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New Obama mailer…
It’s the final push here in Ohio, and the fight’s come down to NAFTA.
The Obama campaign this week sent out a new mailer on trade, accusing Clinton of flip-flopping on the issue.
Clinton, meanwhile, has disputed that she ever supported the trade agreement. During the Feb. 26 debate between her and Obama in Cleveland, she described herself as a “critic of NAFTA from the very beginning.”
“I didn’t have a public position on it because I was part of the administration,” she said. “But when I started running for the Senate, I have been a critic.”
She said some areas have benefitted from NAFTA, such as Texas, but said others - such as upstate New York and Ohio - have not.
She said if elected, she would have a trade time-out and spend part of that time trying to fix NAFTA to include core labor and environmental standards in the agreement. And she said she’d work to make the agreement more enforceable.
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By alice
March 3, 2008 11:43 AM | Link to this
did you know that mccain said he could make monkeys fly out his butt? sjl show me the quote and source…By sjl
March 2, 2008 8:50 PM | Link to this
zak/mohamed how do you feel that obama told the Canadian government that not to worry about his rhetoric on the campaign in regards to NAFTA?By mohamed
March 2, 2008 1:36 PM | Link to this
100% is true with all the respect for senator clinton, i have a problem with her judgment in some issues. Forinstance, NAFTA and iraq war. “if i knew what i know now i wouldn’t have voted this way or that is not enough”. when it comes to NAFTA you were part of your husband’s administaration. Does that mean you couldn’t say this trade agreement is not good for America. I lost my job because of NAFTA. I see what is hapening in this state(OHIO) and many parts of this country. People are suffering in many ways. Then you went to washington and became a US Senator i do respect your service for this country and then you voted the war in Iraq. America is bleeding,we are spending Billions of dollars in a wrong war and folks are suffering here in Ohio because of your poor judgments and the poor judgments of many others in Washington.By Zak
February 29, 2008 10:04 PM | Link to this
with all the respect for senator clinton, i have a problem with her judgment in some issues. Forinstance, NAFTA and iraq war. “if i knew what i know now i wouldn’t have voted this way or that is not enough”. when it comes to NAFTA you were part of your husband’s administaration. Does that mean you couldn’t say this trade agreement is not good for America. I lost my job because of NAFTA. I see what is hapening in this state(OHIO) and many parts of this country. People are suffering in many ways. Then you went to washington and became a US Senator i do respect your service for this country and then you voted the war in Iraq. America is bleeding,we are spending Billions of dollars in a wrong war and folks are suffering here in Ohio because of your poor judgments and the poor judgments of many others in Washington.By Zak
February 29, 2008 10:03 PM | Link to this
with all the respect for senator clinton, i have a problem with her judgment in some issues. Forinstance, NAFTA and iraq war. “if i knew what i know now i wouldn’t have voted this way or that is not enough”. when it comes to NAFTA you were part of your husband’s administaration. Does that mean you couldn’t say this trade agreement is not good for America. I lost my job because of NAFTA. I see what is hapening in this state(OHIO) and many parts of this country. People are suffering in many ways. Then you went to washington and became a US Senator i do respect your service for this country and then you voted the war in Iraq. America is bleeding,we are spending Billions of dollars in a wrong war and folks are suffering here in Ohio because of your poor judgments and the poor judgments of many others in Washington.