Today’s Toronto Star contains an opinion piece titled “Bush’s woes ensure little will get done.” The piece discusses the situation that since Bush is unpopular, unsuccessful, and generally viewed as inept, that while the leaders of Mexico and Canada and Bush meeting today, it is likely that they will try to keep their distance from Bush and his ideas.
“Bush is viral,” says a long-time insider who has seen two generations of Canadian and Mexican leaders interact privately with this Uncle of Sam. “Politically, no one can afford to get too close to him.”
An infectious president creates two problems: One for the staggering process to advance shared North American interests, the other for a minority Prime Minister struggling for a majority.
Bush’s unpopularity makes it virtually certain leaders will leave the nearby Montebello resort having accomplished little more than deepening conspiracy theories that the security and prosperity agenda is a cover for accelerated continental integration. Sure, a final communiqué, both written and leaked before the meeting began, boasts new commitments to open borders, but progress on most of the 300-item, two-year-old to-do list is too small to measure.”
The piece also describes Bush as “crossbreed of elephant and lame-duck.” Well put.
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| U.S. Deaths Confirmed By The DoD: | 3706 |
| Reported U.S. Deaths Pending DoD Confirmation: | 1 |
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