When I heard Chucky and Hitlary jump on this issue on day one, especially given that Hitlary has been trying to be low key these days, I knew:
I'm afraid the left if figuring out how to divide and conquer the right. Well, still knows how. That's how BJ Klinton got elected, peeling off Republican votes to Perot. They are up to it again, and it's nasty stuff.
The right thinking, determined to follow principles attitude of most folks on the right is our Achilles tendon. If the left can get an issue framed correctly, as they did on this Dubai Ports issue, then they can peel off quite a few right minded people.
That's the road that leads to the White House in 2008.
The degree to which deception and big lies permeate these debates and the news is stunning and disheartening.
Standing on principle is fine, but it presumes that ones facts are accurate and representative of the whole. That is a risky assumption.
With anything...it's all BIG PICTURE. You focus on one narrow aspect and you're always going to miss some detail that would help make sense of it all.
Unions made a stink then hushed up pretty fast...didn't catch my attention till awhile later (they were so RILED, why silent now?). First thought...if Teamsters are against it, it can't be all bad. Then the "45-day wait" that lasted about 45 minutes....why the rush?
I opposed the deal for different reasons than any I'd heard. Supporters kept saying "but they are such a great ally in WOT", "We need their bases/ports", "we'll suffer"...I knew something was array (someone just had their bankroll pulled from under them). We don't reward allies with cash and shady deals. If they pull back their support of US or WOT or any other form of "blowback", then we will know it was the right thing to stop and ask questions before endorsing such a "deal".
One thing for the politicians to understand....my life or that of my family is no bargaining chip. You don't earn points with us for doing what you should have been doing for only 4 years. Binny's head on a platter, we'll talk. Clean up your own backyard of terrorist jihadi scum, we'll talk. Make demands...maybe we won't be there to help you when Johnny Jihad comes marching homeward.