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Bluenorthwest

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12. The pretense that that election was all about NAFTA is absurd.

Reply to Egnever (Reply #10)

Fri May 15, 2015, 05:32 PM

May 2015

It's also crazy to claim that a person's character and personal motives are irrelevant if they hold a certain position. Perot was a hypocrite who preached law and order but demanded special treatment for his own family when they fell into legal troubles, just the same as any other rich Republican.

The OP at least needs to exempt Asian Americans and those who love them from his view that voting for a man who calls accomplished Asian women 'an egg roll' over a trade agreement. I mean, that's quite a bit to ask. The OP in this thread is comparing those who voted for Clinton to those who voted for Hitler, and the OP is saying that to not 'vote for Hitler' one had to vote for a millionaire who sputtered about Asians and Mexicans and wanted to send troops to 'the ghettos'. Door to door.

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A Majority of Americans Born Before 1974 are to Blame for Our Bad Trade Agreements [View all] louis c May 2015 OP

1996 was my first election. bigwillq May 2015 #1

I am sorry. I just didn't know much about trade back then betterdemsonly May 2015 #17

After you vote you cannot control events so upaloopa May 2015 #2

Nice language louis c May 2015 #3

Perot was also talking about cordoning off the 'ghettos' an dealing with the 'drug problem' in Bluenorthwest May 2015 #9

Well said Egnever May 2015 #10

The pretense that that election was all about NAFTA is absurd. Bluenorthwest May 2015 #12

Thank you. People — a lot of people — seem to forget this about Perot. Raine1967 May 2015 #16

you might have a case in the primaries, but not the general karynnj May 2015 #19

No doubt there will always be a handful of individuals placing blame on a demographic LanternWaste May 2015 #4

Do you think the germans who voted for Hitler louis c May 2015 #6

Trade is 23% of our economy; 70% of Germany's. pampango May 2015 #5

Interesting Egnever May 2015 #11

Perot had some good points. He was also a very rich man who dropped out of that race only to Bluenorthwest May 2015 #7

We needed to ship jobs overseas... EL34x4 May 2015 #8

I turned 18 in 1992 and voted for the first time in the GE. StevieM May 2015 #13

It would have been hard for Gephardt ISUGRADIA May 2015 #14

As I remember it we started seriously losing jobs to maquiladoras during the Reagan administration HereSince1628 May 2015 #15

Yes, this shock to the American economy started before NAFTA betterdemsonly May 2015 #18

Cinton won the nomination before I ever got to caucus. MohRokTah May 2015 #20