How does this show that he is different than President Bush?
For one, Senator Dork is screaming bloody murder about Bush outsourcing jobs, and has vowed to stop the flow of jobs overseas
That's a REALLY....weird....question. President Bush neither co-sponsored or voted "YEA" on PNTR. He was not a member of the senate. John Kerry THEN:
"Engagement is a course best pursued by granting China Permanent Normal Trade Relations and bringing it into the WTO. It is in the best interests of our economy and it is in the best interests of our foreign policy, and I hope we can all join together in moving the United States Senate and our Nation in that direction.
"If the U.S. fails to support PNTR, and thus fails to take advantage of the benefits of China's inevitable membership in the WTO, U.S. companies stand to lose market share and U.S. workers may lose jobs to European and Asian companies that gain a strong foothold in China."
-- John Kerry on senate floor, 2000
John Kerry NOW:
"America has lost millions of manufacturing jobs. Just yesterday, we learned that the trade deficit hit a new record. As the trade deficit with China has ballooned, President Bush has stood on the sidelines. He has failed to do anything to effectively address China's predatory currency manipulation, its violation of intellectual property rights and other unfair trade practices that violate its international obligations."
--Kerry stump speech, April 2004
So, John Kerry began pushing PNTR in 1987, voted for it in 2000, gave it glowing praise and insisted it would CREATE jobs in the US - he never said how - but he is now blaming the effects of HIS baby on the president. He was apparantly for PNTR before he was against it.