[1rudeboy]

If he tries to argue in favor of outsourcing, it's all over for him, he might just as well hand the election to Kerry.

Witness all the potential Kerry voters on this thread.

[BikePacker]

If he tries to argue in favor of outsourcing, it's all over for him, he might just as well hand the election to Kerry.

Witness all the potential Kerry voters on this thread.

No one has supported Lurch - and besides, he's beholden to the same "Captains of Industry" who are shoving this down our throats.

[Texas_Dawg]

Witness all the potential Kerry voters on this thread.

Most of them are probably trolls anyway. Trade is good for an economy and the American economy has just continued to boom as its markets have been freed.

[WilliamofCarmichael]

President George W. Bush hit back at Democratic critics of his administration's job-creation efforts on Tuesday, branding them as "economic isolationists"

I think it's offshoring more than mere outsourcing that's the issue.

Not all of dem Rats oppose offshoring. On this issue Hillary is the President's sister.

According to the WSJ (Daniel Henninger) Hillary defended offshoring against Lou Dobbs' criticism of Tata Consultancy in Buffalo by saying, "I know they outsource jobs," the senator replied with the patience of Job, "but they've brought jobs to Buffalo. You know, outsourcing does work both ways."

"I'm not in favor of putting up fences around the country," said the Senator. [end excerpt]

"Free" trade supporters offer little more than a kind of "It's for the children" feeeeeeeeling as the benefit of "free" trade. Oddly, some are among the most vocal opponents of Kyoto, a thinly disguised ruse to distribute wealth to "developing nations."

But what is this version of "free" trade? Sending our technology, manufacturing, and IT-enabled services off shore and importing those goods and services redistributes wealth to "developing nations." Bad enough but what is really maddening is the way those nations became ready to receive our goodies. To wit, our government's help in building their infrastructures.

So why don't "free" traders join Hillary and support Kyoto also? Both take from those who have and give to those who need. Both remove resources from our Republic and give the resource to others. Oh, yeah. One helps the pocketbooks of a some Americans and the other doesn't..

This version of "free" trade is jobs chasing cheap labor and short-term gain, fair enough. That's life. But I suppose it's too much to ask 'em to stop lying about it?

[westerfield]

I'm thinking more about the independent voters that Bush needs to win over...you know, the Ross Perot people who never cared for NAFTA in the first place? He had better re--think his stategy and emphasize something else, arguing in favor of outsourcing would be a very risky tactic.

[clamper1797]

Witness all the potential Kerry voters on this thread.

Don't worry 1rb I wouldn't vote for Kerry if I lived under a bridge ... and would vote for Bush against Kerry if the election appears to be close and my vote is needed to keep the dims out of office