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Dems Will Win (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 09:55 PM Original message |
The Clintons' NAFTA impoverished MILLIONS of women, children, farmers and Mexican corn growers |
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annie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
1. Yeah, can anyone explain to me why he fought so hard to pass that?... |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
2. But Wall Street Made A Killing! |
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Tom Rinaldo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
3. Too bad NAFTA had such an effective advocate in Al Gore |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 10:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. What Gore argued for had the environmental and labor protections |
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Dems Will Win (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 10:35 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Glad you mentioned that. This is the critical point at which Bill and Hillary sold out the workers |
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annie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 11:34 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. yeah, that was pretty sick. it makes me really hate bill for it... |
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Evergreen Emerald (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
4. It's all Clinton's fault |
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Dems Will Win (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 10:04 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Clinton fought for the Republican version and signed it instead of vetoing it |
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Evergreen Emerald (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 10:05 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Hillary Clinton alone is responsible. |
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Dems Will Win (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 10:13 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. OK here's some more: |
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Evergreen Emerald (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 10:24 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. And here is some reading for you. |
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Dems Will Win (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 10:28 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Oh good, now you've decided to show me something to read, now you're getting the hang of it! |
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Evergreen Emerald (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 10:33 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. why don't you...go |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 08:36 PM Response to Reply #6 |
60. Good grief, don't you remember HRC was President then?! IT''S ALL HER FAULT!!! |
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niceypoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 10:03 AM Response to Reply #6 |
73. Hillary wasnt president you imbicile |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 10:11 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. The Hannity enabled by the 1996 Telecommunications Act? |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 04:53 PM Response to Reply #8 |
40. is Nader running? |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 08:06 PM Response to Reply #40 |
57. Perhaps.. |
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vssmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 05:52 PM Response to Reply #8 |
45. Did you watch Bill Moyers today? |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 11:39 PM Response to Reply #4 |
22. Stop it Godamm it all !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Evergreen Emerald (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 12:09 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Look It is reasonable to talk about the problems with Nafta and to |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 12:23 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Children dying is not a "right-wing" talking point |
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Donna Zen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 05:37 PM Response to Reply #25 |
44. The right-wing talking points |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 08:33 PM Response to Reply #25 |
59. But the posters aren't saying kids are dying - they are saying that |
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Andy823 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
7. Yeah we need more of this |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
13. But, but, but... the Des Moines Register editors think Hillary is FDR incarnate! |
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Nedsdag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 10:42 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. It's so "Hillaryous" that I forgot to laugh. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 10:55 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Unfortunately, Hillaryous jokes are often on us political peons. |
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Rydz777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 11:28 PM Response to Original message |
18. NAFTA, a disaster on both sides of the border, was cooked up |
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annie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 11:32 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Can you help me understand why bill wanted that so badly? |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 11:45 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Bill has a corporate elite view of the world |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 12:58 AM Response to Reply #19 |
27. Two theories |
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K Gardner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 01:16 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Well stated, good insight.. thanks :-) |
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LeFleur1 (973 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 12:14 PM Response to Reply #27 |
77. Bill's Presidency |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 06:06 PM Response to Reply #19 |
49. There's a pattern. |
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K Gardner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 01:14 AM Response to Reply #18 |
28. I seem to remember at the time that it was touted as the greatest thing since |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 06:17 PM Response to Reply #28 |
51. Not everybody drank the "Free Trade Kool-Aid". |
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K Gardner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 08:08 PM Response to Reply #51 |
58. Not sure how I could have fogotten Perot and the stink he raised about that.. |
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annie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
21. i'm surprised Obama didn't hit her with this. |
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Dems Will Win (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 09:49 AM Response to Reply #21 |
37. He will be soon I hope. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 09:01 AM Response to Reply #21 |
67. Obama supports NAFTA. nt. |
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fightindonkey (674 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 12:03 AM Response to Original message |
24. Hillary's Fault Always |
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Perry Logan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 07:13 AM Response to Original message |
30. I've got your "Clintons' NAFTA" right here. Gore was also instrumental in getting it passed. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 09:03 AM Response to Reply #30 |
69. Yep. He's a phoney environmentalist: ship jobs to unregulated China/Mexico, raise standards here |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
31. Hear, Hear! |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 08:46 AM Response to Original message |
32. But..but...HRC has experience...the right kind of experience and |
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pipoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
33. I will never forget the news conference |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
34. Thank you for this information. This issue should get more attention than it is. |
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ThePowerofWill (462 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
35. Reminds me of some talking head i heard on NPR. |
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Dems Will Win (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 09:48 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. NAFTA destroyed the livelihood of 15 million Mexicans living in farm families |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 09:05 AM Response to Reply #35 |
70. Dude: That was *PAUL KRUGMAN* the "liberal" free-trading economist. |
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Tom Rinaldo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
38. Dennis Kucinich by far has the least fingerprints on N.A.F.T.A |
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Dems Will Win (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 03:49 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Kucinich unfortunately is not viable, and never was |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
41. actually, Clinton didn't push the "Republican" version |
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Morereason (496 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 05:32 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. As if that could not be forseen, China was already a world labor force |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
42. Can we all agree that we need jobs here in the USA? |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 07:21 PM Response to Reply #42 |
54. "Taking care of our own people first" oversimplifies it and leads |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 09:02 AM Response to Reply #54 |
68. Enlightened self-interest is the conceptual basis for democracy. nt |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 09:57 AM Response to Reply #54 |
72. Wait and see who will help us when we have our economic melt down. |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
46. In the '92 campaign Bill said he wouldn't sign NAFTA |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 06:42 PM Response to Reply #46 |
52. that's not true |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 07:37 PM Response to Reply #52 |
56. Clinton pushed for the treaty as it was signed by Bush. |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 08:40 PM Response to Reply #56 |
62. No. |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 12:34 AM Response to Reply #62 |
64. "side agreements" |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
47. It's only Mexicans for crying out loud. What's the big deal? |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
48. Clinton gave us the Walmart economy. |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 06:49 PM Response to Reply #48 |
53. more untruths from you |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 07:27 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. I have facts while you cut and paste. |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 08:42 PM Response to Reply #55 |
63. You didn't post any statistics. |
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pipoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 11:39 AM Response to Reply #53 |
75. ... |
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Robert Oak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
50. disaster in 2008, NAFTA |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
61. Gore had plenty to do with that too nt |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
65. And who is the candidate who opposed NAFTA at the time? n/t |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 11:39 AM Response to Reply #65 |
76. Doesn't matter... he 'can't win', so most will support someone else. |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-18-07 08:09 PM Response to Reply #76 |
79. Many, but not all. |
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MethuenProgressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 08:28 AM Response to Original message |
66. Bill Clinton isn't running. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 09:16 AM Response to Reply #66 |
71. Pssst. His wife is, and she's promising more of the same. nt |
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MethuenProgressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 11:34 AM Response to Reply #71 |
74. Pssst. Not everything Edwabama says is true. nt |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-17-07 05:00 PM Response to Reply #74 |
78. Hillary ain't running? Has anyone told Mark Penn? nt |
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