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  • Free trade's victims turning against Bush, GOP

    08/25/2003 2:05:47 PM PDT · by snopercod · 1,234 replies · 905+ views
    The Herald Sun ^ | August 25, 2003 | associated press
    CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- This year's highly publicized job losses in North Carolina manufacturing, including the Pillowtex bankruptcy, could mean trouble next year for President Bush in a region that was a stronghold in 2000.Bush won more than 56 percent of the vote in both North Carolina and South Carolina in 2000. But his strong support of free trade has turned some against him in the South, where U.S. trade policies are blamed for the loss of jobs in textiles and other manufacturing sectors.Andy Warlick, chief executive officer of Parkdale Mills in Gaston County, said he doubts he will repeat his...