Dubya Is The Democrats Best Friend

[Nbadan]

More Americans -- 43 to 41 percent -- trusting the Democrats in Congress more than the president on national security issues.

Finally, Americans are awakening from the long sleep that began with the election of Ronald Reagan.

Click here to read the entire article.


Just 17% Favor Dubai Ports Deal


February 24, 2006--Just 17% of Americans believe Dubai Ports World should be allowed to purchase operating rights to several U.S. ports. A Rasmussen Reports survey found that 64% disagree and believe the sale should not be allowed.

Just 39% of Americans know that the operating rights are currently owned by a foreign firm. Fifteen percent (15%) believe the operating rights

From a political perspective, President Bush's national security credentials have clearly been tarnished due to the outcry over this issue. For the first time ever, Americans have a slight preference for Democrats in Congress over the President on national security issues. Forty-three percent (43%) say they trust the Democrats more on this issue today while 41% prefer the President.

Rasmussen Reports (http://www.rasmussenreports.com/2006/February%20Dailies/Dubai%20Ports.htm)

Call the 17% who favor the Dubai deal 'Dubya's Dubai base'.

:lol

[George W Bush]

I don't never listen to polls,

however, if you ever see one that favors me, lemme know. :tu

[Nbadan]

Bush Pleased With Ports Takeover Delay
President Wants 'Cooling Off' Period


WASHINGTON -- The White House on Friday praised as helpful the offer by a United Arab Emirates company to postpone indefinitely its takeover of significant operations at six major U.S. seaports. The delay gives President Bush time to convince skeptical lawmakers the deal poses no increased risks from terrorism.

Lawsuits to upset the $6.8 billion transaction were filed Friday in New Jersey and London.

The White House said it still supports the agreement and said that Bush will continue to oppose any effort by lawmakers to block it.

But Thomas Kean, a Republican, former New Jersey governor and chairman of the Sept. 11 commission, said Friday the deal should not have been brokered. "It shouldn't have happened, it never should have happened," he told The Associated Press in a telephone interview.

The company's surprise concession, offered late Thursday, cools the standoff building between the Congress and the president over his administration's previous approval of the deal. In early reaction, lawmakers praised the temporary hold. But some critics pressed anew for an intensive examination of the deal's risks.

More: The Boston Channel (http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/7407023/detail.html)

[Nbadan]

Yet another WH official passes the beaucratic buck on the Dubai deal...

Chertoff unaware of ports deal until after OK
THE WASHINGTON TIMES


Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff was not aware a Dubai-owned company was seeking to operate terminals in six U.S. ports and that his agency was leading the review until after the deal's approval, an administration official said yesterday.

Mr. Chertoff's spokesman, Russ Knocke, told The Washington Times the issue rose no higher than the department's assistant secretary for policy, Stewart Baker.
" was not briefed up to this until after this story started appearing in the newspapers," Mr. Knocke said.

Mr. Chertoff is the third Cabinet official to acknowledge he did not know his agency had signed off on the plan as a member of the interagency Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States (CFIUS). Both Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and Treasury Secretary John W. Snow have publicly said they were unaware of the deal.

But Mr. Chertoff's exclusion is more noteworthy because his department headed the CFIUS review and is in charge of security at all U.S. ports.

Washington Times (http://www.washtimes.com/national/20060224-123748-3727r.htm)

Chertoff, Snow, Rumsfeld all deny knowing about this port deal. There's 12 members on the CFIUS committee - has anyone yet actually admitted to approving this? Still 9 members left to ask.

[xrayzebra]

Yet another WH official passes the beaucratic buck on the Dubai deal...

Chertoff unaware of ports deal until after OK
THE WASHINGTON TIMES



Washington Times (http://www.washtimes.com/national/20060224-123748-3727r.htm)

Chertoff, Snow, Rumsfeld all deny knowing about this port deal. There's 12 members on the CFIUS committee - has anyone yet actually admitted to approving this? Still 9 members left to ask.

Why does this suprise you? Bush doesn't handle everything personally,
nor does Rumsfield, Cheney or others. Get real.

[RandomGuy]

What exactly DOES Bush handle personally?

Co-ordinating the post war occupation of Iraq?

Maybe the Handling of Federal Response to massive natural disasters like Katrina?

:rolleyes

[RobinsontoDuncan]

he handles his brush at crawford Randomguy, dude dont you realize how time consuming that is? Don't be such a dimm-o-crap, jesus who has time for that stupid beuracratic presidental bullshit anyway when you can cut down trees with a chain saw.

[RandomGuy]

Since you mention that, it's been a whole 2 days since I dragged this pic out, it's about due for its next appearance...

http://www.oldamericancentury.org/VACATION_KING.jpg

[boutons_]

The Dems suck.
The Repugs are so exposed right now,
and the Dems aren't advancing.

Gore/Dems blew it in 2000 and let these murderous, kleptocratic assholes fuckup the USA and the world.

Fuck all of them. What a fucking mess. :)

[Trainwreck2100]

I still don't understand how Kerry lost. It was a truly brilliant smeer campaign that the Repubs ran.

[Vashner]

Kerry is a moron just like ever other democrat.

[Nbadan]

I still don't understand how Kerry lost. It was a truly brilliant smeer campaign that the Repubs ran.

Kerry didn't lose, he just didn't win by a big enough margin to detect any real fraud among the electronic voting companies, namely Diebold, and failed to muster the support to launch a congressional investigation into the miscounted and under-counted votes in Florida and Ohio. He conceeded much too quickly.

[xrayzebra]

^^Get serious Dan. The Dimm-o-craps have been hollering fraud for the past
eight years. Of course they consider it fraud to let a Republican vote at all. And
that is exactly what happened. Republicans voted, for Bush. Ger over it. Other
elections are coming.

[Nbadan]

http://news.globalfreepress.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10110/normal_rf021606.gif

[Oh, Gee!!]

Kerry is a moron just like ever other democrat.


5/10 for not using "dimm-o-crap."

[Mr. Peabody]

5/10 for not using "dimm-o-crap."

Where have you been? I haven't seen you around these parts lately.

[Oh, Gee!!]

Where have you been? I haven't seen you around these parts lately.


Working for the man every night and day ala CCR & Tina Turner

[gtownspur]

5/10 for not using "dimm-o-crap."


not that it should offend a person of libertarian and independent thought like yourself. :rolleyes

[braeden0613]

can we get a 3rd party in here??