I didn't know we cared about sending bad messages to countries that support and harbor terrorists.
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.
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.
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.
While michael weiner(savage) with his bed hopping with chuckie schumer, should be committed, IMO.
Bush said the United States needs moderate allies in the Arab world, like the United Arab Emirates, to win the global war on terrorism.
The UAE is sending plenty of its own bad messages. It needs to clean up it's act and quit whining.
He probably should have been out giving these explanations from the start. Does he ever try to talk to the American people outside of a military base or private company/association?
I guess the President learned ABSOLUTELY NOTHING from the Harriet Miers fiasco.
The hypocrisy of Congress on this deal makes me want to puke. When the likes of Schummer and Pelosi, who have never given a rat's posterior about US security and the war on terror, now puff with indignation about the security threat this transaction portends it's nauseating. This is all about Bush bashing. If Bush had opposed this deal citing security concerns these same liberals would be bashing him for being racist and not seeking to make friends with the Arab nations.
What sends a bad message is doing business with a company owned by a foreign govt who will not do business with Israel, one of our key allies. I understand we may have some sort of under the table deal for UAE to support us on the war on terror, but Bush didn't think this through before he said he would veto regardless.
If our government does what is best for the country, who cares how other governments interpret the message?
Bush's sentiments are too P.C. for me -- in this instance.
In almost all other issues, I support our President. But I won't support him blindly.
The Democratic Party got this country into real trouble, by giving in completely to Clinton and not calling him on his mistakes. Our country paid a big price.
I am proud of the Republican majority who is not giving President Bush a free hand. Our leaders don't need a constituency made up of "yes" men; our leaders need our constructive input (whether they want it or not).
Heck yes it sends a really bad message. The message is the government is really controlled by unelected bureaucrats who answer to no one, and 98% of them have a logical thought processing ability that would make an amoeba ashamed.
Note the wide raging use of "rulings" by various executive agencies. That's legislation without representation, something this country was founded AGAINST!