Reply #14: Reality check. Bill Clinton pushed NAFTA through Congress. The Clintons own NAFTA.

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If she really was at all involved in policy when she lived in the White House, if she had any worthwhile experience there, the public would have heard about her opposing NAFTA. NAFTA is NOT "free trade". It is a corporate-sponsored trade agreement to prevent free trade, that is, to prevent competition. It is designed to carve up trade areas for a cartel of corporations. Stop using corporate propaganda in discussing this issue.

Moreover, this was Clinton's project from day one. Many Congressional Democrats opposed NAFTA. Clinton twisted their arms to get it pushed through Congress. He considered it one of his major accomplishments. Why any union member would believe that Clinton was on their side is beyond belief.

Moreover, Clinton pushed through Republican-designed "welfare reform". This was supposed to get those lazy "welfare queens" who sponged off of the taxpayers to put their kids in day-care and get "jobs". Why women would look upon a former Republican from an upper middle class background whose husband bragged about pushing through policies that made women's lives more difficult as their preferred candidate also mystifies me.

Bill Clinton also drove the stake into the Glass-Steagall Act, a part of FDR's New Deal, which was designed to prevent the kind of scams that led to the mortgage meltdown we see today. The Clintons are NO populists, and no friends of labor.

If people are going to discuss the relative merits between the candidates, let us at least consider their historical actions, and not just their campaign rhetoric.

One last rant about Clinton. When Joe Lieberman endorsed John McCain, there was a flurry of condemnation. Hillary's de facto endorsement of McCain over another Democrat, Obama, has brought forth unusual silence on DU. Party loyalty does not seem to be a major issue for Democrats. Could that have any bearing on why the Democrats have trouble winning?