LAT: Kerry Says Bush "Asleep at the Wheel" on Jobs

[DeepModem Mom]

THE RACE TO THE WHITE HOUSE

Kerry Says Bush 'Asleep at the Wheel' on Jobs

The Democrat says he'd crack down on Asian nations undervaluing their currencies and be vigilant on outsourcing.

By James Rainey and Warren Vieth, Times Staff Writers


WHEELING, W. Va. — Sen. John F. Kerry said Monday he would more aggressively enforce trade agreements than the Bush administration, without reversing the nation's commitment to promoting free international commerce.

During a stop here, he also pledged to crack down on currency manipulation by China and Japan.

Kerry said his stance would give voters a clear choice in comparison with President Bush, whom he accused of being "asleep at the wheel" in protecting U.S. jobs from migrating.

At a stop later in the day in Pennsylvania, he said: "I am going to stand up for the American worker and fight to have the American worker have an even playing field to compete on."

Experts said the Kerry proposals with the greatest potential benefit to U.S. manufacturers — pushing Asian nations to revalue their currencies and imposing trade sanctions unilaterally without waiting for the World Trade Organization to act — could be hardest to pull off....

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Analysts said Kerry's proposals appeared to be carefully crafted to appeal to key constituencies — such as small manufacturers and organized labor, which blame NAFTA and China for much of the job loss of recent years — without straying too far from the pro-trade agenda favored by most of the business community and many centrist Democrats....


http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-trade27apr27,1,5185493.story?coll=la-home-politics

[brokensymmetry]

1. Asleep? Ha!

If only it were that good! The Chimpster has taken careful aim and is trying to ram the economy into a coral reef!

[dusty64]

5. I also think there

is a far more dastardly agenda than indifference. Hasn't one of chimp's puppetmasters (terra supporter norquist) come right out and said it? They desire the ruination of our economy in order to destroy programs like Social Security and Medicare and the destruction of this Country's middle class so as to create a large populace of "serfs" to serve the superwealthy. Why don't we use their evidence and words against them? That would make one hell of an ad, don't ya think?

[mhr]

2. Republicans Worst Nightmare - People Like Myself

Unemployed 4 years!

Two College Degrees: BSEE, MBA

Special Training: FAA Certified Commercial Pilot

Military Service: Officer United States Navy

Professional Work Experience: Long and Varied

Slowly becoming impoverished!

Can't get low income jobs - too much experience, too many illegal aliens
Can't find middle class white collar jobs - outsourced or already filled

Republicans say I and others did not work hard enough, or play by the rules well enough, or stay off drugs, or a whole host of other excuses used to dismiss the misfortune of others?

The argument does not hold water and myself and others are living proof of the lie!

The American Dream Is Dying At The Hands Of Outsourcing And Tax Cuts For The Ultra Wealthy.

[DeepModem Mom]

3. Yours is a very compelling story, mhr --

I hope I'm not out of line to suggest that you send it to Lou Dobbs, and offer to appear on his show.

[mhr]

4. Thanks - I Send Him A Thank You Note Once A Week

I am sure that he is overwhelmed with input.

Unfortunately, my story is not unique and that is the tragedy of *'s economy. So many people are suffering in many, many ways.

The point is that the "standard" republican mantra's - i.e propaganda - no longer hold water, if it ever did.

There are just too many people that have worked hard and continue to work hard to no avail.

Something has to change!

[Triana]

6. bu$hit and the Economy: LIHOP or just Brain-dead?

I think both. His handlers have convinced him to allow the economy to collapse - as another poster here said - in order to get rid of the middle class, all social programs, and make us into a nation of serfs to serve the ultra wealthy (those would be the only two classes left) - AND Duhhhhhhhbya swallows it whole and does as he's told. That *is*, after all, why they wanted their little monkey-puppet in there so badly - he's easy to drive and manipulate...no brains, thoughts, or common sense of his own. I've seen CxOs demand to have certain types of 'administrative assistants' for the same reason(s). They didn't want the intelligent ones with their own thoughts - they only wanted dumb, unquestioning ones with no morals (and no idea what the word even means and too lazy to care).

That's the definition of Duhhhbya...