Posted on 03/10/2006 8:26:48 AM PST by indcons
I didn't know we cared about sending bad messages to countries that support and harbor terrorists.
We don't. They don't.
Oh well. The UAE's sponsorship of terrorists sends a bad message too. C'est la vie!
I realize they probably got somewhat blindsided by the sudden opposition, but once the firestorm started Bush and Cheney should have both been out front on this.
I usually find very little to criticize in how the WH handles things, although I do criticize or oppose some policies, but they really screwed the pooch on this one. As soon as it started, Bush should have been issued a statement on what the deal was, what was involved, and why it was a good thing. Instead they let the Democrats and the hand-wringers shape the debate.
In the end the WH has nobody to blame but themselves for the damage this has caused.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Hiring gained ground in February with employers adding 243,000 jobs, the most in three months. Brighter job prospects sent people streaming into the labor market, however, pushing the unemployment rate up marginally to 4.8 percent.
Meanwhile, this flies under the radar. Accentuate the positive. The negativism is unbelievable. The business deal will work out, and puppies and kittens are safe from evil unions and Emirs.
Congratulations Sen. Reid and Sen. Schumer. You won. America lost.
The devil is in the minority.
The Bush Doctrine is pretty easy to enforce, I wonder why its namesake can't do it.
There are more potential terrorists in Britain than the UAE.
you cant act like your really behind the deal, threaten a VETO (first one too boot) and the a couple of days later say "you knew nothing about the deal" and still retain credebility with the publis
the white house better hire some one that can find there a$$ with both hands.........QUICK
Since it's so darned easy, Hero, then you should have no trouble picking up Dubya's slack. Good luck to you.
I'm not averse to business with moderate Arabs, just security business. I think we have to give them a chance, just use other arenas.
The plan was disclosed months ago when P&O world put their company up for sale. The bids have been public since it was a stockholder sale. The details of the bid were on the P&O website since December for the whole world to see.
First the media was upset because the white house didn't do the media's job in finding news about the Cheney Shooting.
Now congress is upset that something they supposedly thought was critical wasn't even important enough for them to have a single staff member assigned to reading the front page of the Wall Street Journal.
Lindsay's comment that "the issue of port security still looms large" -- that issue didn't start two months ago, where was he for the last 4 years since 9/11?
mr. President, handing control of ports to Middle-Eastern companies/countries which can be easily infiltrated by those who wish to do us great harm ALSO sends a bad message. To US, your employer.
You can with the portion of the public that actually bothers to read details about the ports deal and reacts objectively instead of emotionally.
So much hypocrisy from this administration. It was a horrid idea to begin with. How could they have been so naive as to think the American public would not rise up about this?
The selling out of America by Washington, is bad enough. But to sell parts to known terrorist-supporting GOVERNMENTS, is beyond compreshension. The globalist/elitist agendas of Washington hopefully will now be kept under a more watchful eye and more sensibility will be exercised. I won't even bring up the Mexican border issue....God save us from our own government.
Oops. SO while last month the story was how few jobs were added, this month the story will be that unemployment rate increased.
While michael weiner(savage) with his bed hopping with chuckie schumer, should be committed, IMO.
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