[Soul of the South]

South Vietnam was abandoned to the communists under the Republican administration of Gerald Ford. In 2006 communist Vietnam signed a special trade agreement with the US reducing tariffs to 15% or less for most Vietnamese goods brought into the US and eliminating completely all textile and apparel quotas. The legislation was signed by Republican President George W. Bush. The Vietnamese communists we sacrificed over 50,000 lives and billions of dollars to defeat are now major trading partners. It is ironic the Republican Mr. Bush decided to sacrifice American jobs to build up the economy of still communist Vietnam. Seems like something Mr. McGovern would applaud.

[Alberta's Child]

I don't think the U.S. is losing too many jobs to Vietnam. All of the information I've seen indicates that the growth of Vietnam as a U.S. trading partner has resulted in a huge displacement of jobs from China.

Oh, the irony of it all.

[Carry_Okie]

South Vietnam was abandoned to the communists under the Republican administration of Gerald Ford.

Nixon was elected for the position Ford held. The point was about electing RINOs.

It is ironic the Republican Mr. Bush decided to sacrifice American jobs to build up the economy of still communist Vietnam.

The word I would use would be "typical." Bush was no conservative, but conservatism took the hit for what he did because we fell for his "pro-life" positions, which to my mind were little more than a cover.

Seems like something Mr. McGovern would applaud.

Indeed.