Clark seeks to keep tech jobs in the U.S. (Acxiom, Kosovo too)

Nashua Telegraph ^ | January 15, 2004 | Kevin Landrigan

[PhiKapMom]

This message is for all the naysayers on this thread that Republicans blew it -- just how are we supposed to keep companies from going overseas?

Why don't you ask the unions what happened? While their fat cat heads played around drawing their big salaries, the jobs went overseas. But it is much easier to blame Bush for what is obviously not his fault.

We had an article in our paper of someone making $30 and hour that was laid off and then offered a job at $25 -- wouldn't take a pay cut and was then worried about paying the mortgage. Give me a break!

Anyone on this thread that believes that Clark can do anything about IT jobs leaving to go overseas has got their head in the sand or want a big tax raise. Your anti-Bush bias is showing BTW. Name a topic and some of you are out in force with your "Blame Bush First" mentality.

Just wait until Dems get out their tax package -- it calls for cancelling all Bush tax cuts. That extra money would be gone but that makes no difference -- "Blame Bush First" is better than talking about Clark and his asisnine statements.

[Democratshavenobrains]

“I saved 1.5 million people and they got even. I think it was a good trade.’’

Delusions of granduer anyone?

[Incorrigible]

"A chicken in every pot and a car in every garage."
-- Herber Hoover

"A job for every programmer and a date for every weekend."
-- Wesley Clark

[Texas_Dawg]

Smart move by Clark. There are thousands of laid off or lowly paid American programmers who are pissed that they have been replaced or might in the future be replaced by Indians and Chinese. I don't understand why Bush hasn't made any attempt to search for votes from this group. Quite the opposite, he has expressed support for increasing H1B visas.

Because Bush believes in capitalism, not socialism like Wesley Clark.

[Texas_Dawg]

I was waiting for a politician to pick this up, especially since Bush has shyed away from talking about it. Well beyond trying to increase the H1b program to a "anyone that wants to work for cheap, come on down!" amnesty lite program.

Haha. Is your homepage a joke?

[HAL9000]

Check.

[NYC Republican]

Weasel Clark is a lying, two-faced scumbag scoundrel. His hypocrisy (I'm watching Jamie Rubin on Fox lying on his behalf) is disgusting. He'll say or do anything to get elected. Check out his pushing for the Iraq war two months before the attack. What an a$$!

[Jordan Vandenberg]

Jeez! The hypocrisy is stunning!

[Seselj]

Actually it is the people who support increasing H1B visas who are the socialists, because they are demanding that the government interfere with the natural functioning of the American labor market.

Besides, capitalism is only for the in-crowd (ie other Americans). Screw the Indians/Chinese.

[Texas_Dawg]

Actually it is the people who support increasing H1B visas who are the socialists, because they are demanding that the government interfere with the natural functioning of the American labor market.

So do you support completely free immigration to the US. That would be pure capitalism. H1Bs at least move a little closer to that.

[lugsoul]

Before you believe the Drudge spin, perhaps you should read the entire transcript. Some folks are displaying a little intellectual dishonesty in spinning his testimony to Congress. He said Saddam was a threat, but not an "imminent" threat, that the US should try more diplomacy before deciding to use force because "time [was] on our side," and that there was no need for the Congressional resolution to authorize the President to proceed with force. Actually, it is very similar to the revised Kerry position.

BTW, I'm no Clark operative. It just irritates me when pols and pundits of any party misrepresent the statements of others for political purposes. Such tactics place us in the same slime pit as the Dems.