Reply #12: Clinton was critisized by House Republicans for "taking the teeth" out of NAFTA.

[JohnnyRingo]

The bill they originally drew up was filled with union busting provisions that included Mexican truck drivers having free reign to the nation's highways and held no trade restrictions for companies that denied human rights. The point is Republicans would have put NAFTA on steroids if they were still in office. Does your friend recall how GWB and Dennis Hastert passed CAFTA that extended the trade zone even further South?

People who forget Republicans authored NAFTA (George HW Bush signed the agreement on 12/17/92), must not recall the little Texan who split the party in '92 by warning of "that giant sucking sound as jobs flow South" during the debates. The barb was aimed at the incumbant Republican candidate that year.