Oooh, snap!

Want to get ahead in European politics? get your America-bash on!

If it comes to choosing between pleasing President Bush or the Spanish public, Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said Wednesday that he — unlike the conservative opposition Popular Party — would opt for the latter.

"Between pleasing Bush and doing what Spanish people want, I will go for what Spaniards want, and you (the Popular Party) are, naturally, within your rights to decide to please the U.S. president," Zapatero said.

The remark came in a heated debate in Parliament between Zapatero and Popular Party leader Mariano Rajoy over the state of Spain a year into Zapatero's Socialist government.

Here's hoping Bush takes note and continues to give Z-man the silent treatment. Hard power, soft power, "petty power."