Actual email from actual White House press office… Note: Irony is the weapon of the powerless. So we hope.
From: [spokesperson] @who.eop.gov
Sent: Mon Apr 14 19:13:21 2008
Subject: Speaker Pelosi really knows how to bring people together…In fact, she has single-handedly managed to unite editorial rooms all across the nation (and beyond) with her misguided decision on the Colombia trade agreement…
* Washington Post – “Drop Dead, Colombia,” 4/10
* Wall Street Journal – “Pelosi’s Bad Faith,” 4/10
* St. Louis Post-Dispatch – “The Politics of Trade,” 4/10
* National Review – “Free Choice,” 4/10
* Las Vegas Review Journal – “Trade talks,” 4/10
* Boston Herald – “The Pelosi Doctrine: Duck,” 4/10
* Seattle Times – “The Washington six: tampering with trade,” 4/11
* New York Post – “Pelosi’s Putrid Sellout,” 4/11
And, you know, so on…
* San Francisco Chronicle – “Trade pandering,” 4/11* Denver Post – “Historical failure on Colombia trade pact,” 4/11
* New York Times – “Time for the Colombian Trade Pact,” 4/11
* The Oklahoman – “Pelosi’s Ploy: Colombia Deal Succumbs To Politics,” 4/11
* Los Angeles Times – “Pelosi plays politics,” 4/12
* Chicago Tribune – “Caving on Colombia,” 4/12
* The Plain Dealer – “Sidetracking Colombia trade deal hurts U.S. businesses and workers,” 4/13
* Orange County Register – “Trading on ignorance,” 4/13
* Charleston Post Courier – “Politics trumps free trade,” 4/14
* Corpus Christi Caller Times – “Congress should pass Colombia trade deal,” 4/14
* Knoxville News-Sentinel – “House Democrats Holding Free Trade Hostage,” 4/14
* Financial Times – “A setback on trade in Washington,” 4/14
* Tacoma News Tribune – “Free trade shouldn’t be sacrificed to politics,” 4/14
* And more….
