The National Association of Manufacturers "Hails Bipartisan Passage of Peru Trade Agreement." 

Here is their argument:

Manufactured goods make up two-thirds of U.S. exports, and every new trade agreement we pass ensures increased market access and more jobs for American manufacturing workers. Following free trade opponents’ protectionist course would rob American manufacturers of the opportunity to compete in the global marketplace. We cannot remain world leaders if we shut ourselves off from the world.

There is so much wrong with that argument that it is really good.  It has worked for years.

It is smart because arguing with it is like arguing with a streetwalking schizophrenic who insists the Neptunians are speaking to him from special antennae in his shoelaces.  Its futile. 

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