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RiverLover

(7,830 posts)
4. Wow, hadn't looked. Thanks for the link. I'm stunned by this little line of BS~
Mon Mar 23, 2015, 06:56 AM
Mar 2015
Create jobs here at home

The more American goods and services are traded overseas, the more jobs are
required to support them here at home.
In fact, every $1 billion in exports supports
between 5,200 to 7,000 jobs here in the US.

http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54e2b1d1e4b043f1c9a2a9ed/t/54fcf33ae4b00126ca69694f/1425863549639/TPP-fact-sheet-030815.pdf



Their website isn't even progressive 4dsc Mar 2015 #1
LOL Enthusiast Mar 2015 #3
Wow, hadn't looked. Thanks for the link. I'm stunned by this little line of BS~ RiverLover Mar 2015 #4
It's the same old NAFTA lie repackaged. Enthusiast Mar 2015 #8
And they've blocked their information from whois Scootaloo Mar 2015 #15
Great info. Thank you Scootaloo! RiverLover Mar 2015 #22
Wrong, Scoot--I'm sorry to say. Jackpine Radical Mar 2015 #54
Funny, I don't see a "Contact Us" button. First thing I looked for. NBachers Mar 2015 #23
No but you can donate to these mysterious "Progressives" RiverLover Mar 2015 #24
More Third Way excrement. Reminds me of the Koch's "Prosperity for Americans" or whatever. djean111 Mar 2015 #2
Exactly. We need to look behind the curtain more, when its possible. RiverLover Mar 2015 #6
Hmmm. Food for thought. LuvNewcastle Mar 2015 #26
You can tell who the donors are once they get into office BrotherIvan Mar 2015 #34
The Turd Way already masquerades as "progressive" with the "Progressive Policy Institute" cascadiance Mar 2015 #31
More subterfuge? How surprising! Enthusiast Mar 2015 #5
Just shocking, isn't it? RiverLover Mar 2015 #7
"Modern" Democrats won't even mention FDR and the New Deal, bvar22 Mar 2015 #46
Rec for visibility - TBF Mar 2015 #9
They are just trying to muddy the waters of political discourse. stillwaiting Mar 2015 #10
can i take your Progressive test? stonecutter357 Mar 2015 #11
If you believe in the policies these 3 fight for, you might just be a Progressive: RiverLover Mar 2015 #13
No, it'd just be cruel to saddle you with further failure after your post here Scootaloo Mar 2015 #17
LOL Well aren't you the clever one. Nice catch! RiverLover Mar 2015 #21
rofls corkhead Mar 2015 #39
Next thing, there will be a POLL telling us that most Progressives just love the TPP. djean111 Mar 2015 #12
Ha! RiverLover Mar 2015 #14
CNN says it's too close to call Scootaloo Mar 2015 #16
More than likely funded by the Koch boys Pakid Mar 2015 #18
K&R for visibility secondwind Mar 2015 #19
in the age of lazy journalism any group can grab a name and seem to be something they are not dembotoz Mar 2015 #20
I was shocked to hear a young man's opinion that Baitball Blogger Mar 2015 #25
I love this line. Snotcicles Mar 2015 #27
Me too. May have to "borrow' it from time to time. /nt RiverLover Mar 2015 #51
This is the kind of shit that seriously damages... freebrew Mar 2015 #28
Hell, I'm progressive, and I disagree with 90% of the crap posted at DU. Buzz Clik Mar 2015 #29
I was told by a poster on DU that many liberals are pro-TPP. I smelled stinkiosity. GoneFishin Mar 2015 #30
You also smell wishful thinking and a desire to bury the fact that the Democratic Party is not djean111 Mar 2015 #32
The strategy of repeating something which you know is not true, over and over, is in the GoneFishin Mar 2015 #33
And, I suppose, the reason that those little charts showing how Hillary IS TOO just as liberal as djean111 Mar 2015 #36
I noticed something fishy about that "chart" Dragonfli Mar 2015 #44
^^^ bvar22 Mar 2015 #47
Just did, sort of, placed it in the group just now (rather than GD) /nt Dragonfli Mar 2015 #48
So are they the ones generating the talking points? BrotherIvan Mar 2015 #35
You left out CHINA!!!!! djean111 Mar 2015 #37
Why don't you run for office if you don't like it!! BrotherIvan Mar 2015 #38
If it wasn't secret, Congress would want to change the font size!!!!! djean111 Mar 2015 #40
They can read it any time they want!! BrotherIvan Mar 2015 #41
Nancy Pelosi said that we have to pass the bill to find out what is in it!!!! bvar22 Mar 2015 #49
Yeah, she perfected the pandering/enabling role so well BrotherIvan Mar 2015 #50
RIFT AMONG PROGRESSIVES EMERGES ON POLITICO. Corrected. nt Eleanors38 Mar 2015 #42
And thank God. That was a strange story to read. Mystery solved now! /nt RiverLover Mar 2015 #52
3rd Way & Politico: Timing faster than vaudeville! Eleanors38 Mar 2015 #57
You can smell the fresh cut astroturf DonCoquixote Mar 2015 #43
I still remember when Bill Clinton was selling NAFTA he said that... bvar22 Mar 2015 #45
Great post, but painful reminder. RiverLover Mar 2015 #53
Yes, "leveling the playing field" means that and more. pa28 Mar 2015 #55
K&R for exposure. JEB Mar 2015 #56
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