Free Trade
Here is video in three parts of Sen. John McCain's speech to The Economic Club of Canada yesterday, June 20, 2008:
PART I
PART II
PART III
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Here is a local news report on Sen. John McCain's visit to Ottawa, Canada to speak on Free Trade at The Economic Club of Ottawa yesterday, June 20, 2008. There was virtually no U.S. network or cable news coverage of McCain's speech. I saw CNN and Fox mention he was there, but they did not carry the speech live or even discuss it's content at any length. EXIT QUESTION: If Barack Obama had gone to Canada to speak, would there have been the same type of non-coverage? This is a pefect example of one of the greatest threats to McCain winning the election. The deck is stacked against him beyond anything a Republican has ever had to face before. With almost no coverage (and when there is coverage, most of it is negative) how can John McCain get his message out to voters? Meanwhile, the media is acting as virtual apologists for Obama day after day.
John McCain hit Democratic rivals Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama hard today at a Town Hall Meeting in St. Louis for their recent protectionist talk on NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement:. McCain, in contrast to Obama and Clinton, described himself as a "free trader:"
Republican presidential candidate John McCain criticized his Democratic rivals on Tuesday for pledging to renegotiate a hemispheric trade treaty that Democrats blame for U.S. manufacturing job losses.
At a town-hall meeting in St. Louis, the Arizona senator also called for the Democratic-controlled U.S. Congress to approve a free-trade treaty with Colombia that is being stymied on Capitol Hill.
"On trade, I'm a free trader," McCain told employees at Savvis Internet company, a session dominated by questions about the ailing U.S. economy. . . .
In recent weeks, both Democratic rivals Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have increased their criticism of the North American Free Trade Agreement linking the U.S. economy with those of Canada and Mexico. read more »
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This election will shape history--make no mistake. About the only useful purpose Barack Obama's fatuous rhetoric is going to play is to focus attention on the need for change. At its worst, on the other hand, this election will ruin the very fabric of this society. Obama will prove to be the most divisive figure in the history of the USA. He is questioning the very fundamental principals that I have guided this fine society--free trade, freedom around the world, minimal role for government, etc. The solutions that will take this society forward are anathema to this left populist. America needs less government in health care, social security not more. Free trade has been a boon to America and the rest of the world. Since the institution of the WTO, the entire world has realized unprecedented levels of prosperity. His philosophies are going to surely wreck all these achievements.
For discussion of individual themes like health care, tax rates, etc, please see my Blog at http://kishorejets.typepad.com/us_election_2008_controve/
In a public event this morning, Senator McCain took both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama to task on trade.
"I want to tell our Canadian friends, I want to tell our friends in Mexico and other trading partners around the world that I will negotiate and conclude free trade agreements and I will not, I will not, after entering into solemn agreements, go and say that I will abrogate those agreements," McCain said at a corporate town hall meeting on the sprawling Dell campus north of Austin.
And both in his appearance before the workers and later during a press availability, McCain attempted to tie the importance of holding fast to NAFTA to keeping the support of the Canadians in the war on terrorism.
"I think it’s important to recognize that all these things are inter-connected," McCain told reporters, pointing to the Canadian troop presence in Afghanistan.
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