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amborin

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Wed Mar 9, 2016, 06:44 PM Mar 2016

Pres. Obama's 2008 Ohio Mailer Blasted Hillary on NAFTA, etc:

Obama Mailer Slams Clinton on NAFTA

Submitted by Jeff on Wed, 02/13/2008 - 1:34pm.

I just received my first mailer of the presidential race and it's a doozy. "Only Barack Obama consistently opposed NAFTA," it declares. "A little more than a year ago, Hillary Clinton thought NAFTA was a 'boon' to the economy," it continues (citing a 9/11/06 item in Newsday). And, "Hillary Clinton was not with Ohio when our jobs were on the line. Why should we be with her now?"

The piece targets not just Clinton's record on trade but her credibility. It says that she is "changing her tune" now that she's campaigning in places like Ohio, but when Obama says he will fix broken trade deals "we can believe him."

Here are images of the mailer (continuing after the flip








http://www.ohiodailyblog.com/content/obama-mailer-slams-clinton-nafta
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Pres. Obama's 2008 Ohio Mailer Blasted Hillary on NAFTA, etc: (Original Post) amborin Mar 2016 OP
Hillary and Obama were both right on trade Enrique Mar 2016 #1
The irony. n/t Jefferson23 Mar 2016 #2
"Hillary Clinton has always opposed NAFTA and outsourcing to China. This message paid for by MisterP Mar 2016 #3

Enrique

(27,461 posts)
1. Hillary and Obama were both right on trade
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 07:02 PM
Mar 2016

they each accused the other of misleading on their position on trade, and they were both right about that. They were both free-traders that struck a 100% phony anti-free-trade pose during the primary.

MisterP

(23,730 posts)
3. "Hillary Clinton has always opposed NAFTA and outsourcing to China. This message paid for by
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 07:06 PM
Mar 2016

the SEIU"

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