een from him.

[roomtomove]

4. It is a WEAK repudiation of the TPP...

in which Hillary points out a few details implying that these details can be worked out.......

[Augiedog]

5. I wonder which media magnate has their hand up chucky's ass, this time, making his lips flap.

[Doctor_J]

10. Since Media Moguls are probably 100% pro-TPP, they are of course complaining about her flip-flop

but she has no intention of keeping her word, so they should just shut up and let her get elected and then flop back.

[99Forever]

8. Stopped clock syndrome strikes again.

[tavernier]

11. He sees Benghazi as a dead issue now,

so he and Mrs. Greenspan are checking to see what's next on the "101 ways to sabotage Hillary" list.

[Geronimoe]

12. Silent as a mouse

She was as silent as a mouse when they were voting to get it fast tracked.

The weasel can't be trusted.

[MNBrewer]

15. I don't believe her.

not one bit.

[reformist2]

17. Nice try, using Chuck Todd to try to win sympathy support for Hillary. Sorry - this time he's right.

[restorefreedom]

18. toaster pastries gets one right!

one in a row!

go chuck!

but on this, he nailed it

[SoapBox]

19. It's about TRUST...

And I don't trust her.

[hifiguy]

37. Nobody with an ounce of brains does.

She's been on every conceivable side of any issue one might care to name. She has no core principles save for her own advancement.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

20. Oh, but don't you know the ONLY alternative is no trade at ALL???

[cascadiance]

21. Why TF isn't she also worried about H-1B which also "kills American Jobs" which she has supported...

... over the years very vocally. I wonder if she'll shift gears on that too in a way that has us also wondering where she really stands.

[YabaDabaNoDinoNo]

22. Those who believe her on the TPP are also interested in buying a bridge in Brooklyn

[thesquanderer]

23. That "negative stereotype" is the problem

On many issues (like this one), it puts her in the position of damned if she does, damned if she doesn't.

[d_legendary1]

29. Hillary: "I'm my own person! Just ask Bernie Sanders!"

She might as well come out and say it.

[Orrex]

30. Sharing Chuck Todd's opinion is like passing around a leaky sack full of vomit

[mak3cats]

31. Here's a K (I already R'd)... (eom)

[mhatrw]

32. Expediency. Triangulation. Strategery. nt

[hifiguy]

36. If Chuck Toad can see the phoniness

how can ANYONE miss it? Chuckles couldn't find a Kodiak bear in a phone booth without help.