Posted on 03/10/2006 5:44:38 AM PST by Bahbah
Tony Snow is back and better than ever! Tony's gguests and topics on today's Tony Snow Show include:
RIP, DWP Thanks to Chuck Schumer, Duncan Hunter, and a host of other Congressmen, Dubai Ports World says it will turn its U.S. operations over to some phantom American entity. So when the UAE tells us they don’t feel like helping out in the War on Terror, we’ll thank Congress. Tony has more
From the Senate U.S. Senator Sam Brownback will be speaking at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference this weekend. Before he does, he’ll talk to Tony about a host of issues - - including the killed ports deal and the South Dakota abortion legislation.
Sensible Immigration Reform There’s been a lot of grandstanding on both sides of the immigration debate. Someone who has a common sense solution approach to the issue is Newt Gingrich. He joins Tony.
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Did you read the speech? Great.
well we hope she feels better- but we will miss you!
Great links, Ali.
Last night on my local radio .. they were slamming General Abaza like you couldn't believe for his comments
Some called in saying that he should be fired
Other callers were slamming him for being a grandson of Lebanese immigrants
The AP couldn't have been any more obvious when they printed this trash
Abizaid Criticizes Port Deal Opponents
AP ^ | March 9 2006
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1593542/posts
Not only does he shake their hands, he runs around all over the country trying to get them elected and raising money for their campaigns. They are the lamest, slimiest, lowest forms of life I have ever seen in my life.
"let's BASH CONGRESS! THEY ACTED WORSE IN THIS INSANITY THAN EVEN THE MEDIA!"
I agree! Like I said the other day, the Pubbies in congress have their finger in the wind and reading BOGUS polls and are distancing themselves from the Prez. They aren't helping the polls at all - their bashing the Prez, too. I am so FED-UP w these dis-loyal wimps!! Watch, as soon as his polls turn around, they'll be begging him to campaign w them - -he ought to tell them all to take a long walk off a short pier, but he won't. They're going to lose both houses this year if they don't lose some of their egos and get their act together. The Pubbies better get united and behind the Prez soon!
In an Election Year, GOP Wary of Following Bush
Washington Post ^ | March 10 2006 | Peter Baker
Posted on 03/10/2006 5:30:39 AM PST by jmc1969
When President Bush and senior adviser Karl Rove mapped out plans for a political comeback in 2006, this was nowhere on the script. The collapse of a port-management deal neither even knew about has devastated the White House and raised questions about its ability to lead even fellow Republicans.
The bipartisan uprising in Congress in the face of a veto threat represented a singular defeat for Bush, who when it came to national security grew accustomed during his first five years in office to leading as he chose and having loyal lawmakers fall in line. Now, with his poll numbers in a political ditch, the port debacle has contributed to a perception of weakness that has liberated Republicans who once would never have dared cross Bush.
"He has no political capital," said Tony Fabrizio, a Republican pollster. "Slowly but surely it's been unraveling. There's been a direct correlation between the trajectory of his approval numbers and the -- I don't want to call it disloyalty -- the independence on the part of the Republicans."
The missteps seem all the more striking for a White House once known for its discipline and political acuity. Republican candidates facing the voters in just eight months worry privately that, unlike in 2002 and 2004, he will be more albatross than advantage for GOP.
Now the estrangement increasingly appears even on national security issues, where Republicans long deferred to the president. Recent rebukes run from the ports deal to a ban on torture to Patriot Act revisions forced on Bush in exchange for congressional approval.
The port deal has provided ammunition to Democrats who have begun making the case more broadly that Bush is in over his head. John Kerry yesterday called the port situation a "case study in the administration's incompetence,".
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1593760/posts
George W. Bush's leadership brought us out of the Clinton bubble pop recession, corporate scandals, terrorist attacks... The economy of the United States is booming, there is no other way to describe it. Unemployment is down to 4.8% and real income growth is at a five year high at 3.5%. And the terrorists have not been able to touch us in over four years.
You might not agree with him on everythign, but anybody who doesn't think George W. Bush is doing outstanding work as President of the United States is living in a DU fantasy world.
I have to disagree with you on this one Tony. This is not Bush, but congress. I do agree that he needs to stand up for himself better. However, that is not his character. He finds opportune moments to quietly defend himself. Congress turned on him, and has repeatedly. I can't see where he dropped the ball. I would like to think that I am looking at this objectively since I am neither a Bushbot not a Bushbasher.
Do you have a link, Ali, if you have the time?
I love Bush to a fault but I have to agree with Tony Snow. By now, the WhiteHouse should know they have to defend their decisions even from our Rinos. Especially one like this. This entire situation has spun out of control because of the lack of taking control.
Yet .. the media goes out and reports the opposite and reports lies
The AP story about the video tape of Katrina is a perfect example
I am so ticked right now- my heart is POUNDING!
If ANYONE EVER gave us 45 days to do something and then closed the door in 10 days we would be HOT!
but we are going to slam BUSH?
I need to stop before I end up spouting expletives...
You should like this:
A Dreadful Interlude For All Involved
With the announcement that Dubai Ports World will sell off its American contracts acquired during the purchase of P&O, the embarrassing episode appears to have drawn to a close. Some people failed to get the message even after John Warner delivered it on the Senate floor, however. Harry Reid, who acted like a petulant child denied his dessert, insisted that a Senate vote be held on a deal that no longer existed so that Senate Democrats could express themselves. Saying that the "devil is in the details", the Senate Minority Leader angrily told a press conference that the Republicans insisted on up-or-down votes on judicial nominees and the Democrats want the same for their legislation -- ignoring that Reid has blocked votes for a dozen nominees, and none of them were as dead as the DPW takeover of American port operations.
