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[Rob <becidawa AT hctc.com>]

At  12/10/2004 07:19 AM, you wrote:

> > Didn't the Democrats control both houses after the '92 election?  I don't 
> > see how it's possible to get anything out of this other than that, in 
> > general, Democrat politicians supported NAFTA wholeheartedly.  At that 
> > point you can take the position that NAFTA is good, and defend that if 
> > you like, but there's no way to blame NAFTA on the Republicans.
>
> Short-term, I don't like NAFTA; long-term, history may show it to be in 
> our best interest. As for who did it, the Republicans started it and 
> wanted it but the Democrats successfully fought it during Bush I; Clinton 
> was elected, the congressional Democrats did not want it, Clinton worked 
> hard and got the necessary Democrat votes added to the Republican votes to 
> pass it. A quick Googling shows that members of both parties were 
> impressed with his successful work, even those who lost on the bill. NAFTA 
> is the last hard fought bipartisan big bill I can recall.

Save your fingers Gene, Bill is really into the label thing. Everything is 
good OR bad, black OR white, rep OR dem. Not much grey in his world for 
what I can see from his political writings.
if the idea is poor it must be the other guys fault... <shrug>.



Rob

becidawa AT hctc.com
Now in western Washington, USA