Posted on 03/02/2006 5:34:09 PM PST by Richie Rich
Even though a FoxNews poll shows that a wide majority of Americans oppose the Ports deal and it is obviously unpopular politically, these figures are both unsurprising and meaningless.
The main reason the poll is both unsurprising and meaningless is that if you asked any American the question, "Would you want your company to be acquired by a foreign (nevermind Arab) firm?," the poll results would likely be very similar. In other words, not many people voluntarily like it when foreign firms buy American firms (even though in this case, it's a British firm being bought).
Secondly, Americans are rightly concerned about security, and like it or not - we do have a skepticism about Arabs when it comes to security. Maybe it's all those stereotypes such as Alibaba and the Forty Thieves, maybe it's the reality that not many Arab countries have been particularly helpful in our fight against terrorism (even though some are obviously more helpful than others), or maybe it's just because we don't like "outsourcing our U.S. jobs" to foreign firms.
(Excerpt) Read more at bizblogger.blogspot.com ...
An of course the fact that Fox is STILL lying and polling about "turning ports over to Arabs" also matters. Stupidty that polls well is still stupidity.
Also, the ports are not being sold, the management of certain terminals within these ports are being sold. Is this correct?
Stupidty that polls well is still stupid. CFR polled well too. So did the Medicare RX Drug program
Hmmmm. Reassuring to know that public opinion is meaningless...
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