Posted on 02/22/2006 9:00:17 PM PST by Kaslin
Politicians across the political spectrum are raising their voices against the arrangement which would allow a United Arab Emirates company to manage six U.S. seaports, and on Tuesday's Situation Room, CNN's Jack Cafferty acted as a rabble-rousing activist as he encouraged his viewers to rise up against any politician who doesn't act to block the deal and he highlighted two viewer e-mails which advocated the impeachment of President Bush over the matter. Cafferty excoriated: "If our elected representatives don't do everything in their power to stop this thing, each of us should vow to work tirelessly to see that they are removed from public office....Here's the question. What should be done to stop a deal that would allow an Arab company with ties to terrorism to run U.S. ports?" Cafferty soon read from one e-mailer who argued that "this deal is nothing short of collusion with a foreign power of unknown intent during wartime. The President should be impeached." And another: "Putting George Bush in charge of our country was a huge mistake, and my fellow citizens finally realize that it was a disaster. Time to impeach this President."
The MRC's Megan McCormack caught the "Cafferty File" about 16 minutes into the 4pm EST hour of the February 21 Situation Room: "Wolf, this may be the straw that finally breaks the camel's back, this deal to sell control of six U.S. ports to a company controlled by the United Arab Emirates. There are now actually Senators and Congressmen and Governors and Mayors telling the White House you're not going to do this, and it's about time. No one has said no to this administration on anything that matters in a very long time. Well, this matters, matters a lot. If this deal is allowed to go through, we deserve whatever we get. A country with ties to terrorists will have a presence at six critical doorways to our country. And if anyone thinks the terrorists in time won't figure out how to exploit that, than we're all done. Nothing's happened yet, mind you, but if our elected representatives don't do everything in their power to stop this thing, each of us should vow to work tirelessly to see that they are removed from public office. We're at a crossroads. Which way will we choose? Here's the question. What should be done to stop a deal that would allow an Arab company with ties to terrorism to run U.S. ports? E-mail us at CaffertyFile@CNN.com or go to CNN.com/CaffertyFile."
At 4:58pm EST Cafferty returned with the feedback he got as he read some selected viewer e-mails with the text displayed on screen: "The question, Wolf, is what should be done to stop a deal that would allow an Arab company to operate six U.S. ports. We are getting tons of e-mail. Alan in Silver Springs, Maryland, 'The U.S. Congress must stand tall and united against the administration's plan. They must force the President to withdraw the government's approval.' Em in Barrington, Illinois, 'This deal is nothing short of collusion with a foreign power of unknown intent during wartime. The President should be impeached.' Mike writes, 'This administration has been going in the wrong direction. They've now turned a trot into a mad dash toward oblivion. This C grade President and his cronies are threatening our existence. This port deal must be stopped.' J.R., or excuse me, J.B., Raleigh, North Carolina, 'Jack, give someone enough rope, he'll hang himself. The arrogance of the Bush administration has finally caught up with it, and we're united at last. Putting George Bush in charge of our country was a huge mistake, and my fellow citizens finally realize that it was a disaster. Time to impeach this President.' Eric in Medina, Ohio, 'Congress must act to bar turning port security and operations over to foreign governments or foreign companies. Not merely Arab governments and companies, any foreign authority. American ports must be under the control of our citizens.' And David writes from Hawaii, 'The last time we had a government that was non-responsive to the wishes of the people they governed, we had a revolution.' Wolf?"
It's like a disease, and the only antidote to that disease is to turn off Savage, seek out the truth, weigh the facts, and use common sense.
Yep; then it will be easier to compile the latest "updated" list.......LOL.
BRAVO; well done! Welcome to FR. :-)
Guess not. :)
Perhaps, nonetheless it is tremendously difficult to rationalize or accept. I think the heresy on this topic is rather more symptomatic of a broader picture though, particularly when it come to things like open borders, massive drug welfare programs, and the fact this is the first time 'veto' has been bandied about causing fiscal conservatives to be besides themselves.
So I ask myself what what Reagan do? Probably the same thing with one exception; The 'carrot' would be the same but the 'stick' would be big, broad, and announced. And I think that is where the problem is - accountability. None of the talking heads, Rush on down, or the politicos have said much on what would happen if there were problems down the road to provide assurance to the American public national security would not be compromised.
What many of us skeptics want to know has less to do with the sale of port leases to the UAE and more to with what happens if it doesn't work. Bush is out of the formula, he won't be in office all that much longer and it's not fair to stick it to the next administration, especially if the likes of a Gore/Hillary/Kerry sneak in because of a third party (ala Clinton) in 08'. Seems to me the onus is on congress to set up a legislative framework in case it goes sour.
And it well known of the standing of congress in the eyes of the public.
Okay........now I"m going to spend the rest of the night trying to think of that song AND who sang it. Thanks a lot.
They will not control the ports, you sound like the DU crowd spreading untruths.
You WHAT at it? OMG...lol.
bttt
LOL!
I smell ozone.
Well done!
According to Tom Barkley (?), CEO of DPW on Wolf Blitzer this afternoon, his company does business with an Israeli shipping company in several ports.
And, if I'm not mistaken, several Arab countries we deal with regularly do not recognize Israel as a country.
The fact is that the Democrats have come off as "Racial Profilers" and no friend of the Arab Nations who are cooperating with us in this war on terror.
We cannot forget the fact that UAE, Pakistan, Jordan, Oman, Kuwait, and many others have helped us in one way or the other, and turning our backs to that help would be a major mistake. Not to mention that Dubai World Ports would play no roll whatsoever in the security of our Ports, all they would be doing is managing the financial details of those Ports. They are ponying up 6.8 Billion Dollars for this contract, and if they wanted to blow up all 6 of these Ports, they could do so far less expensive!!!!!
IMHO the whole thing boils down to the simple fact that the United Arab Emirates knows a good investment when they see one. We are the most productive Nation on the planet, and if I lived overseas, I would invest here at every opportunity
ROFLMAO!
LOL
I suck at detecting the Zot retreads...
Funny how those who derisively call the President King George want him to in fact, act as if he's king.
One watches this guy, then checks the stock price of Time/AOL/CNN....
Says everything.
They sure are; in droves!
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