It's official. Here's what he did instead of his visit here:
"The [tax cut] proposal I outlined four months ago was designed to address the specific weaknesses in our economy, and to remove obstacles that keep companies from hiring workers," Bush told 2,000 people hand-picked by the state GOP to cheer him on in a downtown convention hall.Build a better Iraq through American tax cuts to the rich. Huh?
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The president had been scheduled to meet Monday with Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien in Ottawa. But, with relations strained over Canada's opposition to the U.S.-led war in Iraq and a trade dispute over softwood lumber imports, the visit was "postponed" � with no new date � as advisers said Bush needed to focus instead on rebuilding Iraq. [Emphasis mine]
No matter. I emphasize the "hand-picked" crowd to point toward Hesoid's analysis of Bush's enissophobia. And to wonder out loud if Canadian authorities weren't willing to guarantee that dissenters would be sent to Guantonimo, or at least kept out of earshot.
You know, we built this country's trading relationships for the last 130 years playing the Americans off the British, and vice versa. Our problems today might be borne from the Yanks and Brits becoming too cozy with one another for Canada's economic good. I think our solution has to come from elsewhere. Hey, EU --- need some softwood lumber? Some Durham wheat? Have we got a deal for you! (Alternatively, we could try to frame the Americans for something against British interests, but I really don't trust CSIS to manage subtle and dangerous Tom Clancyesque operations.) In the meantime, we should be preparing to open our doors to a second wave of United Empire Loyalists --- this lot, from Britain. Bad enough they lost the revolution in North America... now they have to lose it at home, too?
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