Trade jitters, anti-China sentiment rouse voters

Reuters ^ | 11/14/07 | Andrea Hopkins

[Last Dakotan]

Take the right position on all four issues and the Blue Collar Dem and GOP coalition will be revived and give the GOP a landslide.

I think you are right. Having the US Commerce Sec. go over and Kowtow to the Chinese regularly has not helped.

[freeangel]

saving

[1rudeboy]

Out comes the cheerleaders for Fleece Trade with a chart that uses skewed or incomplete statistics to tell those folks they are stupid and never really had it this good....

Matched by the cheerleaders for the Nanny State who have no statistics to skew whatsover, but know someone who's uncle lost his job at the urinal-cake factory.

[padre35]

See, that didn’t take long.

[1rudeboy]

Troll for a comment, get one. It’s not that complicated. Welcome to FR.

[padre35]

Truly, one will come out from under a NAFTA bridge faster then one can say “Fleece Trade lifts all boats...”

[Toddsterpatriot]

"China makes these inferior products but they have all our debt so they don't listen to us for one minute," said retired General Motors worker Bernadette Koval, 66, a Democrat.

I wonder what her Freeper screen name is?

[Toddsterpatriot]

In the crowded hall, Republican Craig Tripp, 37, said he supports Democrat John Edwards, the former senator from North Carolina, due in large part to his stand against unfettered trade.

"Everything is falling apart," Tripp said. "There's no manufacturing here any more.

No manufacturing at all. LOL!

[Hydroshock]

Whether you like it or not people are wakign up to fre trade adn are turning against it. I for one will welcome fair trade.

[Toddsterpatriot]

Lots of stupid people out there. It’s sad how many of them claim to be conservative.

[Hydroshock]

It is also sad how many free traitor globalist say they ae conservatives. But the tide has turned.

[chimera]

I think you are right. Having the US Commerce Sec. go over and Kowtow to the Chinese regularly has not helped.

Nor was it very politically astute for the Administration to be sending idiots like Gregory Mankiw and John Snow to places like my state where there have been devastating job losses in the manufacturing sector to make speeches to people about how great it is for them to be losing their jobs to offshoring. They did just that prior to the '04 election, and it came close to losing the election for Bush. He won the state by a smaller margin than he did in 2000, and it was only damned hard work by the grassroots to GOTV and the 9/11 issue that tipped the (close) election to him. The 'Pubs paid the price in '06 when the state went blue in almost every statewide office, as well as tipping the Senate to the 'Rats. This is a salient issue in some electorally-key states and the 'Pubs better get a better message out on this than the one they've been pushing (losing your job is good).

[thulldud]

Be wrong on one of the four issues, and it will be a close election.

Meanwhile, the Republicans are climbing over each other for a seat on the short "green" bus while the National security train pulls out of the station empty.

Case in point: Bob Inglis, Representative from SC. Need I continue?

[Toddsterpatriot]

It is also sad how many free traitor globalist say they ae conservatives.

We need more government to protect us? LOL!

[Hydroshock]

No we need fair trad and a level playing field. And that is the issue that people are starting to demand in ever growing numbers.

[Toddsterpatriot]

No we need fair trad and a level playing field.

What do you suggest?

And that is the issue that people are starting to demand in ever growing numbers.

I'm sure what Hillary gives you will be fair.

[Hydroshock]

Trade reciprocity is the best way, impose the exact same trade barriers on the same or comparable goods from any country that they impose on us.

[Toddsterpatriot]

We might have to hire tens of thousands more customs people. And raise tariffs which would raise prices, but like I said, you think we need more government to protect us.

[Toddsterpatriot]

impose the exact same trade barriers on the same or comparable goods from any country that they impose on us.

That would give us fair trade and a level playing field? What if the foreigners earn less money? Or have fewer regulations? Does that make trade unfair?

[am452]

Out comes the cheerleaders for Fleece Trade with a chart that uses skewed or incomplete statistics to tell those folks they are stupid and never really had it this good....

6 out of 10 Republicans in a latest poll believe the current free trade arrangment is making the US the trade patsies.

Some free traders on this site will quickly point out these 60% of Republicans are basing their beliefs on emotions and anecdotes and then bring out their skewered charts to tell them they are wrong.