Posted on 06/11/2015 5:08:44 PM PDT by jazusamo
Constitutional conservatives don't like it. Trade unions abhor it. Obama critics hate it. Environmentalists despise it.
Outside the Beltway bubble, a broad coalition of voters from the left, right and center opposes the mega-trade deal getting rammed through Congress this week by the Republican establishment on behalf of the White House. Here's why.
The Obama administration, House GOP leader John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have sold out American sovereignty. Their so-called Trans-Pacific Partnership Commission will have sweeping authority over trade, immigration, environmental, labor and commerce regulations.
As alert watchdogs U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., chairman of the Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest and U.S. Rep Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., warn: "By adopting fast-track, Congress would be formally authorizing the President to finalize the creation of this Pacific Union and will have surrendered its legislative prerogatives. Before a word, line, paragraph, or page of this plan is made public, Congress will have agreed to give up its treaty powers. ... In effect, one of the most sweeping international agreements seen in years will be given less legislative scrutiny and process than a Post Office reform bill."
The Obama administration, House GOP leader John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have sold out legislative transparency. Boehner smugly asserts that so-called Trade Promotion Authority puts Congress in charge and promotes "more openness" on trade talks. Nonsense. Under the Boehner/Obama plan, Congress gives up its ability to amend any trade deals under fast track, severely limits the ability to debate and lowers the vote threshold in the Senate from 61 to 51. The 11 international parties negotiating with Obama on TPP refuse to sign their dotted lines until Congress agrees to pre-agree to behemoth global trade pacts — sight unseen.
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Michelle Malkin is right on the mark, Boehner and McConnell are traitors.
What about those Republicans who are following them?
Well, at least Boehner and McConnell got rid of
ObamaCARE as they promised before the last election,
and reigned in Obama’s tyranny as they promised.
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That goes without saying, but those two are leaders.
Without even knowing the details, I don’t trust either Obama or the GOP. If they both agree on something you can bet it’s helping billionaires and screwing American citizens.
Isn’t it amazing how much support traitors gain in the Republican primaries?
Obama butt-boys is all they are.
The collusion of the Vichy Republicans may be the beginning of the 0bama Reich, complete with his goons running loose in the streets...
The “two-party” system is a complete joke at this point. Now what?
“What about those Republicans who are following them?”
You mean like “the only true conservative in the race” Cruz.
I thought we got rid of Hitler and his third reich followers in the 40s. Guess history is repeating itself.
Like my dear departed momma always said “ anything done after midnight or done in secret is never a good thing”
GOP didn’t learn a thing from “passing” the Obamacare bill.
They forgot how they got their majority back.
IMHO, the first step in reforming this mess is to institute run-off election rules. As it is now, no third party candidate has a chance to upset the (rotten) applecart.
But the incumbent establishment in DC would never go for that. The only way to make it happen is by a Constitutional amendment, coming out of a Convention of States.
Not an easy way, but perhaps the only way short of, well, pitchforks in the streets.
Bump
The only option now is withdrawal of support from government, to the maximum extent that any individual can.
Michelle is very wrong. There is no longer a two party system.
” Boehner and McConnell are traitors”
As is every Republican senator and congressman who votes for it. That sadly includes Ted Cruz who wants to be President.
The fact is, we have no real Conservatives in the race because for all the pumping and cheer-leading every primary season, the majority of Americans have spent decades snoozing while losing.
Well, let's hope someone who actually is Conservative comes out of the woodwork and announces. The list of people throwing a monkey wrench into trade scam might have someone worthwhile on it but what are the odds they can have a chance?
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