Reply #22: As I said: Gore actually believed the DLC line when he argued for those things, [View All]

[RaleighNCDUer]

and thought the side agreements would be worked out. He didn't really know who he was dealing with (rather like Obama, today). He DID champion a NAFTA with all those ingredients in place, and only later settled for something that would require a 'fix'. BTW, if HE was elected, er, if HE took office in 2000, I believe those fixes WOULD have happened.

A genuine 'fair trade' agreement, rather than the Republican free trade, makes sense. If we had that, the Mexican drug war would have never happened, the rate of illegal immigration would have plummeted from even the moderate rate of 1995, and Gore would have kicked Bush's ass in 2000.

This is ALL in the lap of the Fucking DLC.