He has been whizzing round the country making protectionist noises.
Instead, they have resorted to flimsy pretexts and protectionist arguments to stifle liberties, which foreclose the possibility of placing discussions on gender on the agenda.
Most Democrats sympathise with protectionist arguments.
As for Mr Clinton, he has yet, even in an unprecedented peacetime boom, to confront the protectionist arguments head-on.
But although they may find protectionist arguments seductive, they should look to their country's wider interests.
That, he claims, using all the standard protectionist arguments, will benefit not only the candle industry but also all the industries that supply it.
Protectionist arguments were advanced and dismissed with rhetoric that will seem familiar.Familiar, too, is the politician's utter disdain for academic opinion and "theory".
Economists are justly proud of the close reasoning that produced the classical case for free trade, and love to skewer dumb protectionist arguments.
Smart people make both arguments.
Both sides make closing arguments.
