Posted on 02/22/2006 4:34:50 PM PST by johnmecainrino
Bush didn't know because congress mandated for this foreign service group to keep the decisions secret. The group only informs the president if they go to an extended period of review and then reject it. No one on the top white house staff knew. It was done by middle level bueracracy mostly in these agencies. Congress mandated the process by non political and kept secret.
Congress didn't know because it is a federal crime to talk about the specifics of the deal. Again congress mandated it be secret and now they are screaming how bush didn't inform them.
Based on the law congress passed in 1988 Bush couldn't have reversed the deal after it was approved by this committee. The law states that after the deal was approved by the committee bush or the committee can only go back and review the deal if the company lied to them on the application.
On MSNBC right now we are hearing how bush was out of the loop again and all the bs. That was the law. And when I hear congress complaining about the secrecy, damn them they wrote the law that way to protect the propriety of the companies.
Scott McClellan has to be the worst press secretary ever. He didn't even know today that the american unions would still be involved and that homeland security got in the deal to do a background check before anyone can enter the facility that works for the company.
Bush needs to go on national TV primetime to stop the lies. Worst of all a lot of the lies are being spread by peter king who is clueless on the 1988 law that was written. If he is so upset change the law instead of blaming bush for a law congress mandated.
You are so wrong. I am as conservative as anyone on this site but I think this deal will go through. Have you done any research on this at all? I have. You sound more like someone from DU with your reaction to someone who does not share your viewpoint.
Lastly I do not trust Bush on any border security issues. He sucks at ALL of them. IF our borders were tight then we wouldn't need to kill terrorists "over there" to prevent them from coming here.
Unless of course you find it necessary to come to the aid of HOTB. As I told him McCain, Carter and Rush are for this makes it a very suspect deal to me. And of course as I told HOTB if you are so confident this is a good and safe deal move next to one of the ports in question. I didn't start the petty stuff with HOTB but I am willing to respond back in kind. Since he started it then the assumption is that he has no more logic in his quiver to fight with.
Yes, not only on this subject, but others as well.
So this done-deal is about right principles according to Bush, although Bush wasn't aware of the deal and its right principles just a few weeks back due to the laws written by the congress in 1988.
And the secret deal with the UAE for cooperation in the Iraqi war wasn't known by Bush or anyone in the administration either. And that secret deal has nothing to do with this ports deal that Scott Mac says may or may not hurt our secret deal if it isn't ratified.
And Brits are the same as the Taliban-supporting, AQ financing, Hamas-loving, Israel-hating, gave us two of the hijackers on 9-11 UAE. And a British company in charge is the same as the govenment of the UAE that is a islamic theocracy under sharia law which is expecting a savior within the next few years that demands they destroy the infidels by all means necessary.
Damn, there's no countering that impressive alignment of facts.
You're right: It's the longshoreman greed. It's racism. It's xenophobia. It's ignorance of the Ports Authority and HSA. The MSM are trying to pull down the administration. The only ones that are fighting Bush are the Democrats, the MSM, and the demogogues.
Thank you for setting it all straight.
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