Breaking News: The source of Peter Roskam’s rosy assesment of the present situation in Colombia has now been revealed. RubberStampRoskam has learned that, during his recent visit to the country, Roskam and his delegation held high-level trade talks with fictional Colombian coffee grower Juan Valdez and his mule Conchita. Apparently Valdez and Conchita reassured Roskam that the situation for trade unionists in Colombia was hunky dory. On his returm from meeting with Valdez, Roskam complained that the issue of free trade with Colombia is being “simplistically caricatured in the Democratic debate“.

You can read the story from El Colombiano of Roskam’s meeting with Valdez and Conchita here:

Seguimos en la lucha por el TLC: Carlos Gutiérrez

The picture of Roskam and his delegation with Valdez and Conchita is priceless but, sadly, very tiny.

President Bush has previously held talks with Valdez and Conchita.

Noted nut bar, perpetual Republican candidate, and regular Roskam campaign contributor Jim Oberweis has been engaging in some hilarious last minute shenanigans in his bid to win Denny Hastert’s old seat in the 14th. (Why anyone would want to sit in Hastert’s old seat I’ll never know.) Read about it here:

Jim Oberweis Insanity…You’ve got to see this - IL-14 (UPDATE)

Sure hope we put this idiot to pasture for good today. Anybody know if Roskam endorsed him?