Donald Trump is the only one who actually opposes the TPP trade deal.
TPA is not TPP. Protectionists refuse to acknowledge the distinction. This is intellectually incompetent and politically irresponsible, but it has become par for the course.
‘Cruz voted to fast-track the TPP by voting for TPA on the first go-around.’
Is that correct?
[For those who don’t know, Carry Okie is an authority on treaties. We are blessed to have him here on this forum.]
The other 3 candidates dutifully parroted Trumps platform on trade and on immigration too, despite their past records
They seemed rehearsed and aware of what questions would be asked except for Trump who had to respond from his head and heart
What a coincidence
Great article. Cruz is a snake.
Cruz is habitually dishonest about his quiet pro-GOPe positions and his public “outsider” rhetoric.
I was agape at the sight and sound of all three of the backbenchers spouting things that Trump has been preaching since Day One. And I was so pleased with how Trump calmly and statesmanly remained calm, cool and collected; stating his case and making his points. And the Drudge Poll reflects that this morning.
Cruz is my guy, but TPA is the chink in his armor.
He voted for TPA when it could have been stopped; he later voted against it when it could not be stopped. He said its because McConnell misrepresented it, which I don’t doubt, but the whole point of it was to give Obama fast track authority to impose a trade deal, the content of which no one was allowed to see. It was a bad deal, and Cruz of all people ought to have known better than to trust Obama, or McConnell.
Headline is false. All of them, including Trump, were FLEXIBLE on trade. Trump phrased it as negotiating a GREAT deal. But more than any of the others, he was for negotiating deals.
Ted tried to educated the ignorant by explaining the difference between FREE trade and NEGOTIATED trade. In the past, the trade deals labeled FREE trade have not been FREE at all. They have been complex favoritism for Chamber of Commerce, environmentalists, labor union bosses, foreign special interests and Beltway Cartel interests.
Pathological LIAR Cruz (Goldman Sacs, Lawyer) VOTED
to help ObamaTRADE because it was secret and he
was PAID by Goldman Sacs, as was his wife.
Cruz is a lying betrayer.
And a past voting-supporter of ObamaTRADE.
If the USA was serious about eliminating the deficit then a 20% across the board import tariff would being in over $500B/yr. That would close the budget deficit lickity split. Tariffs also stop the off shoring of factories and promote repatriation of industry. Trump explained all that last night. He did a good job.
Its the politicians way to vote for something while later casting a meaningless vote against it. That way he can claim, as a good lawyer shifts in a technicality, that he voted against it while providing the pathway for approval.
Politics as usual ...
Incidentally, I found it hilarious that Cruz last night was spouting his opposition to the ethanol mandate ... it took a lot of courage Ted to publicly oppose it while your campaign coffer is full of money from big oil donors lol. And when he and Wolf were chatting post-debate ... he made it sound like only Trump and Rubio were behaving badly in the previous debate. What a lying self-righteous hypocrite this man is.
Cruz has lost me as my second choice in the past month.
bkmk
They may think that "TPA" and "TPP" are the same thing because they have three letters and both start with "T". I don't blame them. The distinction maybe hard to comprehend for someone that thinks the number 1237 is an "arbitrary" number in a field of 2472 total delegates.
Cruz Glue Sniffers are on the way to twist the truth.
Cruz also voted for the Corker Bill.
That’s why the Donald calls them all Liars on matters of importance:-)
Misreading the Trump-Evangelicals Link
Ignorant of election history, the chattering class is abuzz about the supposed hypocrisy of evangelicals.
By Ralph Reed
March 10, 2016 6:56 p.m. ET
Of all the bizarre aspects of the 2016 presidential campaign, none has been more puzzling to many observers than the embrace of Donald Trump by evangelical Christians. After losing the evangelical vote (and first-in-the-nation caucuses) to Ted Cruz in Iowa, Mr. Trump won a plurality of evangelical votes in a string of primaries. He did so again in Michigan and Mississippi this week, and a Fox News poll shows him with a 17-point lead among evangelicals ahead of the March 15 Florida primary. Mr. Trump would not be the Republican front-runner today without his ability to compete for evangelical votes.
The vision of Jerry Falwell Jr. and Sarah Palin endorsing the twice-divorced Manhattan real-estate developer while evangelicals pack arenas to cheer his unique brand of politics-as-performance-art has caused some jaws to drop. For the chattering class, the odd alliance is like a plot twist from “Elmer Gantry,” offering an irresistible opportunity to bash the Republican front-runner and the party’s evangelical base.
New York Times columnist Frank Bruni recently faulted evangelicals for supporting a man who “personifies greed” and “radiates lust,” proving “how selective and incoherent the religiosity of many in the [Republican] party’s God squad is.”
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Editorial Board Member Joe Rago with an analysis of Tuesday’s primary results and a look ahead to the Florida and Ohio contests. Photo credit: Reuters.
This consternation is shared by more than a few evangelicals. Former George W. Bush White House aide Pete Wehner has bemoaned his coreligionists’ joining Mr. Trump in an angry politics of grievance that seeks “scapegoats to explain their growing impotence.” Southern Baptist leader Russell Moore offered a simpler, half-in-jest explanation in a Washington Post op-ed: Many evangelicals “may well be drunk right now.”
But something larger and more interesting than resentment (or spirituous liquor) explains Mr. Trump’s performance among
Read at: http://www.wsj.com/articles/misreading-the-trump-evangelicals-link-1457654169
If anyone thinks TPP = TPA, ask yourself why the TPP isn’t law by now.
The TPA gave Obama authority to negotiate. It also made it easy for TPP to pass the Senate, if it came up for a vote. But to come up for a vote, McConnell pledged that a majority of the Republican Senators would have to support it. That’s actually a much MORE difficult threshold than the two-thirds majority that that the TPP would need WITHOUT the TPA.
Essentially, the Republican Party passed the TPA, knowing that they could block the TPP crafted the deal in a way to focus on getting liberal votes (bad immigration laws, openness to China, environmental restrictions on the U.S., etc.) “You can negotiate on trade, but WE have to approve of what you do.”
Don’t believe me? Check out the Senate calendar.
bkmk