THEORETICALLY ALMOST ALL THE POLITICIANS IN THE COUNTRY ARE
AGAINST THE TRANSPACIFIC PARTNERSHIP, AT LEAST THAT'S
WHAT THEY TELL US.
TRUMP SAYS HE IS AGAINST IT, BERNIE SANDERS
ACTUALLY IS AGAINST IT, HILLARY CLAIMS SHE'S AGAINST IT.
EVERYONE AGREES, WONDERFUL.
EXCEPT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS
NOT REALLY AGAINST IT, THEY ARE FOR IT.
ALSO, THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY.
SO THEY ARE LOOKING TO PASS IT IMMEDIATELY, OR IN THE
LAME-DUCK SESSION, BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO EMBARRASS TRUMP OR
CLINTON WHO HAVE BEEN PRETENDING TO BE AGAINST IT, BECAUSE IF
THEY GET INTO OFFICE THEY WILL HAVE TO TURN AROUND BECAUSE
THEIR BOSSES, THEIR DONORS, TOLD THEM WE ARE PASSING THE TPP.
THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON THE LINE, PERHAPS
TRILLIONS, YOU WILL PASS IT BECAUSE WE OWN YOU.
THEY DON'T
WANT HILLARY OR TRUMP TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT, SO PASS IT NOW.
WHO IS THEIR GUY IN THE HOUSE -- IN THE WHITE HOUSE?
PRESIDENT
OBAMA.
HE IS LIKE, I'LL STEP UP TO BAT FOR THE WONDERFUL DONORS
I HAVE --
WHAT STREETS?
WHICH MAIN STREET ARE YOU GOING TO GO TO
AND BE LIKE, WE HAVE TO HAND OVER POWER TO MULTINATIONAL
CORPORATIONS, THIS WILL WORK OUT GREAT FOR YOU GUYS.
REALLY?
WHICH STREETS ARE YOU GOING TO?
AS YOU WILL SEE IN THE REST OF
THE STORY, THAT IS THEIR MARKETING -- IN REALITY THEY ARE
GOING TO K STREET.
I WILL SHOW YOU --
IT'S NOT A BLACK AND WHITE WORLD, IS EVERY PART OF TPP
WRONG AND TERRIBLE?
OF COURSE NOT, THERE ARE GOOD PARTS, YES
IT WOULD COUNTER CHINA, YES WE WOULD HAVE MORE FLOW OF GOODS
BETWEEN THOSE COUNTRIES, AND NO, PROGRESSIVES ARE NOT OPPOSED TO
FREE-TRADE.
WE JUST WANT, AS OBAMA MEMORABLY SAID, LET ME
PARAPHRASE HIM, WE ARE JUST AGAINST STUPID TRADE DEALS.
BUT
OVERALL WHAT DOES HE CARE ABOUT?
I HAVE TO GET THIS PASSED FOR MY
LEGACY.
ARE WE REALLY GOING TO LOOK BACK IN HISTORY AND SAY
THANK GOD OBAMA HANDED OVER OUR SOVEREIGNTY?
WHAT AN IMPORTANT
PART OF OUR HISTORY.
THEY EXPLAIN --
THE LEGACY
PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN IS, ONCE I GET OUT
OF OFFICE, HOW MANY MILLIONS WILL I MAKE?
WHO IS GOING TO
GIVE ME THE SPEAKING FEES?
PEOPLE FIND THIS OUTRAGEOUS.
WHEN BILL CLINTON LEFT OFFICE HE DIDN'T HAVE MUCH MONEY, THAT'S
TRUE.
NOW HE HAS $150 MILLION, THAT'S WHAT THE CLINTON FAMILY
HAS, AND A LOT OF IT WAS THROUGH SPEAKING FEES.
AND I WOULD SAY
THE GREAT MAJORITY OF THOSE WERE FOR MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS
WHO SAID, GOOD JOB, BILL CLINTON.
AND HEY, MAY BE HILLARY
CLINTON NEXT.
SO THERE IS A LEGACY PROTECT, BUT THERE IS NOT
ANYONE WHO WILL LOOK BACK AND GO, OH, OBAMA, THE WAY HE FOUGHT
FOR THAT TRADE DEAL, IT HELPED THE LITTLE GUY SO MUCH.
NO, THE
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, ALMOST EVERY CORPORATION IN THE WORLD,
HIS FIGHTING TOOTH AND NAIL FOR THIS AGREEMENT, THAT'S WHO OBAMA
IS TRYING TO PROTECT FOR HIS LEGACY.
YOU WANT TO SAY THAT
HE'S A GOOD GUY, HE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT SPEAKING FEES, HE'LL BE A
NORMATIVE RICH ANYWAY, THAT'S A FINE ARGUMENT.
BUT
RIGHT NOW IT IS CLEAR IN HIS ACTIONS, NOT HIS WORDS, HIS
ACTIONS, WHO HE WORKS FOR.
