It was about a year ago.
Candidate BO flew into Ohio and PA with an anti-NAFTA message.
He told the "yes we can" screamers that NAFTA had to be renegotiated.
He is not saying that anymore.
So far, Pres BO has kept a distance from the "trucks" issue.
I guess that he is hoping that the controversy will go away or that Mexicans will forget.
Memo to BO: Mexicans are not going to forget! Pres Calderon is a "free trade guy" and he is 100% right on this controversy!
Memo to BO: Didn't you sign this anti-NAFTA provision into law?
Is this like one of those Rev Wright sermons that BO didn't hear?
Is Pres BO not reading what he signs?
I guess not!
He also signed the AIG bonuses into law as part of the infamous "stimulus" bill.
The "trucks issue" will be the background music for the Calderon-Obama talks. Pres Calderon and the Mexicans have every right to be furious about a US administration that "arrogantly" dismisses a free trade agreement with our 2nd largest trading partner.
Why has Mexico become such a punching bag for the Dems?
Because the Dems won't be able to give the labor unions what they want.
"Union money and union organizers did yeoman work for Democrats in the 2006 and 2008 elections, and union leaders plausibly claim much of the credit for the Democratic capture of both houses of Congress and the White House.
But the lever of political clout has been splintering in their hands."
Here is the problem.
The Dems won't be able to satisfy the unions on Card Check and bailing out the United Auto Workers.
Reality won't allow the Dems to keep their campaign promises to labor unions.
The Dems have majorities but not enough votes to pass Card Check and the auto industry bailout!
What's the next best thing?
Mexican trucks!
Yes, closing the border for Mexican trucks is the only thing that this Dem majority can do for the unions.
Beyond politics, the "trade war" with Mexico is hurting us.
"The tariffs affect everything from toilet paper to Christmas trees as well as many perishable foods like fruits and vegetables.
Josh Rolph, a spokesman for the California Farm Bureau, a nonprofit farm organization that represents farmers in 56 counties, said it appears California has been "exclusively targeted" because 27 of the 89 agricultural products are grown in the state and represent $214 million in annual exports.
The full effect of the tariffs cannot be determined because many items have yet to enter their prime harvesting period.
California grape growers, facing a 45 percent tariff, will be among the hardest-hit producers in the United States.
Grapes are the only product listed with a tariff more than 20 percent.
More than half of California-grown grapes are shipped to Mexico, Rolph said.
The loss of a "mutually beneficial trade relationship" with Mexico, one of the state's top agricultural trading partners, could be devastating to state farmers who are already suffering, he said.
"With the recession, the water crisis in California and the drought, the tariffs are kind of the last straw," he said."
