[Joe Hadenuf]

Go for it. Buchanan would have invited AQ to bomb Seattle and Phoenix and other places too, just so we don't "get involved" overseas.

Huh? Man, you seem hysterical. LOL!

And yes, we did have protectionist policies, and yes, the cost us tremendously.

Cost us? This country was built great under protectionist policies. Look at what we have now! At this rate in five years, we will no longer manufacture anything, and another 5 million jobs will be exported. You think this is a good thing?

[LS]

I heard this in the 1980s. "Japan is the bogeyman." All our manufacturing jobs are going to Japan. Surprise. We're still here, Japan ain't.