Schumer Fiddles - Congress Dances

I may be a Bush supporter but I do research my own facts in order to form an opinion.

1 posted on 03/12/2006 4:51:35 PM PST by Chickenhawk Warmonger

To: Chickenhawk Warmonger

And was it not just the sweetest little Influence for Hire scam.

Eller & Co , run by fat cat Democrat Donors, got beat out for the P&O deal by Dubai Port World. They hired a big shot lawyer and filed a lawsuit. They knew the Lawsuit was crap so they scurried up to Capitol Hill to cry for help. The Unions also hated the deal cause they knew in new Union Negotiations with the new company they were going to get seriously squeezed by demands of labor saving technological improvements. Chucky Schumer, head of the Democrat Senate Election Committee, took the lobbying info and ran with it. It allowed him to do a number of things. It allows Democrats to nuke their "weak on National Security" PR vulnerability. It gets him a big wet sloppy kiss from the unions in terms of money and foot solider for the Senate campaigns. It gets him big dollars from the Port Terminal companies, it drives a wedge into the Republican base, and best of all he got Know Nothing Talking Heads like Sean Hannity, Mike Savage and Laura Ingraham etc. to do the PR dirty work for him.

The best thing is he can walk away a big winner now, OR he can go to stage two and lobby that the ports be "nationalized" like they did with the Airline Screeners. The Congresscowards, their usual gutless selves, simply looked at the polls and panicked. NEVER even thought that they should stand by the President and fight for the truth. They simply panicked and rolled over for the Dem's AGAIN.

No national security implications, no nonsense about "turning our ports over to Arabs" simply a business deal where the losers went to Congress to buy the influence to reverse the deal. The same Americans running the port terminals now would of been running them after the deal for Dubai Port World. The name on the outside of the terminal and the name on the paycheck given to the American terminal workers would have change and that is about it.

Simply amazing that the same people who whine endlessly about "Bush big spending" and "Big Govt Republicans" now have seen to it that there will be an expansion in the cost, scope and reach of the Federal Govt over the Private Sector. That's the REALITY which the Whine All The Time Choir just screamed down rather then admit the knee jerk nature of their "I'm mad at Bush" hissy fit about the Terminal Deal.

2 posted on 03/12/2006 4:57:38 PM PST by MNJohnnie (Are you not entertained? Are you NOT entertained? Is this not what you came here for?)

To: Chickenhawk Warmonger; Dolphy; DCPatriot; Howlin; Coop; gov_bean_ counter; Solson; 1035rep; ...

How about this?

WOW!

3 posted on 03/12/2006 5:00:27 PM PST by onyx (IF ONLY 10% of Muslims are radical, that's still 120 MILLION who want to kill us.)

To: Chickenhawk Warmonger

You make FR so GOOD!
Thank you.

4 posted on 03/12/2006 5:05:58 PM PST by onyx (IF ONLY 10% of Muslims are radical, that's still 120 MILLION who want to kill us.)

5 posted on 03/12/2006 5:14:48 PM PST by TheLion

To: Chickenhawk Warmonger; onyx

Eller & Co told Britain’s High Court that “Eller would be affected because some companies have threatened to withdraw business from US ports that would be run by Dubai’s DP World if the deal goes through.

So, these companies that were supposedly crabbing to Eller about working with DP World....are we to infer these companies ONLY did business that involved US ports and NONE of the other ports worldwide that DP World manages?

Very flimsy rationale, IMO. I think Eller was ticked they didn't get the bid and sought to get the deal done other ways, especially when the judges ruled against them.

See tagline.

6 posted on 03/12/2006 5:16:47 PM PST by prairiebreeze (Dear Congressmoron.....)

7 posted on 03/12/2006 5:17:37 PM PST by TheLion

Yep. Schumer and Co. were just paying his campaign donors a favor.

8 posted on 03/12/2006 5:18:38 PM PST by BigSkyFreeper (There is no alternative to the GOP except varying degrees of insanity.)

NO - FR makes ME so GOOD!!
Thank you for keeping all of us informed and up to date!

9 posted on 03/12/2006 5:18:42 PM PST by Chickenhawk Warmonger (Join the chickenhawk express at www.chickenhawkexpress.blogspot.com)

Thanks for the ping. Why am I not surprised? Schumer is a slimy excuse for a U.S. Senator.

For political gain under the guise of port security, he is willing to possibly sacrifice the relations of our closest ally in the ME, the UAE.

10 posted on 03/12/2006 5:19:47 PM PST by jazusamo (:Gregory was riled while Hume smiled:)

To: prairiebreeze

It's the same rationale that Democrats demonstrate toward Wal-Mart. Follow the donor money, keeping in mind the union ties therein.

11 posted on 03/12/2006 5:20:14 PM PST by BigSkyFreeper (There is no alternative to the GOP except varying degrees of insanity.)

To: Chickenhawk Warmonger

Thanks for the piece Chickenhawk. It really spells out what a slimeball Schumer is.

12 posted on 03/12/2006 5:21:58 PM PST by jazusamo (:Gregory was riled while Hume smiled:)

To: Chickenhawk Warmonger

Surprise, surprise - - Schumer is a scumbag.
LMAO!!

13 posted on 03/12/2006 5:22:44 PM PST by Lancey Howard

To: Chickenhawk Warmonger

By the way, GREAT post.
BUMP!

14 posted on 03/12/2006 5:23:55 PM PST by Lancey Howard

To: Chickenhawk Warmonger

Your research is impeccable and you write with a wonderful flair.

I love your wording here:

"Meanwhile, the Republicans who failed to separate fact from fiction are crossing their fingers that their random and rare display of backbone will help fill their campaign coffers. All this time we have been clamoring for the GOP Congress to stand up and take control, without any results. When they finally do stand up, it is only to place Sen. Schumer on their shoulders and carry him to across the finish line."

15 posted on 03/12/2006 5:25:18 PM PST by onyx (IF ONLY 10% of Muslims are radical, that's still 120 MILLION who want to kill us.)

For political gain under the guise of port security, he is willing to possibly sacrifice the relations of our closest ally in the ME, the UAE

And don't forget chuck's newest and bestest buddy, michael weiner(savage).

16 posted on 03/12/2006 5:25:59 PM PST by Dane ( anyone who believes hillary would do something to stop illegal immigration is believing gibberish)

You're most welcome and again, I am thrilled you're on our list.

17 posted on 03/12/2006 5:26:43 PM PST by onyx (IF ONLY 10% of Muslims are radical, that's still 120 MILLION who want to kill us.)

To: Chickenhawk Warmonger

Great post this stuff has got to get out

18 posted on 03/12/2006 5:26:50 PM PST by bayourant

We can always spam it on "other" threads...lol.

19 posted on 03/12/2006 5:27:31 PM PST by onyx (IF ONLY 10% of Muslims are radical, that's still 120 MILLION who want to kill us.)

To: Chickenhawk Warmonger

Many thanks for finding these new facts. Of course, the antis here wont care and will continue to scream and yell and post ALL of Chuckles Schumer's talking points, accusing those of us who know the facts, of being Islamonazi toadies.

This has NOTHING at all to do with President Bush being "wrong" and EVERYTHING to do with a mob of mindless hysterics following corrupt DEMs over the cliff.

20 posted on 03/12/2006 5:28:27 PM PST by nopardons

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