Posted on 10/08/2007 1:12:47 PM PDT by Baladas
Hillary Clinton rode "The Middle Class Express'' through Iowa today.
The red-white-and-blue bus carrying the senator from New York through the premier presidential nominating caucus state was carrying a message as well: Riding the self-anointed Middle Class Express, Clinton was selling a decidedly working-class appeal.
The senator suggested that her economic leadership as a presidential candidate should be judged on how well the middle class fares under her plans — and, for a labor union audience, she said American trade agreements should be reconsidered every few years to assess how well they are working.
With the presidents of four unions supporting her in the audience, Clinton attempted today to address a major labor concern --her husband's signature on the North American Free Trade Agreement. "I think it is time that we assess trade agreements every five years to make sure they're meeting their goals or to make adjustments if they are not," Clinton said. "And we should start by doing that with NAFTA."
John Edwards, the former senator from North Carolina, has pledged to renegotiate the treaty that lowered economic barriers among the United States, Canada and Mexico.
"Anybody who tells you the Republicans are the party of fiscal responsibility, just roll your eyes," Clinton told an gathered at the Cedar Rapids City Hall. "I ask whether our middle class is expanding and getting ahead," she said. "Are we on the road to a more prosperous middle class or not? The administration has failed that test. My administration will not."
The former first lady maintains she is running on a legacy of economic prosperity -- "We generated weatlh,'' she tells audiences. A spokesman for the Republican Party had another name for the Clinton campaign bus today: "Clinton's Tax-and-Spend Express.''
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Or the Socialist Express, the Soros Express...the possiblities here are endless.
How about “Progressive Slow Death Tour”
for a labor union audience, she said American trade agreements should be reconsidered every few years to assess how well they are working. *******************************
And for the rest of us, she should reconsider all nanny state and tax programs at the same time!! Sunset legislation is usually a good thing.
HOw well I remember her husband, the impeached ex president clitons middle class tax cut......sarc..
Clintons have made over $40 million since leaving office.
Real middle-class folk.
Check out Neal Bortz’s site with a commie quiz. This woman is pure evil...she has to be, because there is absolutely no talent nor creativity there. What is it about politics that brings out the talentless?
“she said American trade agreements should be reconsidered every few years to assess how well they are working.”
(Just like we progressives view the Constitution)
“We generated weatlh,’’ she tells audiences. (Anout $40 million for the horndog and me anyway)
“I think it is time that we assess trade agreements every five years to make sure they’re meeting their goals or to make adjustments if they are not,” Clinton said.
(After all five year plans worked so well for my mentors in mother Russia)
It’s actually the “Death To The Middle Class Express”, but the MSM left off the first two words in the interests of clarity and concision.
Someone should ask her about the middle-class tax cut they promised in 1992. If they get a third term, will they finally deliver?
I like it !
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