[atlaw]

The public was frightened into siding with those who fear brown-skinned people.

You chalk up opposition to the port deal as fear of "brown-skinned people"? My goodness. That's a level of mendacity not even the water-carriers for "arab-phobia" were willing to stoop to.

It is precisely this kind of un-serious, indeed perfectly frivolous, argumentation that has won the proponents of the port deal the scorn of the so-called "little people."

[sinkspur]

It is precisely this kind of un-serious, indeed perfectly frivolous, argumentation that has won the proponents of the port deal the scorn of the so-called "little people."

The little people were stampeded; not a word is said about the ports that are managed by Saudi companies, or even the Chinese.

That's why I maintain that the public is both stupid and hypocritical.

[Dominic Harr]

1. MSM broadcasts lies ("Bush Selling US Ports To Arabs!")
2. The public, who never reads past a headline, swallows the lie and gets up in arms.
3. Congressmen up for re-election and media personalities scrapping for ratins rush to feed the public ("They want something done, this is something, if I do this they will love me!").
4. Now, the Rs in Congress can no longer say they will oppose the Ds when they do this, the last "selling" point they had with real conservatives.

You *know* the Ds and MSM make up lies to get public support for their BS.

Congress legislating against a private business deal with no evidence of security risks is a decidedly liberal power grab.