Dems snub ally. Again.

[EvilMonkey]

http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.a...306978458113642

Columbian president Uribe in town, and Dems run like he had cooties.

 

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who arbitrarily iced Colombia's free trade deal last April, refused to meet Uribe and didn't acknowledge a White House invitation to an event in his honor. Later, her staff regally complained that Uribe didn't call her.

 

Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama only grudgingly permitted Uribe to talk with him by telephone, afterward disclosing no news about why he still opposes cutting tariffs on American goods to Colombia as the free trade pact provides. Nor did he make any public statements, seemingly to make the call go unnoticed.

 

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who's fond of junketing to the luxury locales in South America, had no time to repay the hospitality to Uribe. And two Democrats held out as Latin experts, Sen. Chris Dodd of Connecticut and Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico, couldn't give Uribe the time of day.

 

Some pro-free-trade Democrats, including Rep. Gregory Meeks of New York, were notable exceptions and did welcome Uribe. But none of the Democrats billed as foreign-policy heavy hitters could see that the implications of snubbing Colombia send a message to the region that it pays more to be America's enemy than its friend.

[GoSox05]

I think he got rid of the cooties, but now he has a case of the soft on the murder of trade unionists.

 

 

[southsider2k5]

I think he got rid of the cooties, but now he has a case of the soft on the murder of trade unionists.

 

Maybe he should try building a nuclear weapon. That always seems to work.

[GoSox05]

Maybe he should try building a nuclear weapon. That always seems to work.

 

 

Hey, he might as well. As long as he battles with Hugo Chavez and Evo Morales we will let him do whatever he wants.

[BigSqwert]

I'd think the Dems would have noticed that Uribe has been looking a lot better at 3rd this year.

[kapkomet]

I'd think the Dems would have noticed that Uribe has been looking a lot better at 3rd this year.

 

I was waiting for someone to say that.

[southsider2k5]

I'd think the Dems would have noticed that Uribe has been looking a lot better at 3rd this year.

 

Nicely done

[Rex Kickass]

I'd think the Dems would have noticed that Uribe has been looking a lot better at 3rd this year.

 

But I wouldn't speak with him either til he gets rid of that goofy facial hair.

[lostfan]

Haha, I feel better knowing that anytime I think of the president of Colombia I'm not the only one that thinks of our Uribe almost all the time.

[EvilMonkey]

I think he got rid of the cooties, but now he has a case of the soft on the murder of trade unionists.

How does he "now' have a case of soft n murder of trade unionists, when the murder rate has declined every year since he took over? He has activly combatted that issue and make huge strides. However, since it isn't 'zero', I guess that isn't good enough for some. I swear that if GWB suddenly decided that it would be a good thing to suddenly be friends with Cuba, that the Dems would find some reason to suddenly reverse their position.