Like Watching the Grass Grow

It's over.

After keeping the voting open for over an hour over the 15 minute time limit, the Free Traders won the CAFTA vote 217 to 215. It was close for us regular folks, but Big Business won again. It took the jaw boning of the President and the arm twisting of the House majority leaders to pull it off and the sucking sound you will hear again is American jobs going to Central America. Mind you the GDP for all these countries combined is about the same as that of Tampa, Florida. It will be interesting to see who will benefit the most from this agreement and what "deals" were made in the last minute to get the vote.

Our Mississippi delegation was split along party lines.
Thompson - No
Taylor - No
Pickering - Yes
Wicker - Yes

The administration even had to play the "terror" card. A vote against CAFTA is a vote against democracy and a vote for the terrorist. Some people will believe anything. If anything, the rich will get richer and the poor will get, well you know the line. Anyhow, workers in Central America will not benefit, American workers will lose jobs and Multi-National Corp will gain and this is good for you?

Be sure to thank Cochran, Lott, Wicker and Pickering when you are standing in the unemployment line.