You make many statements that are obviously true, but your conclusions, feh. I also agree with free trade is fundamentally morally superior, especially in an abtract Adam Smith we-make-bread-you-make-wine world. In the real world, things seem to be much less certain, because relative advantage is created not only by productivity of workers and existance of infrastructure, but by various countries' willingness to allow pollution (an externality we all bear the cost of), dangerous working conditions, or child labor, as well as differing tax structures.

While I agree that Kerry's statement about "Benedict Arnolds" is a bit over the top, if you look at what he's actually proposing to do, it seems to be discouraging offshoring by fiddling with the mix of taxes, rather than threatening to send CEO's to the electric share or even restricting foreign imports. How objectionable is that? In the real world, we have to have taxes, and we have to make decisions about how to implement those taxes. Perhaps you feel that the world should have a uniform tax code?

I think you might be the most coherent Bush-voter I know. I don't usually agree with your arguments, but at least you have arguments.