Yesterday, I was back doing the hard stuff…not in the drinking area (though, actually, I did have a bit of Glenlivet later in the day). No, the hard stuff is trying to have an intelligent conversation with anyone associated with the so-called "free trade" wing of the world. In this case, I was asked to debate former Bush Commerce Secretary Carlos Guiterrez on the issues of trade.

   Now, I had very little memory about Guiterrez, having not paid much attention to his public persona. But, you have to figure: a businessman, a former high-level government official…you’ll get some good back-and-forth. Instead, Guiterrez turns out to be a total empty suit (okay, maybe I was naive going in) whose sole response seemed to consistent of "you’re a liberal. Check this out:

   If this guy just wants to throw around the liberal "insult", be my guest–it seems so out-dated and almost bizarre. And, as I pointed out at the end, it’s bizarre coming from a guy who was a key part of an Administration that was thoroughly discredited by its performance–seems to me the voters made that quite clear in 2008.