Democrats dodge Colombian President & CAFTA, Palin shows leadership

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Praise for Palin’s diplomacy to an ally, from today’s Investment Business Daily.

While the Dems were dodging the leader of a South American ally, Palin demonstrated the grace and diplomacy of a true POTUS.

Uribe didn’t come asking for much — only that Congress keep its word on an agreement that will drop tariffs on American goods sold in Colombia and help his country develop and prosper as a bulwark of democracy in a battered region.

“We consider that in the coming years if the free-trade agreement were approved . . . the main economic result could be the increase in investments in our country,” Uribe told the Brookings Institution.

“And the more we increase legal investments in our country, the less difficult our task to defeat terrorist groups, to defeat illegal drugs.”

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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.

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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.

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Into the vacuum, however, has stepped in Gov. Sarah Palin. The supposedly foreign-policy-challenged vice presidential candidate asked to meet with Uribe on Tuesday in New York to support our ally.

As chief executive of Alaska, Palin knows what it’s like to deal with a Congress that dismisses her state as distant, lectures it on ecological virtue and then denies its citizens development. She understands perfectly how it must feel to be Uribe, who’s gotten the exact same treatment from a Washington establishment.

Palin’s reception of Uribe is a far more serious statement than Obama’s visits to the tourist spots of Europe that he chalked up as foreign policy experience.

Palin’s meeting with Uribe shows a commitment to American interests over Washington politics. Thank goodness Palin knows how to act when an important leader and true friend comes calling.

No heavy hitter Dems stepped up to the diplomacy state. But “Some pro-free-trade Democrats, including Rep. Gregory Meeks of New York, were notable exceptions and did welcome Uribe.”

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Good move Sarah! Bravo!

Here are 3 more videos to understand what really is Free-Trade. And understanding it will make voters scared of voting for Obama

“MARIO” OBAMA (Flip flopping Obama on Free Trade).
The “Mario” is a Quebec joke on one of our politician, name Mario Dumont)
http://www.antagoniste.net/?p=3632

PACIFISTES & SOCIALISTES
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6mmkm_pacifistes-socialistes_news

OBAMA PROMISES TO STOP AMERICA’S SHITTY JOBS GOING OVERSEAS (In front of Union Workers). http://www.theonion.com/content/video/obama_promises_to_stop_americas?utm_source=embedded_video

But amazingly, it didn’t seem to do any good, just read this:

STATE OF UNION
Youngstown, Ohio — You just knew that when Joe O’Connell, former head of the local AFL-CIO, got on stage here with John McCain and Sarah Palin things were not going smoothly for the Obama campaign among union voters. “I am a lifelong Democrat, an intelligent Democrat, who is supporting John McCain,” O’Connell said last week as a crowd of 7,000 waved “Another Democrat for John McCain” signs and roared its approval.

When there’s little to tout about from one’s past, one must resort to touting about the future, and so NBD does what it can to facilitate that requirement.

And speaking of the past and requirements:

JOHN McCAIN selected Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to be his running mate 23 days ago. Since then, Ms. Palin has not held a single news conference with the national media. She has answered only a handful of questions from voters and reporters. She sat down for a lengthy discussion with one nonpartisan interviewer, ABC’s Charles Gibson, and granted another interview to conservative Sean Hannity of Fox News, as well as a sit-down with People magazine and some interviews with Alaska media. Where Dick Cheney made the rounds of five news shows the weekend after he was tapped by George W. Bush, Ms. Palin has not turned up on a single Sunday program.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/20/AR2008092001763.html

I think Schmidt should come out and bleat the liberal media again for being ‘in with Obama’.

