[AlaskaErik]

If George Bush had come out against this deal, Chuckie Schumer would be all over him, calling him an insensitive racist. Chuckie will take whatever side of a position he can best exploit for Chuckie.

[Reagan Man]

Chuckie Schumer may be a big mouth liberal from Brooklyn, but he is concerned about this entire issue. In fact, Schumer and conservative Republican Senator Tom Coburn from Oklahoma have taken the same position against this sweetheart deal given to DPW/UAE. OTOH, we have Jimmy Carter agreeing with PresBush. LOL This is an issue that crosses partisan/political lines.

[Ouderkirk]

The British firm, P&O, signed a 30-year lease with the Port Authority, and that lease would be assumed by DP World on March 2 unless Congress intervenes. President Bush has promised to veto any legislation blocking the sale.

So Dubai Ports World only has a lease on the property. Then that makes them like any other legitimate business owner. If they violate the terms of their lease then you can throw them out. I would think that helping terrorists would be a violation of the lease. Don't you think?

Everyone is so hot to form an opinion on this...why not see what DPW does, how they operate their part of the ports. I can't imagine them putting up armed guard towers and razor wire and setting up their own military bases. Which is how everyone is acting. It's a business, and DPW should be afforded the opportunity to demonstrate their ability to operate effectively. If they fail we can terminate their leases and it's that simple.

The rest is just noise to make the president look bad, ineffectual, or out of touch.

[DJ MacWoW]

Chuckie will take whatever side of a position he can best exploit for Chuckie.

That's true enough. But few base their opinion on what Schmuckie says.

[Mo1]

Chuckie will take whatever side of a position he can best exploit for Chuckie.

Chuckie's wife (Iris Weinshall) is head of the Port Authority in New York

[Tulsa Ramjet]

Chuckie will take whatever side of a position he can best exploit for Chuckie

He'd take the position of a distressed turd, if it smelled strong enough.

[Fruitbat]

If George Bush had come out against this deal, Chuckie Schumer would be all over him, calling him an insensitive racist. Chuckie will take whatever side of a position he can best exploit for Chuckie.

George Bush should have known better than to spring this upon the media and public like this! It's was dumb. What kind of response did he expect.

[Recovering_Democrat]

If George Bush had come out against this deal, Chuckie Schumer would be all over him, calling him an insensitive racist. Chuckie will take whatever side of a position he can best exploit for Chuckie.

Yup.