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?"
After 9/11 lots of things changed, and especially after how quickly the Taliban and Saddam Hussein were overthrown v ery quickly. Despite your ignorance on this matter, many of these Middle Eastern Countries are more interested in making money than declaring Jihad and its obvious that the UAE is one of them.
The UAE is a very practical, free market country. They realize that working with us benefits them in lots of ways.
Commies in left coast ports, Muslims in eastern ports and southern ports, wide open borders north and south. From where I stand I think we're well surrounded, but this impeachment sh!t is really gettin' old.
The more things change, the more they remain the same, dear.
You haven't been paying attention. This is not just Democrats, I dare say most of the criticism is from Republicans. Republicans like me.
You are right that we are criticizing this port deal, but we are not calling for impeachment like this wack job. I know that you are not thinking that either.
No Stuart, not everyone here was against it. Some silly people decided to see what the facts really were before making up their minds. Imagine that. You know, we always accused the DU types of kneejerking and going on their "feelings" while Conservatives dealt with facts. And as Howlin said, some others who thought your way have now changed as the facts become better known. I hope you will study it some more. Have a good night.
Thanks, will check it out.
That's extremely rude. The class system at this site is amazing. How long does one have to be coming to this site before their opinion matters?
That was Clintoon. Clintoon passed at the chance of apprehending OBL three times when OBL's head was offered to Clintoon on a silver platter.
Clintoon governed by push polls, Bush just does what he believes in his heart of hearts is right.
I've read that several places today and I'm pretty sure I remember reading about that in the 9/11 Report.
Then you're reading revisionist history, and I personally wouldn't take stock in the 9/11 Report.
CCP the source. Nobody is going to take your word for that. And WHO said it, some uninformed yahoo?
Check this out and visit its various links. I know it's a blog, but it links to many credible sites, including the 9/11 Report:
http://www.madcowprod.com/11122004issue.html
Three years is "shortly before?"
Privately owned British company =/= Company owned by a nation with ties to terrorism
Secondly, it isn't up to him to stop it.
Thirdly, I suggest that you read up on the facts of this entire matter; right now.
Okay. I admit it. I wait for Rush to tell me what to think. Once he tells me what to think, I am set for the day.
Rush says the UAE deal is good, so it must be good.
The enemies of Rush will be crushed in the ratings!
Also, if Webster's dictionary included a picture of an old fool, Jack Cafferty's picture would be there. His picture would also be found under jacka__.
Muleteam1
Just do a search for "uae."
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