2016 Postmortem

elmac

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26. Yes & she needs to take a good look at all of MI

Reply to ViseGrip (Original post)

Sat Feb 6, 2016, 10:53 PM

Feb 2016

jobs are still being flushed south all over the state.

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Hillary when you get to Flint, take a good look around at the poster city for NAFTA [View all] ViseGrip Feb 2016 OP

kick (nt) bigwillq Feb 2016 #1

I wonder if she'll field amy questions about that JackInGreen Feb 2016 #2

It sure did Kall Feb 2016 #24

imagine what the tpp will do. thanks obama. no, seriously roguevalley Feb 2016 #72

Yooge plus one! Enthusiast Feb 2016 #74

Michael Moore took a former auto worker from Flint to meet the guy you got his job in Mexico. Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2016 #63

Bernie, when you head back to Burlington, take a good look at the college your wife has MADem Feb 2016 #3

She has first lady on her resume....also remember "two for the price of one." Punkingal Feb 2016 #5

This. kath Feb 2016 #8

Two for the price of one means each has a "portfolio." MADem Feb 2016 #10

Tell her that...she brags about her accomplishments as first lady. Punkingal Feb 2016 #12

She had several portfolios, and she executed them superbly. MADem Feb 2016 #21

And you sound like a recording. Punkingal Feb 2016 #39

No. It means If I buy A and get B free I saved half on each. bunnies Feb 2016 #16

No, they aren't. She wasn't on the ballot with Bill. MADem Feb 2016 #17

She might as well have been on the ballot. bunnies Feb 2016 #22

Wow--what a great pin! Wish I had one of those! MADem Feb 2016 #25

Two for the price of one. bunnies Feb 2016 #15

Go back to post seventeen, and read that. nt MADem Feb 2016 #18

These grapes taste sour Lordquinton Feb 2016 #31

Yes....the OP should have brought a pie, instead. nt MADem Feb 2016 #33

What does it have to do with the OP? Lordquinton Feb 2016 #64

She said recently that she will turn to Bill for economic advice Armstead Feb 2016 #37

Good. I hope she also turns to him for advice on other issues, too. MADem Feb 2016 #41

Are you serious? zalinda Feb 2016 #58

I do not send money to the Clinton Foundation. Manifestor_of_Light Feb 2016 #77

Comparing a university to a trade deal that has destroyed labor, environmental standards Feeling the Bern Feb 2016 #42

No. Trying to conflate a candidate and their spouse is what the problem is, here. MADem Feb 2016 #45

Personal attack on my intelligence. HRC would be proud. you're on ignore. Feeling the Bern Feb 2016 #46

Well, that's not true, either. MADem Feb 2016 #48

where are your links? hopemountain Feb 2016 #59

Yes, it is. Lorien Feb 2016 #78

+ 1000000000000 !!!!!!!!!!! orpupilofnature57 Feb 2016 #4

Absolutely true. kath Feb 2016 #6

No she doesn't ejbr Feb 2016 #13

Oh, okay. I thought it depended on what day of the week it is. kath Feb 2016 #14

Yes! Flint was hit hard by Nafta. jillan Feb 2016 #7

Shows what great government you get when you start negotiations NorthCarolina Feb 2016 #9

Third way Democrats are willing to put a band-aid over the wreckage. pa28 Feb 2016 #11

The Datsun Bluebird aka 510 hit US showrooms in 1967, 27 years before NAFTA was signed. ucrdem Feb 2016 #19

LEMON LAWS were all the rage for a reason...and the lemons, sadly, were coming out of Detroit. MADem Feb 2016 #23

GM had two rounds of major layoffs in 1986 and 1991 bluestateguy Feb 2016 #28

NAFTA/CAFTA did not destroy Flint, they buried Flint... at least according to Michael Moore. Kip Humphrey Feb 2016 #29

Moore is not the sharpest tool in the shed . ucrdem Feb 2016 #30

Flint plant was mostly shifted to Mexico. HooptieWagon Feb 2016 #32

And back, before NAFTA. June 21, 1993: "GM To Move Auto Jobs From Mexico To Michigan" ucrdem Feb 2016 #36

Moved to Lansing, not Flint. HooptieWagon Feb 2016 #38

The point is they'd already shifted there and back before NAFTA. Sorry about that meme. nt ucrdem Feb 2016 #40

and back from Canada after "Roger and Me" the devil Feb 2016 #50

GM employment went from 80,000 to 8,000. HooptieWagon Feb 2016 #51

And Moore is back under the bus! Lordquinton Feb 2016 #35

This message was self-deleted by its author JackRiddler Feb 2016 #62

And yet, Moore is from Flint. intheflow Feb 2016 #68

K & R AzDar Feb 2016 #20

Yes & she needs to take a good look at all of MI elmac Feb 2016 #26

Jobs Are Going To The Race To The Bottom States scottie55 Feb 2016 #34

I thought the same thing earlier today. nt Skwmom Feb 2016 #27

Kick and rec n/t warrprayer Feb 2016 #43

Detroit was doomed the minute people realized foreign cars were better, cheaper, higher mileage, etc Hoyt Feb 2016 #44

This is the bottom line. MADem Feb 2016 #47

Exactly. I bet most of the people complaining about NAFTA drive foreign cars. nt SunSeeker Feb 2016 #53

Sure, just like homeowners who build near the water complain about flood rates. ViseGrip Feb 2016 #55

Hill had noting to do with NAFTA, and everything to do with Flint's oasis Feb 2016 #49

She takes credit for Bills presidency. HooptieWagon Feb 2016 #52

She takes credit--as she SHOULD--for HER achievements as First Lady of the United States. MADem Feb 2016 #57

Janes not running for president. HooptieWagon Feb 2016 #60

Racism poisoned Flint, not NAFTA. nt SunSeeker Feb 2016 #54

NAFTA decimated Flint's GM auto workers nt amborin Feb 2016 #71

A Timeline Of Hillary Clinton's Evolution On Trade 6chars Feb 2016 #56

Really should go back further. HooptieWagon Feb 2016 #61

Yes Hill, 'Look Into It' and tell us what you 'Can't Do'. nt Live and Learn Feb 2016 #65

Laughing my ASS off. bvar22 Feb 2016 #66

bvar, when you also see Kissinger touted by the same people... Oilwellian Feb 2016 #67

and they wonder why people are laving the Democratic party. n/t dana_b Feb 2016 #70

Another of America's neoliberal economic sacrifice zones. PotatoChip Feb 2016 #69

This is the truth. The conditions in Flint are a result of the trade deals. Enthusiast Feb 2016 #73

One of Michael Moore's first movies....on Flint MI - I hope he's gettting well he's in the hospital. ViseGrip Feb 2016 #75

Point ViseGrip ! Ferd Berfel Feb 2016 #76