Reply #132: To disagree is not to ridicule or make fun off.

[cindyw]

It's not like he said, "Dean you are such an idiot..your plan will never work".

Kerry has a different opinion on what to do in this economic disaster. I for one would like some extra help while we fix this problem created by Bush's tax cuts for the rich. I suggest you read his words on this.

http://www.johnkerry.com/issues/restoring_jobs.html

It is also not accurate to say that Kerry does not want to "impose labor and environmental standards on trade agreements."

"I don't support the Free Trade Agreement of America nor the Central American Free Trade Agreement as it is today because they do desperately need to have increased labor standards, environment standards, to bring other countries up. You can't have trade be a rush to the bottom, and you can't leave other nations with a one-way street, and you can't abuse people the way it has been. It would be wonderful to have a president who could find the rest of the countries in this hemisphere. And I will do that." Source: Democratic Primary Debate, Albuquerque New Mexico Sep 4, 2003

KERRY: Yes, it is fair, because Gov. Dean has said very specifically that we should not trade with countries until they have labor and environment standards that are equal to the US. That means we would trade with no countries. It is a policy for shutting the door. It's either a policy for shutting the door, if you believe it, or it's a policy of just telling people what they want to hear." Source: Debate at Pace University in Lower Manhattan Sep 25, 2003