"The commonest error in politics," said Lord Salisbury, "is sticking to the carcass of dead policies."
Lord Salisbury's rule comes to mind on reading of John McCain's delight at the $40 billion contract awarded the French-led parent of Airbus — to build the next generation of U.S. Air Force tankers.
The contract could run to $100 billion and is a body blow to Boeing in its duel to the death with Airbus. Two-thirds of all air-to-air refueling tankers are ...
Posted by: Paul Hornsby
Comment: #1
Sun Mar 16, 2008 8:30 AM
This piece is dishonest. It is titled "To Die for NAFTA", then is reviews a number of trade issues that have nothing to do with NAFTA. If the Pat is not dishonest, he is surely ill informed (probably both). NAFTA stands for North American Free Trade Agreement. All his examples are non-North American examples. And he sites stats that say that during Bill Clinton's presidency 5 times as many jobs per month were created compared to George Bush. I guess he is trying to say that somewhere between Clinton a Bush, NAFTA became a bad idea—a weak argument—let's not forget there was a free trade agreement with Canada long before Clinton—NAFTA added Mexico.
It stuff like this that makes Buchanan difficult to swallow for many people: the truth is the Lord Salisbury quote applies to Pat more than to the trade ideas he attacks.
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