Sorry, my last video in comment #1 is not working. But this one is, so here it is again:

OBAMA PROMISES TO STOP AMERICA’S SHITTY JOBS GOING OVERSEAS (In front of Union Workers).
http://www.theonion.com/content/video/obama_promises_to_stop_americas

But amazingly, it didn’t seem to do any good, just read this:

STATE OF UNION
Youngstown, Ohio — You just knew that when Joe O’Connell, former head of the local AFL-CIO, got on stage here with John McCain and Sarah Palin things were not going smoothly for the Obama campaign among union voters. “I am a lifelong Democrat, an intelligent Democrat, who is supporting John McCain,” O’Connell said last week as a crowd of 7,000 waved “Another Democrat for John McCain” signs and roared its approval.

CAC was a joke, we have seen the fruits of Obama’s labor. You can be rest assured that if McCain was running on his community organization of education in Phoenix, and years later they protested for lack of funding, it’d be front page and blogged all to hell.

Oh my God, the shit hit the fan!

See this video:

Sources: INTENSE PRESSURE LED TO PALIN UN SNUB
http://wcbstv.com/campaign08/clinton.palin.event.2.821565.html

TO THE COMMUNIST DEMOCRATS…

…Uribe is to be hated just as much as Bush.

I’m guessing the Hillary was pushed aside for Obama because his Leftist credentials were more solid than hers.
http://www.ibdeditorials.com/series8.aspx

I found that when I went over to Investment Business Daily to read the article on how Dems snubbed Uribe.

It’s too sickening to read all at once. I’m going to have to take it in little doses. I suggest others do to, and start getting the word out. Obama IS a Commie!

Colombia.

The country does NOT have a “u” in the spelling.

Mata…..thanks for posting Sarah’s quote “But here’s a little news flash for all those reporters and commentators: I’m not going to Washington to seek their good opinion – I’m going to Washington to serve the people of this country. Americans expect us to go to Washington for the right reasons, and not just to mingle with the right people.”
That’s exactly what she said at the rally here in The Villages the other day.
The girl has more backbone than any of those who are out to try their best to destroy her. She said in her interview with Sean Hannity that she’s got thick skin, and the more they seek to dig up what they can, the more it motivates her to go forward with her goal to reform DC!

Janelle

Sarah Palin will meet next week with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in New York… way to go Sarah!

Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, who has not held a press conference in nearly four weeks of campaigning, initially barred reporters from her first meetings with world leaders Tuesday, but reversed course after they protested.

At first, campaign aides told the TV producer, print and news agency reporters in the press pool that followed the Alaska governor that they would not be admitted along with still photographers and a video camera crew taken in to photograph her meetings with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, who are here for the United Nations General Assembly this week. She also was to meet later with former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.

These sessions and meetings scheduled for Wednesday are part of the Republican campaign’s effort to give Palin experience in foreign affairs. She has never met a foreign head of state and first traveled outside North America just last year.

At least two news organizations, including The Associated Press, objected to the exclusion of reporters and were told that the decision was not subject to discussion. Presidents and members of Congress routinely allow reporters to attend photo opportunities along with photographers and the reporters sometimes are able to ask questions during the brief photo sessions, usually held at the beginning of private meetings.

CNN, which was providing the television coverage for news organizations, decided to pull its TV crew from the first meeting, with Karzai, effectively denying Palin the high visibility she had sought. But after the campaign agreed to let CNN’s producer in as well, the CNN camera crew joined the session.

According to the CNN producer who was let into Karzai’s hotel suite with the photographers just before noon, Karzai was talking about his son. Palin was nodding, and asked what his name is. Karzai replied his name was Mirwais and explained that it means light of the house.

The media were escorted out after about 40 seconds.

Campaign aides subsequently announced that reporters would be allowed to accompany photographers into the later sessions with Uribe and Kissinger.

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5ijGq94pVTj9FGiR-c5EdA3iSm2owD93CHQP82

Ok, Steven Schmidt yesterday, and now Palin today pissing off the media.

It’ll only get worse.

Hey Doug, what do you think of your dear friend Obama, who refuses to do anything if the medias are not there? No medias, no candy… no glory!