We try (unsuccessfully) to avoid pure politics here at DealBreaker, but sometimes, particularly with issues like free trade, the lines blur. Irony, then, that Mark Penn, Clinton’s chief strategist, would be supporting the free trade pact with Colombia when Clinton opposes it. Of course, we are all for free trade here at DealBreaker, but one wonders how Mr. Penn was prodded by the Colombians into the free trade camp given the leanings of (one of) his bosses.
Hillary Clinton’s chief campaign strategist met with Colombia’s ambassador to the U.S. on Monday to discuss a bilateral free-trade agreement, a pact the presidential candidate opposes.
I’ve been told privately this morning that President Bush is intensely interested in the exchange. Asked to comment on the deal Bush apparently said only “Score!” before realizing he was on-the-record.*
Penn Held Talks On Colombia Pact Opposed by Senator [WSJ]
* Dramatization, may not actually have happened.
EP, I don’t think you’ve been here long enough* to use the Dealbreaker ‘Royal We’.
*Except the classic Muffie, BL, EP three-way on instant messenger.
is he holding a box of cigars by any chance? hmmmmm…
I heard it involved swapping a case of coke for 20 truckloads of pepsi.
“one wonders how Mr. Penn was prodded by the Colombians into the free trade camp given the leanings of (one of) his bosses.”
This is a joke, right? Penn is well to the right of Clinton on most economic issues, and has refused all along to cease working for other clients while also working for Clinton. The question is why Clinton has kept him on after his “strategy” failed so miserably and after he showed himself to be more interested in cashing her checks than in helping her get elected President.
Drudge is reporting that the Clintons made 109 mil between 2000 and 2007. They’re totally loaded.
I wonder if Hillary uses a strap-on to pound Bill’s butthole.