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Friday, March 09, 2007

Won't you be my neighbor?

yeah, like ANYBODY should believe ANYTHING he says...

as i said in the previous post from last night, i don't think bush has a tiny clue about how much he's hated in this part of the world, and, i can tell you, it's a sentiment shared across the spectrum, from taxi drivers to bankers... people follow the news here, and, to a large extent, are more aware of world goings-on than most people in the u.s., and they don't fool easily...

Trying to blunt Chavez's challenge, Bush seems to have taken a page from the outspoken Venezuelan populist. He suddenly is seeking to remake himself as a social reformer committed to alleviating poverty and inequality in the region.

"It's nothing more than to say we want to be your friends," Bush told RCN TV of Colombia, where he visits on Sunday. "My trip is a chance to tell the people ... that the United States cares deeply about the human condition."

Amid rising anti-U.S. sentiment, few Latin Americans are likely to buy such a transformation.

"social reformer" is the most ill-fitting label anyone could apply to a man who, along with his criminal administration, has spent the last 6+ years systematically destroying any implied or explicit social contract between the u.s. government and its citizens... anybody who buys this pantsload should be make to stand in the corner and wear a dunce cap... besides, a u.s. president trying to sound like mr. rogers - "we want to be your friends" - is just plain ridiculous...

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