http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/07-06-2007/0004620995&EDATE=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.
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