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freshwest

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12. Someone here at DU posted some improved labor and environment sections in the treaty.
Thu Feb 6, 2014, 09:07 PM
Feb 2014

On the whole, the treaty is a mystery and speculation by media is driving people crazy.

Reid and the Democrats can discuss this with Obama and hash it out, pass it, or not pass it for the good of the nation.

The Russians and others do not want the USA to get any of the Asian trade and everyone's propaganda is at full blast. The treaty needs to be debated in the Senate.

But after the national hysterics and grandstanding over Syria leading to WW3, the public doesn't seem to know the difference between gotchas, propaganda, policy or what it takes to get things done.

Rest assured the Fauxheads will hate the treaty no matter what, only thing is, the owners of such networks do want the most onerous sections of the treaty. They don't tell anyone that, no more than they tell the truth about Benghazi, etc.

PBO is thinking long-term and the American people think in sound bites and are prone to believing anything they hear about him, no matter how many times it's debunked. I don't see much commentary based in the real world these days, mostly it's out of a B&W fantasy playbook.

Yet our president is expected to do right for a nation full of people with little idea of how laws are made, how many branches of government exist, or other such basics. They run on gut and not brain.

I wish the link had specifics, it was too short, Irish to really sink our teeth into. The fussing is just knee jerk. Perhaps next time you post an OP here you might want to sus one of my reminders like this:

This is the BOG which has a SOP that is supposed to be read before posting here. It is a safe haven for those who support the President and his policies, and respect him and each other. We do not have to accept abuse.

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