And there was his mistake. The buck stops at the top. In the history of the US no President has stood in front of the American people and told 70% of the country that they were a bunch of racist, xenophobic uneducated people. When something is 70/30 against you, you do not simply dismiss the 70%. You have to at least appear that you are considering their concerns. You do not state it's a done deal, you do not threaten to veto, you do not put your Rep Congress out to hang in the wind, you do not side with rich friends over the American people. Frankly, I was surprised he still had 34% confidence. Another couple months at this rate and he will be down to single digits. Talk about living in a bubble.
I have no idea what you're talking about here. I never heard Bush say anything like this whatsoever. He never used words like "racist" or "xenophobic." If this is your interpretation of his statements, you misunderstood what the President said.
Keep in mind too, that his veto talk was a minor mistake, but he made that statement at the time when he first heard about this acquisition, and at that time he didn't know how strongly the public would oppose this deal. This was a political operation by the msm and they scored a few points, but this will all be forgotten by the first Tuesday in November. Iraq, Iran, and the economy are the big issues that Bush needs to have under control by November.
You and one other FReeper have mentioned Dubya's "rich friends" in connection with the DPW Ports deal. May I ask who it is you are referencing? Thanks.