Who believes in free trade?

[Caro]

NAFTA: Us, Hillary and the "Boon" (Spin Cycle, New York Newsday)
The Democratic campaign has moved in earnest to Ohio, where times are tough and NAFTA has become a dirty word. In an effort to score points, Barack Obama has been dropping a mail-piece … that repeats a charge he has made several other times during the campaign -- that "Hillary Clinton believed NAFTA was 'a boon' to the economy."… As it turns out, the primary source is us… Because it's raised questions -- with Clinton criticizing Obama for making "false claims" in the mail piece -- we've looked into the chart. In it, we did not have the Clinton campaign using the word "boon" in describing NAFTA… Obama's use of the citation in this way does strike us as misleading. The quote marks make it look as if Hillary said "boon," not us. It's an example of the kind of slim reeds campaigns use to try to win an office.

Click through to see a graphic of the mailing. Remember, Carl Bernstein, who wrote a book about Hillary Clinton, has said she opposed NAFTA in the 90s, but of course she couldn’t go public about that. Even now, it has to be a tricky topic for her, but as she and Bill Clinton both have said, there was supposed to be a safety net for displaced workers to go along with NAFTA, but somehow the Republicans in control of Congress wouldn’t let that part go through.

Obama: "I Believe In Free Trade" (by LindaSFNM, posting at MyDD)
Senator Obama: "I believe in the Free Market. I believe in Capitalism. I believe in Free Trade. I am not worried about us being able to compete anywhere on earth with American workers"-Obama. Too bad, at least Hillary does.

Click through for a link to the video.

Carolyn Kay
MakeThemAccountable.com

[Selatius]

1. I favor fair trade instead.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_trade

[RaleighNCDUer]

2. "..she and Bill Clinton both have said, there was supposed to be a safety net for displaced workers

go along with NAFTA, but somehow the Republicans in control of Congress wouldn’t let that part go through."

Which is a repeated problem she has - vote for bad legislation, thinking it will be fixed later. It's 15 years later, and we're still waiting to fix NAFTA. It was the same way with the medicare prescription bill, it will be the same with her healthcare reform.