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Sanity -> RE: Progressives called ignorant, insincere, and motivated by politics (5/13/2015 8:07:42 AM)
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ORIGINAL: mnottertail
Uh, the op article is dogshit, no such thing occurred in all the politics of it.
However, I am glad that after the rabid rightwing solyndra cowardice, that since they are not going to pair some retaliatory language in that fast track bill, that it won't happen, since the constitutional authority was not invoked in the solyndra cowardice, and executive order wont cut it.
We should dump NAFTA AND GATT while we are at it. And if this country is going to fall to free market communism as the rabid right wing now wants after being against it before they were for it, then insure the free market, not this grand rabid right wing giveaway and destruction of America we have now.
From Philly.com:
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Obama mocks the opposition
Let's suppose you are trying to bring a friend around to your point of view.
Would you tell her she's emotional, illogical, outdated, and not very smart? Would you complain that he's being dishonest, fabricating falsehoods, and denying reality with his knee-jerk response?
Such a method of a persuasion is likelier to get you a black eye than a convert. Yet this is how President Obama treats his fellow party members on trade - and why he faced a Democratic filibuster Tuesday.
The vast majority of lawmakers in his own party oppose him on trade legislation. Yet rather than accept that they have a legitimate beef, he shows public contempt for them - as he did in an interview with Matt Bai of Yahoo News released over the weekend.
"Their arguments are based on fears, or they're fighting NAFTA, the trade deal that was passed 25 years ago - or 20 years ago," he said with a laugh. Sighing, he added, "I understand the emotions behind it, but when you break down the logic of their arguments, I've got to say that there's not much there there." He said one of his Democratic critics' arguments "doesn't make any sense," another is "pure speculation," and others are "made up" or unrealistic.
"There's no logic that I think a progressive should embrace that would make you opposed to this deal," he said, accusing those who disagree of taking the "not smart" position of trying to "ignore the fact that a global economy is here to stay" and of acting to "shrink the overall economic pie just because we're mad about some things that have happened in the past."
The rhetoric suggests that Obama has given up trying to persuade Democrats to join him in supporting "fast-track" approval of the emerging Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal and that he's lashing out at them in anger. Without Democratic support, the fast-track legislation faces a tough slog on Capitol Hill, especially in the House.
If Obama loses on trade, blame should go to the twin pillars of detachment that have underpinned his presidency: insularity and secrecy.
Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/20150513_Obama_mocks_the_opposition.html#qKtVzOLcCTEazMgD.99
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