Report: Clinton's Private Objections To NAFTA "Ludicrous"

American foreign policy seems to be dictated by the desire to make the people with the oil mad at them.

It hasn't worked out that well, really.

In the end, it doesn't make a difference to me if she did or didn't support NAFTA.

Her husband DID, over the loud objection of working people and consumer advocates. What the detractors predicted for the agreement happened. I'm not interested in rewarding someone who help push down wages, put more people out of good middle class jobs with dignity, to cater to his craven Wall Street friends and the corrupt olliarchs of Mexico.

Thanks Bill, but no thanks, I remember.

Maybe we should ask Sen. Clinton about a few things, including "Sniper Fire".

And perhaps about NAFTA, Northern Ireland peace accords, taxes from 2000-2006 that have already been filed, donations to the Clinton library, and a few other things.

So if my wife wants someone to die, and I kill them but deep in my heart of hearts yet vocalized to no one I really don't want to do it, am I still guilty if I shoot that person in the face?

By Hillary's tortured "logic", no.

If she does win this, she has given the rethugs so much material to use against her that she doesnt have a chance. The rethugs know that, just like they know Shillary is the only one who will bring even the most pissed republican out to vote for McWar . giving her the nomination is a sure win for McWar. Because people like myself sure as hell wont even bother to vote. not knowing there isnt a stitch of difference between the 2.

This is the ultimate con job, and she has the upper hand here. You cant prove or disprove what she said or did in private. Even if others deny what she is spinning, it all comes down to he said she said, and thats a no win situation. The public record shows she was a hard core supporter of Nafta, and to tell you the truth, if you have video of someone robbing a 711, but then that person says that they really didnt want to do it, what would your gut instinct tell you to go with?

Well the truth hurts, and this truth will hurt Hill in Penn. If she does not win by blow out proportions than she is going to be forced to drop out way before June. It could and should happen soon.

Now that FL and MI do-overs are a dead issue, there is zero chance of a Clinton comeback.

Even with new primaries in these states Hillary would almost certainly come up short.

Nancy Pelosi set the record straight over a week ago already, Hillary will not be strong arming the Supers away from the delegate leader, Barack Obama. The very idea that she still has a chance by way of some unforseen calamity causing irreparable harm to the front runner and then trying like crazy to turn anything they can ( Rev. Wright) into this type of firestorm is unacceptable to say the least. The uncommited Superdels should, and I believe many will, take note of the Clinton campaign's disgusting approach and come out together in support of the Dem nominee for the '08 Presidential election. Illinois Senator Barack Obama.

I have a feeling a big group, like the majority of them, could all go at once and it could happen any day. Do we really need four more weeks of divisive, destructive garbage from the treacherous Sen. Hillary Benedict Arnold campaign? No. She has already expressed her desire to break the party with her conduct of the past two weeks/months. This can't be lost on most of the Supers.

I would believe David Gergen before I would believe Jake Tapper (in the bag for Obama). He said she was not enthusiastic about NAFTA.

So is her campaign, management style and everything else that comes out of her mouth.

To oppose something does not necessarily require taking action against it. I can oppose something, in opinion, and not do anything to fight against it. I opposed the Iraq war, but I did nothing to prevent it. Clearly, the fact that Hillary showed some degree of public support for NAFTA legislation creates a contradiction when she says she opposed it. But to simply state that she is lying is also false.

But, in politics, as Obama suggests, compromise is the name of the game. I don't like compromise, and that is one reason I do not like Obama's advocacy of such, but it occurs often in politics. Hillary wanted to promote healthcare, but others around her wanted to promote NAFTA first. She was told, let's get NAFTA passed, and then we can focus on healthcare -- you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours.

I think it is important to point out that NAFTA was already being crafted BEFORE Bill Clinton came into office, and that the Republican controlled congress with which Clinton had to work was pressing hard for its passage. This is an example of the damage that can occur from "compromise" with Republicans. Not only did we end up with BAD legislation, but now Hillary is dealing with this kind of ridiculous media coverage.

Hillary "compromised" on this issue, in much the same fashion as Obama advocates when he talks about "reaching across the aisle". Good luck, Obama, if and when it becomes your time to actually "compromise" with Republicans as you so advocate.

Interesting take on her "opposition" to NAFTA. I've read numerous accounts from members of Congress that claimed Hillary was "pimping" for NAFTA (if I can use that term). I've read elsewhere comments from those inside that Hillary had little opposition to NAFTA on its merits.

What was it she said in the Ohio debate...."it didn't work out the way we thought it would"?

Odd that she didn't say "I knew it would fail, but it happened in spite of my opposition to it".

The Clinton campaign has absolutely no shame, and no sense of reality.

Put up or shut up Tapper, no more anonymous sources. Let me decide if I trust your sources, alright? We have trusted you people (the media) long enough and look where it's gotten us. Suddenly these people come out of the woodwork. Give me a break.

We will never get better elected leaders until we demand more from our candidates. Unfortunately, as we've seen time after time, the lying doesn't stop at the White House door. This is our chance to reject the politics of Say Anything to get your way.

The Clintonites are pretty quiet about the new revelations about their Queen's lack of "experience". Now the line is "she's more patriotic" than Barack Obama. Disgusting.

The Clintons just lie. That's all they know.
It's just that until now they have been lying in the best interest of the dems.

The U.S. citizens have always trusted Canada. So when this came out they believed it was true. I personally don't think the Clintons had anything to do with the initial, slipping the wrong name into the story. I think that is Rove, Bush and their Conservative Prime Minister seem to be on the same page. The republicans want Hillary on the ticket. I think she took that gift and ran with it. However, this does not bode well for the trust issues with canada in the future.

Hey Al, I always thought your book, 'LIES, AND THE LYING LIARS WHO TELL THEM' was about the NeoCons....was I wrong all these years.........or should we have known all along that the Clintons were just NC's in Demo clothing???

This woman is so incredibly full of BS, that all I can do is laugh when I see her on the tube.

Roll up your tent and pack it in hillary.

Go back to Arkansas or just fade away. Your best days are way behind you

Hillary is part of the Clinton machine. I'll bet she wanted NAFTA more than Bill did. In fact, Robert Rubin says she was pushing NAFTA as creating jobs in America, which he denied he had ever represented. He was there, he should know. The issue is now one of credibility. I am tired of the lies in government. Bush can always say, the Clintons lied, too. To me, this is what is un-American. Remember George Washington - "I cannot tell a lie?" These "leaders" chopped down the cherry tree and cannot admit it.

Why do we tolerate pathological liars in the White House. Didn't Bill and Hill learn their lesson when he got impeached? Wal-Mart, NAFTA, repeal of the Glass-Steagal Act, the Telecomunications Act of 1999 has placed Wall Street in charge and the Fox News propaganda in charge and pushed deregulation into the stratosphere.

Thanks, Bill. Thanks, Hill. And thank your supporters too for helping Caligula cross the Rubicon.

The beauty of NAFTA for elites is that the policy lines the pockets of the contributors while the bipartisan politics of it makes both sides immune from accountability for the economic fallout.

Hmm, Hillary wants us to believe her secret thoughts and position behind the closed doors even though there is no record of it whatsoever. Publicly there are tons of evidence that she supported, endorsed, and in instances heavily promoted NAFTA. Would the Hillary supporters be convinced that Obama secretly gutted Reverend Wright for his comments but publicly stood by him? Me thinks this stinks of some double standard political sillyness.