Reid is just the latest person to make a fool out of himself in the morass of the DPW/P&O deal. It proves that momentum applies to stupidity as well as objects in motion, and not even the irrelevance of further debate on a deal that doesn't exist is enough to stop it. He and presumptive presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton have done their best to rescue defeat at the threshold of victory, but they are not alone in their embarrassment.
Let's look at all the entities that covered themselves in glory in this episode and try to take it in chronological order:
1. Department of Treasury
Regardless of the banality of this deal and the precedents of state-controlled operators from China and Saudi Arabia at other American ports, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the US should have understood the political implications of port security transferring from a British-based public corporation to a state-owned company based in the Middle East. They bypassed rules requiring a 45-day delay for approving such ownership intended to allow a more thorough investigation, and then acted like the American people had forgotten all about the war on Islamist terror. At the very least, they should have prepared their superiors at Treasury of the touchy nature of the deal. And Treasury should have understood it without having it explained to them in small words.
2. The Press and The New Media
The mainstream media had reported this proposed deal between DPW and P&O since last fall, with little analysis of the implications for American port operations. Until a few weeks ago, the story languished as a boring bureaucratic transaction by a boring bureaucracy about a subject few knew much about. Until radio blowhard Michael Savage grabbed onto the story, the media could have cared less. However, Savage managed to fan the deal into a veritable blaze of hysteria -- and instead of informing the public of all the nuances of the story, the initial reporting followed Savage's lead. Reporters and columnists talked about American ports being sold to Arabs and the outsourcing of security to foreign governments. When the actual facts of the deal started coming out, the time for rational discussion of the deal and the status of all American ports had passed, and the hysteria had all the momentum.
3. The White House
We now know that senior members of the administration did not get briefed on this deal due to the assumption by Treasury that the transaction was unexceptional. They have an excuse, then, for not getting ahead of the deal in the first place. However, when the news did break, the White House did nothing to help themselves. Instead of fighting the misinformation with a sustained effort to educate people about American port operations and the nature of the P&O contracts in play, the White House went into what can only be called Harriet Miers mode. They accused critics of being xenophobes and anti-Arab bigots, including a large number of conservatives upset at an apparent lack of focus on national security.
When that approach obviously failed, Bush failed to address the criticisms directly, instead insisting that people should trust his judgment. Most of us do trust Bush but also have seen a lack of effort in securing the southern border (as well as the nomination of Harriet Miers), which has always been a point of contention between Bush and the conservatives. Until the past forty-eight hours, the White House didn't marshal the efforts of the military leaders in the war on terror, whose endorsement of the deal early in this issue may have squelched the controversy before it turned ridiculous.
4. The Blogosphere
Too many of us jumped to the conclusion we saw when the media first reported this deal, myself included. When it became apparent that the facts had been badly misrepresented, some decided that further criticism equated to either xenophobia or bigotry (echoing the White House) or an inability to see past the media's supposed chicanery. Others assumed that those bloggers who dropped their objections either had become Bush toadies or more concerned with money than national security. This name-calling continues to this hour by otherwise respectable and rational bloggers, and both sides ignore that the deal has enough complexities and implications for national security and the war on terror for both sides to make entirely rational arguments for either supporting or opposing the deal. For some reason, online commenters stopped assuming that their friends and colleagues operate from sincere beliefs and honest motivations.
5. Congress
When the White House finally recovered its wits, stopped issuing threats and insults, and negotiated a second and more extensive security review and attempted to involve Congress in the effort, the hysteria got the best of them. After demanding that the White House cooperate with Congress and allow them a voice in the decision and getting agreement, they promptly shifted direction and told the White House that they weren't interested in more information on the transaction. Even as late as last night, we had Congressmen demonstrating an embarrassing level of ignorance of the ports deal. Jerry Lewis (R-CA) promised to ensure that the ports remained in American hands when the deal involved a transaction between the current British operator and the Dubai buyer. Only two weeks into the six-week investigation, the House Appropriations Committee passed legislation forbidding Dubai from operating terminals in the United States -- but had nothing to say about the current Chinese and Saudi operators that have operated terminals in American ports for almost a decade or more. It also didn't address the operation of state-owned foreign airlines in almost every international airport in the US.
It's a rare event indeed that leaves everyone involved diminished in some capacity. This, unfortunately, was one of them, and I'm glad it's almost over.
http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/archives/006502.php#comments
Oh btw... the devil is in the details.
amen..
great post.. as usual...
Precisely. How many speeches has the President made that the press refuses to cover?
radioproducer's dad is Karl Rove...
Kidding.
| March 10, 2006
A Great Coach
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Although Billy Connors was not a great athlete himself, many people consider him to be the best pitching coach in major league baseball today. New York Yankees manager Joe Torre said: "Sometimes the best players can't coach, because they were such naturals . . . whereas guys like Billy had to work at it, and pay attention to all the little things."
Connors also knows and cares about the men he coaches. All of them have been to his home for a meal. His genuine concern opens their ears to what he has to say.
This account of a caring and competent coach made me think of Timothy in the New Testament. Though at times he seemed timid and fearful (2 Timothy 1:6-8), Paul considered him proven and dependable in guiding others. The apostle wrote, "I trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you . . . . For I have no one like-minded, who will sincerely care for your state" (Philippians 2:19-20).
Spiritual coaching is not just telling people how to accomplish great things for God. It begins with caring for them and earning the right to be heard. Then, with a keen eye and a kind word, we can encourage others in the way of faith.
Any Christian can become a great spiritual coach by the grace of God. —David McCasland
Genuine concern for others is the mark of a great spiritual coach.
I was so wishing that the President was going to give King the Cheney treatment. King was on John Gibson's program later bragging about how he was right there up front at the signing and his name plate was prominently placed near the President's.
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