(7/5/05, but still important tonight) Democrats Blew it on CAFTA Vote

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

Published on Tuesday, July 5, 2005 by the Capital Times (Madison, Wisconsin)
Democrats Blew it on CAFTA Vote
by John Nichols

Organized labor is opposed to the Central American Free Trade Agreement.

Progressive farm groups are opposed to CAFTA.

Environmental groups are opposed to CAFTA.

Civil rights groups are opposed to CAFTA.

Human rights groups are opposed to CAFTA.

Virtually all of the organizations that are associated with what is loosely defined as the Democratic coalition are opposed to the trade deal that Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin says "will hurt American workers, hurt the workers of Central America and create instability in Central America that will force more immigration into the United States."

So, of course, Senate Democrats must have been united in opposition to the Bush administration's proposal to expand on the failed model of the North American Free Trade Agreement which has wreaked havoc with the economies of the U.S., Mexico and Canada to create a free trade zone that extends from the Panama Canal to the Arctic Circle.

Right?

Wrong.

When the Senate voted on CAFTA last week, a dozen Republicans abandoned the administration to vote "no." That meant that, if Democrats had been united in their opposition, the trade deal would have been easily defeated, and the president's plan to make it easier for multinational corporations to exploit workers, communities and the environment throughout the hemisphere would have been dealt a fatal blow.

more at:
http://www.commondreams.org/cgi-bin/print.cgi?file=/views05/0705-33.htm

[Rose Siding]

1. 15 House dems blew it

[napi21]

3. I want to know which ones!

I know one of them because he was on cspan thin morning bragging about how great it was! His district is San Antonio and Laredo. I can't remember his name foru sure, but it was Castillio or something similar. I remember the C and the 2 L's.

All I can say is SHIT!

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

9. these guy

Bean
Cooper
Cuellar
Dicks
Hinojosa
Jefferson
Matheson
Meeks (NY)
Moore (KS)
Moran (VA)
Ortiz
Skelton
Snyder
Tanner
Towns

[Erika]

4. No argument

But it was a Bush plan. Let's put the blame where it lies.

[Tux]

6. Well they are also to blame

Neocons, Republicans, and DLC are all responsible for this crap.

[Fiona]

2. Yep...

if 28 republicans can oppose it, why can't the Dems stand together? I hope Pelosi AND the voters extract revenge.

[katsy]

5. I know what to expect from the gop...

but we just got bitch slapped by our own.

Fat chance we'll make inroads to a majority in 2006.

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[deadparrot]

7. American workers can change that at the polls...

but they have to vote next year.

I don't know if these idiots will keep their seats next year, but if apathetic, uninformed Americans don't get out there and vote them out, then we deserve whatever shitty Congress we get.

[driver8]

8. Man...when is someone going to look out for the working people...

We've got no one fighting our fight. Rethugs want to take, take, take...lower wages, no unions, decrease in benefits, jobs overseas...

Just once I would like to see one of these nutless m-fers stick up for us.