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Danforth's Cheap Shot on Free Trade the Only Sour Note at Reagan Funeral
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| Saturday, June 19, 2004
| Alan Tonelson
Posted on 06/22/2004 1:12:26 PM PDT by Willie Green
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To: AAABEST; afraidfortherepublic; A. Pole; arete; billbears; Digger; DoughtyOne; ex-snook; ...
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posted on
06/22/2004 1:13:16 PM PDT
by
Willie Green
(Go Pat Go!!!)
To: Willie Green
No matter how you twist it Willie, Reagan still considered himself a free trader.
To: Willie Green
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posted on
06/22/2004 1:16:52 PM PDT
by
Fiddlstix
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To: Willie Green
Any alleged cheap shots from Danforth were offset by Ron Jr’s cheap shots at Bush during the funeral.
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posted on
06/22/2004 1:22:13 PM PDT
by
Craigon
To: Craigon
Any alleged cheap shots from Danforth were offset by Ron Jr’s cheap shots at Bush during the funeral. Yeah, it is hard to figure out why it is a cheap shot.
To: Craigon
Any alleged cheap shots from Danforth were offset by Ron Jr’s cheap shots at Bush during the funeral. Yeah, it is hard to figure out why it is a cheap shot.
To: Always Right
Reagan still considered himself a free trader.And rightly so.
Unlike the neocon influenced current administration, Ronald Reagan had the personal integrity to pursue free trade on a fair and level playing field.
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posted on
06/22/2004 1:27:15 PM PDT
by
Willie Green
(Go Pat Go!!!)
To: Willie Green
How is .. "Isolationism was not an option; neither was protectionism" a cheap shot? Sounds pretty benign to me. Or should he have touted protectionism? I dont get it..
To: Willie Green
Unlike the neocon influenced current administration, Ronald Reagan had the personal integrity to pursue free trade on a fair and level playing field. This so-called neocon-influenced administration that put tarrifs on steel.....You can make a similar case for Bush as for Reagan.
To: Willie Green
The respect I gained for Danforth during the Thomas confirmation hearings was lost as he presided over the Waco whitewash.
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posted on
06/22/2004 1:39:14 PM PDT
by
Middle Man
(No matter who you vote for, the government always gets in.~Neil Innes)
To: Always Right
Huh? He said Reagan believed in free trade, and that Bush is partly impeding it.
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posted on
06/22/2004 1:40:04 PM PDT
by
the OlLine Rebel
(I was there! I passed Reagan's casket 6/10 3:40 PM!)
To: Always Right
You can make a similar case for Bush as for Reagan.No you can't.
Bush's steel tariffs were an excercise in pandering hypocrisy.
He systematicly castrated them with hundreds off loopholes and exemptions, and lamely lifted them as soon as the Euroweenies whined to the WTO. A patheticly spineless and shallow gesture compared to Reagan's firm committment to America's best interests.
To: Middle Man
The respect I gained for Danforth during the Thomas confirmation hearings was lost as he presided over the Waco whitewash.So very true. The question also remains as why he was ask. Remember he when governor of Missouri would go hunting & fishing with Bubba. My analysis - the "Two-Party Cartel" protecting itself.
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posted on
06/22/2004 1:49:15 PM PDT
by
Digger
To: Always Right
This so-called neocon-influenced administration that put tarrifs on steel.....Good point. Name calling and labels like "neocon", "free trade", and "fair and level playing field" (free traitor anyone?) are great for food fights and politics. Earning a living requires specifics.
Reagan changed America's course by tearing down tariff walls with fast track trade agreements, working with GATT, and putting more countries on MFN status. This has been the trend ever since, and we have more and better paying jobs than ever. Another trend he started was the reduction of spending and taxes in proportion to a faster growing economy.
To: Willie Green
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posted on
06/22/2004 1:52:38 PM PDT
by
MEG33
(John Kerry's been AWOL for two decades on issues of National Security)
To: Always Right
Reagan still considered himself a free traderBut what he PRACTICED was Fair Trade with an America First flavor.
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posted on
06/22/2004 2:01:58 PM PDT
by
ninenot
(Minister of Membership, TomasTorquemadaGentlemen'sClub)
To: Willie Green
I loved Danforth's sermon about dark Vs. light...it was very good.
It was much better than the sermon that pastor preached to Nancy and the kids there at the end in CA.
To: MEG33
"What cheap shot? "The one where he said that Reagan would have supported free trade making China a permanent favorite trading partner. Free trade created more jobs in China than in America. Reagan put a tariff on bikes to protect Harley Davidson when jobs were on the line. Reagan wanted trade not job exporting.
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posted on
06/22/2004 2:21:01 PM PDT
by
ex-snook
(Islam's WMD is our war against the birth of children.)
To: Willie Green
I wonder if the author of this piece wants some cheese with his whine.
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posted on
06/22/2004 2:24:22 PM PDT
by
Recovering_Democrat
(I'm so glad to no longer be associated with the Party of Dependence on Government!)
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