Clinton's Refusal to Answer Steelworkers' Questions Both Troubling and Revealing, Says Kucinich Camp

[Omaha Steve]

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Sen. Hillary Clinton's Refusal to Answer Steelworkers' Questions Both Troubling and Revealing, Says Kucinich Campaign

CLEVELAND, July 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Kucinich for President
Campaign issued the following statement this afternoon:
"It is deeply troubling, but, perhaps, very revealing, when a
Democratic candidate for the Presidency of the United States seeks the
support of one of the most important industrial labor unions in the nation
but refuses to answer questions from the rank and file union members.

"That's what happened today when U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton addressed
the United Steelworkers conference in Cleveland. Not only did she not
participate in the question-and-answer portion of the program to which all
of the Presidential candidates had agreed, but she also completely ignored
one of the major issues that has forced millions of union workers and
others into unemployment: the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

"Yesterday, Congressman Dennis Kucinich, U.S. Senator Joe Biden, and
former Senator John Edwards held to their commitment to the USW to answer
any and all questions from union members for 30 minutes each.

"It borders on arrogance for a Democrat to deliver pro-union promises
and platitudes in prepared remarks, but then refuse to engage in an honest
and open conversation with workers whose lives have been profoundly
impacted by disastrous trade policies -- especially NAFTA, which was
enacted during the Clinton Administration.

FULL story at link.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

1. her polling data wasn't in yet. What, you want her to give an answer without

polling the issue to death first?

r i g h t .

[montanacowboy]

2. Does not surprise me

what you see is what you get
her husband was the major push behind NAFTA and both Clintons LOVE Free Trade

[papau]

3. Is there more to this than tight schedule? Only Edwards, Biden, Kucinich, amd Hillary attended - and

From todays news wires it is reported that on Friday her call to enforce the fair trade provisions of our treaties got cheers in Detroit at the Steelworkers conference as did many other lines, as indeed as did her later speech in California against taking jobs away from qualified Americans via outsourcing overseas. Friday she also did the New Orleans festival that Obama had done on Thursday.

Is there more to this DK rant than just complaining about her having a tight schedule on Friday?

[Rock_Garden]

5. Excellent rebuttal, papau. n/t

[terryg11]

6. too tight for the UAW?

It is a very important union and one would think she could make time to answer their questions as other candidates seemed to.

I like candidate Hillary to a degree and will support her if she gets the nod but her silence is telling I think.

[Bitwit1234]

4. Oh dear first Obama started swift boating her and now Kunich.

I am glad Edwards is about that.