I've always liked, or at least respected, Phyllis Schlafly. Her record on conservative issues is one to be admired. However, she has gotten herself caught up in the North American Union conspiracist nonsense, and today produced a column that is quite sad in its nuttiness.

The three-nation summit at Montebello, Quebec, was held behind closed doors, well guarded behind an intimidating fence and plenty of police, but the news conference that followed on Aug. 21 revealed more than the three heads of state had planned.

President George W. Bush, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and Mexican President Felipe Calderon all refused to deny that the Security and Prosperity Partnership is a stepping stone toward a North American Union.

The $64,000 question was posed by Fox News reporter Bret Baier. He asked all three heads of state, "Can you say today that this is not a prelude to a North American Union, similar to a European Union?"

Their response was positively sensational. Not one denied that SPP is leading to a North American Union. The White House transcript of the news conference allows us to assume that the elites of the three countries are, indeed, moving toward North American integration.

Bush insulted the questioner and those who want an answer by accusing them of believing in a "conspiracy." Bush twice said he was "amused" by such speculation, but as Queen Victoria of England famously said, "We are not amused."

Instead of addressing the crux of the question about plans to integrate the three North American countries, Bush resorted to ridicule. He sneered at his critics as "comical," and accused them of engaging in "political scare tactics" and wanting "to frighten our fellow citizens into believing that relations between us are harmful for our respective peoples."

Harper and Calderon were equally dismissive of the notion.

Somehow, in the mind of Phyllis, ridiculing the ridiculous confirms its truth. But the reality is that there is no North American Union in the offing, simply a continuation of the principles contained in NAFTA. Indeed, the creation of the so-called NAU would require both treaties and Constitutional amendments that would never pass.

So settle down, Phyllis, and the rest of you folks – the NAU black helicopters are not coming to get you. You are dismissed.

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