Pat's calling the President a fanatic? That's pretty funny.
Pat should run for President again. Maybe in 2008 he can get 0.45% instead of the 0.42% that he got in 2000.
Anyway, CAFTA will happen for the following reasons:
The second richest zipcode in the entire country for the GWB Campaign was 45243, which includes Indian Hill just outside Cincinnati.
The Congressman who represents this district is Rob Portman, who has been nominated as US Trade Rep.
The host of the fund raisers in 45243 is Carl Lindner, owner of the Cincinnati Reds and Chiquita Banana.
Chiquita gets its bananas from Central America.
Uncle Carl's money speaks louder than Pat and his brigades.
Too bad Pat, but your brigades are no match for billions of bananas. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
One more thing -- Carl Lindner also owns the majority of AMTRAK Common stock (although control is vested w/ the preferred held by Uncle Sam) -- so anyone who supports trains is also supporting one of the biggest free trade advocates in the country. (Does Willie Green prefer trains or tariffs? Inquiring minds want to know!)
Lindner's nomination has been noted, unhappily, by most US small-business manufacturing companies. He's another political hack who's drinking the KoolAde of Bush-family globaloney.