Bush is already attempting lame-duck overseas travel to make him look less like a hated war criminal but it won't work, especially when his bribes for the host country blow up in his face:
Prospects for Congressional approval of several free trade bills backed by the Bush administration were thrown into doubt today when House Republican leaders abruptly withdrew a Vietnam trade bill from consideration on the eve of President Bush's trip to Hanoi this week.
The failure of the Vietnam bill as Mr. Bush was preparing to leave on his trip was a deep disappointment and embarrassment for the White House, which had hoped that the president would hail its passage as a milestone in improvement in relations with a country where tens of thousands of Americans died more than 30 years ago.
http://www.nytimes.com/...
What's more, recriminations and accusations are flying just days after both parties claimed that bipartisanship and cooperation will advance. Here's bipartisanship for you:
House leaders immediately expressed confidence that it would pass as early as today under regular rules enabling it to be approved by a simple majority. But the "yes" votes appeared to be melting away under a sustained campaign by organized labor and other opponents of trade agreements that they argue cost American jobs.
The problem is, Bush is proceeding with hated trade deals that ship American jobs overseas as if Democrats didn't in fact take over Congress. I have never seen a man as out of touch with reality as our mentally deranged president.
May I suggest that Kossacks jump into the fray and please PLEASE ask our congresscritters, Republican or Democrat, to vote against more trade deals that send our jobs overseas.