Democrats plan bill to block Dubai-US port deal (HRC is the sponsor)

Reuters ^ | 2/16/06

[presidio9]

But don't blame the "let's privatize everything" crowd, correct?

[zek157]

Sad that the republicans are so blind on this issue.

[TXBSAFH]

There is enough blame for them as well.

[mewzilla]

I think you mean COSTIND :)

[Dane]

Even a broken clock is right twice a day

Uh the clock is still broken, so why would a person trust it when it's wrong the next minute.

[TXBSAFH]

I saw that on a bumper sticker last week, a front bumper.

[Eroteme]

Oh great. HRC's contributions til now have been inconsequential...meaningless resolution type things that honor people who survived cancer or rescue puppies. Total lack of serious track record for a presidential run. She knows she needs something more substantive to point to. This is made to order for a marxist needing to wrap herself in a national security flag.

[b4its2late]

I hate it when Hillary Clinton is the most politically astute person around.

She isn't, IMHO. She's an opportunist with a staff that knows what they are doing.

I have to agree with her staff on this one. Even if the UAE deal was on the up and up, in this post 9/11 era, you can't outsource anything related to national security, especially to a country in the middle east.

[mewzilla]

Heh heh heh...

[presidio9]

Sad that the republicans are so blind on this issue.

Several Republican are critical this plan.

[abercrombie_guy_38]

Bush should come out against this deal today, not let it sit around collecting media/liberal dust for the next 3 weeks so it can become yet another big controversy. Is it that difficult for American companies to run our ports?

[b4its2late]

[mewzilla]

So if the company from the UAE doesn't get this, who are the other contenders? And have those companies been flashing any money around? Say to Hilliary, maybe?

[presidio9]

She isn't, IMHO. She's an opportunist with a staff that knows what they are doing.

What qualifies for political astuteness in your book? Being a nose-to-the-grindstone legislator?

[b4its2late]

Several Republican are critical this plan.

Yes, there are as they should be.

[NRA1995]

True, but this port sale is a VERY BAD idea

[presidio9]

Also, while I disagree with privatizing port security to ANY extent, let's keep in mind that Dubai is not Syria.

[Dane]

I have to agree with her staff on this one. Even if the UAE deal was on the up and up, in this post 9/11 era, you can't outsource anything related to national security, especially to a country in the middle east

Then how come hiallry and chuckie schumer were not "outraged" when other foreign firms are operating port facilities such as this Danish one.

P & O Ports operates the New York City Passenger Ship Terminal and owns a 50 percent interest in the Port Newark Container Terminal, which is the third-largest cargo terminal on the Port Authority's property. The other half-interest is owned by a subsidiary of Maersk Line, which is based in Denmark.

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You maybe correct that her staff is astute, astute to PT Barnum(there is a sucker born every minute)

[Sender]

What has it come to when we have to root for Hillary and Chucky to get things done?

[mewzilla]

FWIW, I think it's a rotten idea. But I'd also like to know who the other contenders for the job are. I've heard bupkis about that.