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To: Mase

Go to the textile districts in the South. See how they voted. CAFTA and MFN allowed cheap shirts from China/Asia to come in and put them out of business. Go to the high tech suburbs (they were strong GOP districts) and see how they voted. H-1B and outsourcing IT jobs to India and China played a role. The war in Iraq only energized the Dems, and the margins the Dems won by are very small in many GOP districts. If the GOP was Reagan Dem and IT worker friendly, the strong economy will produce enough voters to overcome the anti war Dems. Look at Ohio, eastern Tennessee, eastern Kentucky, the Carolinas, many of the red GOP districts flipped by narrow margins because the Dems fielded conservative/economic nationalist candidates that drew enough Reagan Dem blue collar voters from the GOP to win. Even the WSJ acknowledged that economic nationalism is rising and the era of unbridled free trade may be over.


130 posted on 11/10/2006 9:32:10 AM PST by Fee
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God forbid that I have cheap clothing.. So what some states are losing jobs.. Other states are gaining jobs.. Also no one is guaranteed a job..
155 posted on 11/10/2006 7:04:03 PM PST by KevinDavis (Nancy you ignorant Slut!!!!!)
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