Editorial by the News-Register |April 3, 2008There she goes again.
Sen. Hillary Clinton has been caught again in making a false claim about herself. This one involves the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Clinton, locked in a sometimes bitter fight with Sen. Barack Obama for the Democratic Party nomination for president, has been caught in several misstatements. Recently, she had to admit that a claim that she and daughter Chelsea once came under fire during a trip to Bosnia was false.
But that hasn’t stopped Clinton from attempting to win votes by, in effect, padding her resume.
NAFTA is a concern of many in Pennsylvania, where an upcoming primary election is of critical importance for Clinton. During a campaign stop in the Keystone State, Clinton insisted that, “I did speak out and oppose NAFTA. I raised a big yellow flag and said, ‘I don’t think this will work.’”
Not according to documents detailing her role in promoting NAFTA while she was first lady. According to records released by the National Archives, Clinton in 1993 attended at least five meetings during which efforts to win approval of NAFTA by Congress were the topic.
Teamsters union President James P. Hoffa told The Associated Press this week that, “No one who was around in the time of NAFTA remembers her” opposing the agreement.
Whether NAFTA actually has been detrimental to the U.S. economy isn’t the point in regard to Clinton. What is important is that — once again — she is not being candid with the Americans whose trust she seeks.
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