tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869680.post8525526572881115998..comments2023-11-12T00:30:15.262+09:00Comments on Monster Island (actually a peninsula)*: Wall Street Journal bashes Obama on ROK-US free-trade agreementkushibohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10306033998028548550noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869680.post-91804724491718078682009-03-29T19:28:00.000+09:002009-03-29T19:28:00.000+09:00This is probably the main reason that it is so tou...<B>This is probably the main reason that it is so tough to sludge through the comments on some of the more commented blogs. </B><BR/><BR/>Yep. The only reason I even try is because there are some gems of information amongst all the negative comments or the innocuous chitchat. Some of it from commenters I typically disagree with. <BR/><BR/>I deal with that by going cold turkey as far as Marmot's Hole comments go.<BR/><BR/><B>I tend to agree with the WSJ, but I think that the Obama admistrations is just giving the appearance of reworking the deal. I ultimately believe that the will pass the agreement.</B><BR/><BR/>I was thinking the same thing: Maybe they have to throw a bone to Big Union but they'll pass it anyway, especially after the EU has done so. <BR/><BR/><B>After Korea was singled out in a couple of his speeches for trade issues during his campign, I think that he will wait and let the dust settle (or at least until Detroit is worried about other things)before signing off on it.</B><BR/><BR/>That's possible, but I think the public can easily shift their attention focus. But it's the Republicans that generally want to take Obama down and most of them want this FTA, so maybe Obama will be in the clear.kushibohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10306033998028548550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869680.post-71805163004196596712009-03-29T13:02:00.000+09:002009-03-29T13:02:00.000+09:00A lot of commenters in the Korea-blogosphere seem ...<I>A lot of commenters in the Korea-blogosphere seem to enjoy bashing the KORUS FTA, some of them apparently out of some twisted revenge for negative experiences at the hand of some Korean or other</I><BR/><BR/>This is probably the main reason that it is so tough to sludge through the comments on some of the more commented blogs. <BR/><BR/>I tend to agree with the WSJ, but I think that the Obama admistrations is just giving the appearance of reworking the deal. I ultimately believe that the will pass the agreement. After Korea was singled out in a couple of his speeches for trade issues during his campign, I think that he will wait and let the dust settle (or at least until Detroit is worried about other things)before signing off on it.JRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12335084708451285195noreply@blogger.com