Re: [Dems2008] Re: Does Barack Obama Suck?

I don't recall anyone on this list saying they opposed Clinton because of this.  As a matter of fact we have been through this already.  Do you have anything new??  Anything personal you would like to add instead of just cutting and pasting from the I love Hillary Play book?  But just to be fair here are both of their Free Trade Comments and Votes again.

 

Hillary Clinton on Free Trade

• AdWatch: Supported NAFTA in 1998; opposed CAFTA since 2005. (Jan 2008)
• FactCheck: for NAFTA while First Lady; now against CAFTA. (Oct 2007)
• Export from big agribusiness, but also from small farmers. (Aug 2007)
• Smart, pro-American trade: NAFTA has hurt workers. (Aug 2007)
• No fast-track authority for this president. (Aug 2007)
• Better approach: real trade adjustment assistance. (Aug 2007)
• End tax breaks for outsourcing jobs. (Jun 2007)
• Defended outsourcing of US jobs to India. (Oct 2005)
• Globalization should not substitute for humanization. (Jun 1999)
• Supports MFN for China, despite concerns over human rights. (Oct 2000)

  Voting Record

• Voted against CAFTA despite Bill Clinton's pushing NAFTA. (Oct 2005)
• Voted YES on free trade agreement with Oman. (Jun 2006)
• Voted NO on implementing CAFTA for Central America free-trade. (Jul 2005)
• Voted YES on establishing free trade between US & Singapore. (Jul 2003)
• Voted YES on establishing free trade between the US and Chile. (Jul 2003)
• Voted NO on extending free trade to Andean nations. (May 2002)
• Voted YES on granting normal trade relations status to Vietnam. (Oct 2001)
• Voted YES on removing common goods from national security export rules. (Sep 2001)
• Rated 17% by CATO, indicating a pro-fair trade voting record. (Dec 2002)

Barack Obama on Free Trade

• More Transition Assistance for displaced workers. (Feb 2008)
• Enforce environmental & labor provisions in trade agreements. (Jan 2008)
• Enforce existing safety laws against Chinese products. (Dec 2007)
• NAFTA needs to be amended. (Dec 2007)
• Stand firm against CAFTA for labor & environmental standards. (Aug 2007)
• Congress subsidizes megafarms & hurts family farmers. (Aug 2007)
• People don't want cheaper T-shirts if it costs their job. (Aug 2007)
• Amend NAFTA to add labor agreements. (Aug 2007)
• Reinvest in communities that are burdened by globalization. (Jun 2007)
• Insist on labor and human rights standards for China trade. (Jul 2004)
• Fair trade should have tangible benefits for US. (Jun 2004)
• Voted YES on free trade agreement with Oman. (Jun 2006)
• Voted NO on implementing CAFTA for Central America free-trade. (Jul 2005)
  
  pappy2126 <pappy8125@yahoo.com> wrote:

For those who oppose Hillary Clinton's candidacy because of
President Clinton's support for NAFTA, you need to know that Barack
Obama -- when he had the chance to vote against NAFTA -- voted,
instead, to EXPAND NAFTA.

Yes, Obama voted to EXPAND NAFTA.
<< In contrast to most of the Democratic presidential candidates who
oppose the Peru NAFTA expansion, Sens. Hillary Clinton of New York
and Barack Obama of Illinois SUPPORT it.>>"Obama Says He Will Vote
for NAFTA Expansion" at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-
sirota/breaking-obama-says-he-w_b_67780.html

Here is a email I received from a person who lives in southern
Illinois.

Nafta has killed our economy here in Illinois. Our jobs are now in
Mexico. My son is now a coal miner instead of a maytag factory
worker. He is in danger every day, but he has a job, unlike most of
his peers. We have high unemployment due to all the industry leaving
and going to Mexico. Unemployment leads to desparate measures by
desparate people. who are hungry, no housing and have no clothes for
their children.