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JackInGreen

(2,975 posts)
Tue Oct 6, 2015, 04:03 AM Oct 2015

Hillary on the TPP?

This is a pretty simple question but my research has turned up nothing solid.
Have we heard from Hillarys camp how she stands on TPP given the announcement today? Not 'I want to see the whole thing', but from the leaks and public response and the statement that 'TPP is a done deal' as of today, has she commented?

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sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)
1. Hillary supports the TPP. She pushed for it while she was SOS.
Tue Oct 6, 2015, 04:20 AM
Oct 2015

However, who knows whether she will continue to support it now that it is a major issue in this campaign. She has a habit of evolving on major issues so we'll have to wait and see.

Live and Learn

(12,769 posts)
2. +1 Supported it yesterday but tomorrow is anyone's guess.
Tue Oct 6, 2015, 04:57 AM
Oct 2015

She has to wait to see which way the wind is blowing on a particluar issue, first it seems.

sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)
3. The wind is definitely blowing strongly AGAINST the TPP. Fortunately we have a candidate who has
Tue Oct 6, 2015, 05:11 AM
Oct 2015

been against it all along. And if it passes, the public will realize the urgency of electing a president to whom those powers will go for the next five years, who IS opposed to it. Iow, Bernie is the only one who will make sure not to use the powers going to the next president against the people's interests.

Live and Learn

(12,769 posts)
4. Not sure whcih way her wind is blowing though. Corporate money seems to to have a big wind effect
Tue Oct 6, 2015, 05:15 AM
Oct 2015

of its own and it doesn't always blow the same way the people's does.

sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)
5. True, but see the Keystone Pipeline.
Tue Oct 6, 2015, 05:23 AM
Oct 2015

She refused to say where she stood at first.

Then said she would wait until after the election to let us know where she stood.

Now she has stated she opposes it 'to get it out of the way as it was a distraction' Whatever that means.

She will have to say something about the TPP. We have her on the record as a supporter.

I'm guessing she'll use Obama by saying she 'trusts the president' on this.

Of course that won't help her at all. Even Obama's supporters are furious over this.

But if they were paying me to advise her, which they are not, I would try the 'I trust the president' routine first.

If that didn't work, I'd try 'I haven't seen all the details yet' Which won't work either because WE have seen the leaks.

So then what, 'okay I oppose it and as President I will work to try to fix the parts that I don't agree with'.

Meantime Sanders outright opposes it and has given clear reasons why, putting him with over 80% of the people.

So we'll see. It will at least be interesting.

Live and Learn

(12,769 posts)
6. True, perhaps these days her vane is pointed to whatever Bernie has been saying for decades.
Tue Oct 6, 2015, 05:35 AM
Oct 2015

Actually would be a wise move for her.

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