CLOWN CAR:

Bush signs free-trade agreement with Peru (The Associated Press, December 14, 2007)

In calling on Congress to pass other free-trade agreements with Colombia and Panama, Bush — without naming names — jabbed leftist leaders in Latin America like Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, an outspoken antagonist of Washington.

"Across this hemisphere, people are watching what Congress will do ... in regards to the free trade agreements with Colombia and Panama," Bush said. "The champions of false populism will use any failure to approve these trade agreements as evidence that America will never treat other democracies in the region as full partners.

"Those who espouse the language of false populism will use the failure of these trade agreements as a way of showing America isn't committed to our friends in the hemisphere. It is vital that Congress send a strong message that the United States is committed to advancing freedom and prosperity in our neighborhood and approve these agreements with strong, bipartisan majorities."

How many Democrats can a Hugo carry?

Posted by Orrin Judd at December 14, 2007 8:13 PM