AND IT TURNS OUT THE PEOPLE WHO GAVE
HIM BILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR HIS CAMPAIGNS ARE THE ONES WHO ARE
PULLING THE STRINGS.
I KNOW, HOW OUTRAGEOUS -- HOW DARE YOU SAY
THINGS THAT ARE OBVIOUSLY TRUE TO ALMOST ALL AMERICANS.
ALL
RIGHT --
HE'S GOING TO DO IT, HE DOESN'T CARE WHO IS
THEORETICALLY AGAINST IT AND HOW POORLY IT POLLS WITH THE
AMERICAN PUBLIC AND HOW THEY DON'T WANT IT -- THE AMERICAN
PUBLIC IS A SIDESHOW, AN INTERESTING NOTE, AND THE DONORS
ARE THE REAL DEAL.
OKAY --
WHAT GRASS ROOTS?
THOSE ARE ALL BIG FARMERS, THAT IS NOT THE
GUY WORKING AT WALMART IN IOWA.
THAT IS NOT THE GUY ON MAIN
STREET, THAT IS BUSINESS INTERESTS.
THEY SAID THEY TOOK
IT TO THE STREETS AND THEN THEY SAID THEY ARE GOING TO GO DEAL
WITH BUSINESS AND A CULTURE LEADERS, FORTUNE 500 EXECUTIVES.
WHAT DID I TELL YOU?
OF COURSE THEIR REAL CONSTITUENCY IS
BUSINESS INTERESTS, NOT YOUR INTERESTS.
OKAY --
IN OTHER WORDS, THEY ARE NOT GOING TO TALK TO REPUBLICAN
VOTERS.
HOW ARE THEY GOING TO PRESSURE REPUBLICANS?
THEY WILL
GO TO THEIR DONORS AND SAY REMEMBER, THESE BUSINESS
INTERESTS ARE STILL CUTTING YOUR CHECK, SO BOW YOUR HEAD.
I
THOUGHT YOU WERE TAKING TO THE STREETS, WHICH STREETS ARE YOU
TALKING ABOUT?
SO FAR NOT ONE THING ABOUT TALKING TO AMERICAN
CITIZENS WHO CARE ABOUT THE ISSUES AND ARE VOTERS AND WOULD
GET A JOB OUT OF THIS -- NO, WE ARE JUST TALKING TO THE PEOPLE
IN CHARGE.
THEY EXPLAIN --
LOOK AT THAT, ANOTHER TIME THEY GO TO A MEETING AND ANOTHER
CEO.
IT REALLY LOOKS LIKE YOU ARE MAKING AN EFFORT TO REACH
AMERICANS --
AND THE ONE WHO WROTE THAT IS WITH THE U.S. CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE.
IN OTHER WORDS, ALL OF THESE INTERESTS, INCLUDING THE
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, SCREAMING FROM THE HILLTOPS THAT YOU WILL
DO AS YOU ARE TOLD NO MATTER WHAT THE AMERICAN CITIZENS
THINK, NO MATTER WHAT THE TWO LEADING CANDIDATES IN THE RACE
THINK.
WHAT, DO YOU THINK YOU LIVE IN A DEMOCRACY?
NO, THE
BUSINESS INTERESTS HAVE MADE UP THEIR MINDS AND IT IS GOING TO
BE TPP, AND OBAMA WILL BE THERE GUY WHO WILL PUSH FOR IT AND GET
BOTH DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS TO GO ALONG WITH IT.
FINALLY
SOME ON THE LEFT HAVE WOKEN UP -- BOLDPROGRESSIVES.ORG AS A
PETITION LABELED SHAME ON OBAMA, AND IT EXPLAINS THIS.
ABOUT
TIME.
AND THIS UNDUE DEFERENCE TO THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT IS
TOTALLY UNCALLED FOR, HE IS OUR PRESIDENT IF HE IS FIGHTING FOR
AMERICANS.
IF HE IS FIGHTING FOR MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS, HE
IS THERE PRESIDENT.
SHAME ON OBAMA, TO SAY THE LEAST.
AND ALL
THESE PEOPLE WHO SAY TPP CAN'T HAPPEN, THE TEA PARTY IS AGAINST
IT, ALL THESE GUYS -- IT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
YOU THINK YOU RUN THIS
COUNTRY?
THEY RUN THIS COUNTRY.
BY HOOK OR BY CROOK THEY WILL
PASS THAT DAMN THING.
I TELL YOU AHEAD OF TIME.
MAYBE I'M WRONG,
MAYBE BY MAGIC -- MAYBE THEY ARE ALL EARNEST, AND ALL THOSE
REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS SAY I WILL VOTE AGAINST TPP, DESPITE
WHAT MY DONORS SAY.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT, LET'S SEE HOW IT
TURNS OUT.