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He also suggested that the Bush administration form a bipartisan commission to promote Latin American relations and help put the Free Trade Area of the Americas back on the hemisphere's agenda. It could be headed by former presidents Bill Clinton and George Bush, he added.

It's time to stop this junk. We need to get fresh ideas and put away these two dynasties-in-the-making. Or, maybe they really are all one dynasty. The Bush-Clinton dynasty has got to go.

''There are 42 million Hispanics in the U.S. How many of those are legal? God knows. That has to be resolved,'' he said. ``That would be a good message for Latin Americans.''

In other words, "Legalize them now, and bring more!" The Bush love affair with all things hispanic continues.

...one would be to create more scholarships for foreign students in order to generate ''a strong cadre of leaders'' overseas with an intimate understanding of the United States...

As someone else noted on a thread why doesn't he offer those scholarships for American stuedents?

''There are 42 million Hispanics in the U.S. How many of those are legal? God knows. That has to be resolved,'' he said. ``That would be a good message for Latin Americans.''

Even if there are 12 million illegals and all are counted as Hispanic, that leaves 30 million who are here legally or are citizens. This Bush is not even a shrub, he's a weed. Its not Latin America's business what we do within our borders.