Bush will veto any bill to stop port deal

AP ALERT

[Brian Mosely]

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) — President Bush says the deal allowing an Arab company to take over six major U.S. seaports should go forward and he will veto any bill that would stop it.

[antaresequity]

Cmon BushBots...

Lets hear you explain this away...

[jw777]

don't start using the veto now, Georgie. Keep it in your pocket.

[AppyPappy]

Geez, why does he have such a woody about this?

[omega4179]

Glad hes so aware of the bipartisan opposition.

[steve86]

Too much french kissing with that Saudi Sheik

[DC Ripper]

So he DOES have a veto pen.

Won't it be interesting...am I mistaken, wor will this be the first thing he has ever vetoed?

[ncountylee]

If true, the democrats will erect a statue of Bush for making them the tough on security party.

[demlosers]

Apparently, there is more to this than meets the eye.

[So Cal Rocket]

Are there enough votes to override?

[Blzbba]

No he won't. Bush won't veto anything.

[American Quilter]

Ok, I know sometimes something seems worse than it actually is, and I haven't been following this story. So do I understand correctly that President Bush supports the purchase of facilities at six of our major ports by UAE companies?

[Bikers4Bush]

Bush just sounded the death knel for this deal. He can't veto things that happen at the state level.

It was foolish of him to make such a statement. Even if he ultimately wins, which I doubt, he will lose significant political face over this.

[genxer]

Yup...I just don't get it

[DC Ripper]

"Apparently, there is more to this than meets the eye."

If there is, George Bush feels no need to explain it, apparently.

[gopwinsin04]

Won't matter the local governments will stop it first.

[michigander]

"I earned capital in the campaign, political capital, and now I intend to spend it."

[cripplecreek]

And here I was thinking he was elected to do our bidding. My mistake.

[Stellar Dendrite]

OMFG!!!!!!!!!!

[AmericaUnite]

I am a Bush bot, I guess. But, I hope they go ahead and get that 2/3 vote necessary to override the veto.

[monkeywrench]

It may be part of the war that we "won't see."

[Blzbba]

"It may not be the best thing to do poltically,"


Nor is it the best thing for national security, but what the hell - you go George!!

[finnman69]

Not a surprise. Bush is digging in to fight the cowardly cover their ass politicians and the MSM trying to turn the deal into something that it's not.

[new yorker 77]

As long as there party chairman is on record saying "Bin Laden is innocent until proven guilty, only selective amnesia nitwits would be erecting a statue."

[dirtboy]

Well, I used to think that the main difference between Democrats and Republicans was the parts of the Constitution they chose to bang upon.

But I think we can also now say that they are also differentiated by what foreign interests they wish to sell us out to.

[firebrand]

Seattle isn't one of the ports in question, I take it. : )

[b4its2late]

Wow. Using the veto pen for this? I didn't think one existed.

[oblomov]

[FReepaholic]

...Apparently, there is more to this than meets the eye....

There usually is.

Unfortunately, the lamestream press will jump on this with 4 hoofs.

At least it will get the Cheney bashing off the front pages.

[Shalom Israel]

That would be his first veto ever, if I'm not mistaken. But not the last... wait until the clemency for illegals bill comes through...

[VU4G10]

Is this RinO IDio#T living in the real world or what?

[Lazamataz]

President Bush says the deal allowing an Arab company to take over six major U.S. seaports should go forward and he will veto any bill that would stop it.

The Bush Administration is simply the Clinton Administration with slightly cleaner rugs.

[jimbo123]

Would this be his first veto ever? I don't understand why he wants to drive away a large percentage of his base with this decision.

[Mo1]

I'm not seeing anything in the news about this

[CROSSHIGHWAYMAN]

Lets hear you explain this away...

He must have some big trump cards!

Could this be why Pops has been keeping Clintoon close?

[brownsfan]

"Geez, why does he have such a woody about this?"

Let me guess... do you remember the hand holding with the Saudi prince?

The press and the dems will eat him alive for this one.

[Tulsa Ramjet]

Too much french kissing with that Saudi Sheik

And walking along holding hands, and placing a koran in the whitehouse, even though the koran says kill all infidels.

[PzLdr]

He'll finally veto something and THIS is it? Is he CRAZY?

[YOUGOTIT]

Good! The company that has the contract now is not American either and the company that has won this contract already has multi contracts around the world in port management. And NASA buys its rocket fuel from a French company so what is the big deal. A lot of spineless idiots are raising hell about something that is not a problem.. The problem is the leaking of classified information to the enemy and the idiots in the congress who want to stop the foreign listening program.

At least it is not like WW II and the mafia or the Communist are not in charge of the ports.

[ElkGroveDan]

As the song goes:

You got to know when to hold em'
Know when to fold em
Know when to walk away
Know when to run...

This hand stinks...best to just fold at this point.

[Lurking in Kansas]

Are there enough votes to override?

Yes.

This is very strange, the only thing both the Dims & GOP have agreed on this year and he finally threatens a veto. Something smells ....

[defenderSD]

"Apparently, there is more to this than meets the eye."

UAE could be a staging area for airstrikes and special forces operations against Iran.

[Lurker]

Naw, the Dems will shut up once they realize that the only US company that could actually fulfill this contract is Halliburton.

L

[Lazamataz]

Geez, why does he have such a woody about this?

Because in Establishment Republican minds, making money trumps all else.

Including national security.

How Clintonian.

[linda_22003]

He or his family/friends probably stand to make a lot of money on this deal. ;)

[Feiny]

Bush won't veto a spending bill...but this one he will? He is beyond stupid on this matter & illegal immigration. If this goes through, any attack on those ports in the future will be his fault.

[freedomson]

Bush Clinton Bush Clinton

Da fix is in.

[dirtboy]

A lot of spineless idiots are raising hell about something that is not a problem..

Using that "logic," I guess you also think it was OK for Carter to give away the Panama Canal.

[demlosers]

If there is, George Bush feels no need to explain it, apparently.

We'll see what happens. The storms on this issue started on a long weekend. Yes, the president does need to explain what is happening here.