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Cheese Sandwich

(9,086 posts)
49. I don't trust him
Sun Apr 5, 2015, 04:26 AM
Apr 2015

So ya know how politicians always lie and pretend to support popular policies to get elected, but then they help rich people and big corporations once they get elected? He seems like one of those guys.


O’MALLEY’S POPULIST CRITIQUE OF TRADE PACT UNSUPPORTED BY PRIOR COMMENTS

Former Gov. Martin O’Malley, D-Md., now positioning himself as a progressive populist among potential 2016 presidential candidates, told USA Today that he differs from Hillary Clinton because he opposes the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a trade agreement he said will “hollow out our middle class and middle class wages.”

The Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP, is a proposed free trade accord between the U.S. and 11 Pacific Rim countries. Critics say the deal will provide corporate interests with sweeping powers to challenge banking and environmental regulations and other rules in special courts set up under the World Bank, and they argue the TPP will hurt American jobs by extending the ability of businesses to relocate facilities to countries involved in the agreement.

But just two years ago, there was no criticism to be heard when O’Malley discussed the TPP.

On May 8, 2013, O’Malley spoke before a trade conference hosted by the Council of Americas in Washington, D.C., where he was asked on camera about his perspective as a governor on the TPP and other trade deals pursued by the Obama administration. “I would hazard to guess that a majority of us [governors] believe that free trade, provided it’s fair — and that’s always the rub — is a net benefit for us. I believe that, at the risk of stating the painfully obvious, we’re all part of a global economy,” O’Malley said. “So it would seem to me, that to the extent that we can be proactive in concluding agreements with strategic partners, geographically, philosophically, then that is a benefit to us.”

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https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/04/03/omalley-says-opposition-tpp-differentiates-hillary-clinton-supported-deal/

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I think he is meant to be VP. I think any and all "populism" from HRC and O'Malley is just djean111 Apr 2015 #1
I think you may be right. RiverLover Apr 2015 #3
Who got the OK from Hillary? elleng Apr 2015 #7
O'Malley. Read that. Will look for the link tomorrow if I must. RiverLover Apr 2015 #11
Please do. Haven't seen it. elleng Apr 2015 #21
Someone else posted the article RiverLover Apr 2015 #55
Thanks. elleng Apr 2015 #60
Here's more to back that theory up~ RiverLover Apr 2015 #6
Don't listen to what they say, look at their records, how they vote, WHO IS FUNDING THEM sabrina 1 Apr 2015 #64
I think we should listen to what he says, and understand what his policies are to determine if he is still_one Apr 2015 #2
See my post #4. elleng Apr 2015 #5
Who is the clown writing this, elleng Apr 2015 #4
Thanks for all the info elleng. RiverLover Apr 2015 #9
You're welcome, RiverLover. elleng Apr 2015 #12
Thanks for the info. Mass Apr 2015 #13
You're welcome, Mass. elleng Apr 2015 #14
Best public schools in America? MannyGoldstein Apr 2015 #15
Pretty much. elleng Apr 2015 #16
NAEP MannyGoldstein Apr 2015 #23
A recent OP at DU about him and "law and order" quoted him making an odd comment about "teh left." merrily Apr 2015 #48
O'Malley plays Green Day -- he is a player! yallerdawg Apr 2015 #8
Remember Tommy Carcetti in The Wire? MannyGoldstein Apr 2015 #10
Maryland under O'Malley=#1 in foreclosures plus mass exodus of middle class taxpayers leftofcool Apr 2015 #17
Links, please. elleng Apr 2015 #18
About the rain tax: elleng Apr 2015 #19
#1 in foreclosures? I thought Nevada and Florida were top in foreclosures. progressoid Apr 2015 #40
That's much more likely to be the case, progressoid. elleng Apr 2015 #47
St. Martin of Maryland swoops in for the win lol nt msongs Apr 2015 #20
I would be interested where they got their facts, but welcome O'Malley to run. Thinkingabout Apr 2015 #22
No daylight between Hillary and Warren MannyGoldstein Apr 2015 #25
I think he is barely left of Hillary Clinton. malokvale77 Apr 2015 #24
http://home.arcor.de/jens.meder/3dschach/galerie/mint2.jpg blkmusclmachine Apr 2015 #27
Star Trek... malokvale77 Apr 2015 #32
He is more moderate than EW or HRC who are rated together. Thinkingabout Apr 2015 #29
"He is more moderate than"... malokvale77 Apr 2015 #36
Perhaps, moderate is close to the center. Thinkingabout Apr 2015 #39
Center of what? malokvale77 Apr 2015 #42
The whole political spectrum Thinkingabout Apr 2015 #63
What does "rated together" mean? nm rhett o rick Apr 2015 #65
Curious? NT Phlem Apr 2015 #71
So do you think that HRC and Sen Warren should be "rated together"? Or do you agree rhett o rick Apr 2015 #72
He's the safe liberal, imo. F4lconF16 Apr 2015 #26
To the right of clinton? Where'd you hear that? elleng Apr 2015 #28
An article or two somewhere... F4lconF16 Apr 2015 #30
Thanks. Would be useful to know where stuff comes from, elleng Apr 2015 #34
No, you're absolutely right. nt F4lconF16 Apr 2015 #45
O'Malley is classified as a moderate liberal, and EW and HRC are classified as hard core liberals. Thinkingabout Apr 2015 #31
"Classified" by whom? elleng Apr 2015 #33
Here is the info Thinkingabout Apr 2015 #37
Looks a bit right to me Dragonfli Apr 2015 #41
+1 thanks for the info. F4lconF16 Apr 2015 #46
Thanks; useful info here. elleng Apr 2015 #44
Since you posted it w/o comment, I assume you agree that HRC is a hard line liberal. Is that rhett o rick Apr 2015 #70
PLEASE show where HRC is classified as a hard core liberal. Maybe Fox'ed Up News. nm rhett o rick Apr 2015 #66
See my post #41 she is going by the pop meaningless graphic used by "ontheissues" Dragonfli Apr 2015 #69
Its in the article, this OP. (?!?!?!) RiverLover Apr 2015 #61
From what I've read here aspirant Apr 2015 #35
I am suspicious of any and all potential candidates including Martin O’Malley. Enthusiast Apr 2015 #38
I am concerned that according to a post above Dragonfli Apr 2015 #43
It doesn't look good to me. Enthusiast Apr 2015 #51
I don't trust him Cheese Sandwich Apr 2015 #49
Not climbing on any O'Malley bandwagon, but as far as the TPP is concerned, two years ago we did not djean111 Apr 2015 #50
Not exactly right. 2012: "Trans-Pacific Partnership: The biggest trade deal you’ve never heard of" RiverLover Apr 2015 #52
Thanks for that article. I stand corrected. Anyone who can read that article and still pimp for djean111 Apr 2015 #54
Good post. RiverLover Apr 2015 #57
Thank you CS. RiverLover Apr 2015 #53
HA Goodman is a HUGE Elizabeth Warren fan, and he likes O'Malley for President... RiverLover Apr 2015 #56
A (personal, I suspect) problem I have now is that I no longer care who is supporting this or djean111 Apr 2015 #59
No, you're right. The PTB & our Third Way Dems are trying to make sure this will be a very RiverLover Apr 2015 #62
I agree. nm rhett o rick Apr 2015 #67
Playing us...... blackspade Apr 2015 #58
I would say that the Powers That Be that have their hands deep into the Democratic Party rhett o rick Apr 2015 #68
My gut has said stalking horse the whole way. I have little hope for the Castro brothers either now TheKentuckian Apr 2015 #73
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