The Antiglobos Aren't Celebrating Only

By Stephen Green 4:33 PM on March 05, 2002

The Antiglobos Aren’t Celebrating Only Because They Don’t Understand It
It’s official, and it comes as no surprise that President Bush announced steel tariffs of 8-30%.

A callow move designed to buy votes in the Rust Belt, Bush is also hoping to wrangle Trade Promotion Authority back out of Congress in exchange for his craven cave-in to special interests.

First off, Congress is not going to give Bush TPA. Second of all, we’ve just shown our trading partners that we’ll gladly screw them in exchange for a handful of votes — that surely can’t be good come the next round of trade talks.

Steve launched VodkaPundit on a well-planned whim in 2002, and has been with PJ Media since its launch in 2005. He served as one of the hosts of PJTV, a pioneer in internet broadcasting. He also cohosts "Right Angle" with Bill Whittle and Scott Ott at BillWhittle.com. He lives with his wife and sons in the wooded hills of Monument, Colorado, where he enjoys the occasional adult beverage.