Posted on 03/15/2006 2:32:28 PM PST by freemarket_kenshepherd
My colleague, Amy Menefee, just posted an excellent review of media coverage of the Dubai Ports World controversy.
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Now that the Dubai ports deal has been sidelined, some in the media are beginning to wake up and smell the protectionism.
“The Bush administration is making another argument that a lot of economists are also echoing,” ABC’s Elizabeth Vargas said on the March 10 “World News Tonight.” “The U.S. is hurting itself economically by scuttling this deal.”
But just a day earlier, the domestic political nuances and the president’s image were of more interest to “World News Tonight.” Vargas opened the March 9 report, “A high-stakes political battle between the president and the U.S. Congress is over tonight.” She added that “this comes after a furious protest among lawmakers who vowed to block the deal and an indignant defense of it by the president himself.” Correspondent Martha Raddatz rejoined, “Dubai Ports has basically thrown in the towel, giving opponents of the deal a victory and the White House some political cover.”
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Welcome to FR.
Hey Ken, Welcome to FR. Port Deal: Ugly Politics
American economic protection is just a 2 year cicida that appears every election. After November it will be fogotten for another 2 years.
Its over...lets move on.
The only reason the Democrats (and their various loony branches) were against it was because Bush was for it.
Let's not.
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