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Blowback [Eleanor Clift Alert]
Newsweek/MSNBC ^ | Feb. 24, 2006 | Eleanor Clift

Posted on 02/24/2006 4:06:46 PM PST by ncountylee

The controversy over the control of U.S. harbors is pitting Bush against his conservative base. Can the Democrats capitalize on this in the upcoming election?

Feb. 24, 2006 - He must have thought last week was bad fending off Dick Cheney’s quailgate. Who would have thought that this week Mr. War President would be preoccupied putting out a firestorm in the base of his party on national security. It is quite a moment.

The controversy over letting a company owned by an Arab government control the management of six American ports is one of those rare issues that put Bush at odds in an emotional and visceral way with his conservative base. It’s like Harriet Miers on steroids with right-wing talk radio aflame and grassroots activists radiating outrage.

On Capitol Hill there was an odd sense of exhilaration as Republicans and Democrats came together to bash Bush for letting the deal get this far. The debate is so explosive, touching on everything from the excesses of globalism to accusations of racism that Bush is fortunate that Dubai Ports World has given him at least a temporary out

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: blowhard; dingbat

1 posted on 02/24/2006 4:06:47 PM PST by ncountylee
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To: ncountylee

Quailgate!!!

Ya, ha, ha, ha, ha.


2 posted on 02/24/2006 4:09:36 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: ncountylee

Eleanor knows alot about Blowback......


3 posted on 02/24/2006 4:09:41 PM PST by cmsgop ( Yeah. Let's go get sushi and not pay !!)
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To: ncountylee

Eleanor is one hot babe, and if she's getting all excited about Cheney shooting a guy and the ports, tonight's the night to ask her out for dinner...


4 posted on 02/24/2006 4:12:09 PM PST by Dog Gone
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To: ncountylee
"It’s like Harriet Miers on steroids"

She does have an uncanny way of comparing every event to a previous perceived disaster, even if she's always wrong.
5 posted on 02/24/2006 4:17:26 PM PST by jazusamo (:Gregory was riled while Hume smiled:)
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To: ncountylee
Can the Democrats capitalize on this in the upcoming election?

 

Thanks, Eleanor. Glad to see you have your priorities straight.


6 posted on 02/24/2006 4:19:14 PM PST by Fintan (See??? Sometimes I do read the articles.)
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To: ncountylee

I always get hypnotized by her mushmouth and miss what she says. It's like watching a caterpillar crawl.


7 posted on 02/24/2006 4:22:31 PM PST by manic4organic (We won. Get over it.)
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To: ncountylee
Can the Democrats capitalize on this in the upcoming election?

That's it! I'm never going to vote for President Bush again!

8 posted on 02/24/2006 4:29:52 PM PST by TheDon (The Democratic Party is the party of TREASON!)
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To: ncountylee

"Blowback"

Oh. Thought Monica had finally finished the screenplay.


9 posted on 02/24/2006 4:49:30 PM PST by WestTexasWend
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To: Dog Gone

Its already running down Eleonors leg. She cant open her mouth without the bile for George Bush running out. Her calling him the war president is a snide shot at the President. She is one hateful spiteful mean POS.


10 posted on 02/24/2006 4:53:48 PM PST by sgtbono2002
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To: ncountylee

Blowback? Is that a term from Brokeback Mountain? And by the way, isn't her brother Montgomery Clift who only needed the horse?


11 posted on 02/24/2006 4:55:51 PM PST by MIchaelTArchangel
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To: ncountylee

Yeah, I've got something for Eleanor to blow!


12 posted on 02/24/2006 4:59:15 PM PST by Chi-townChief
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