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Hillary Clinton Rips Bill's Panama Ports Deal
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| 2/27/06
| NewsMax
Posted on 02/27/2006 5:08:19 PM PST by wagglebee
2008 presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton is expanding her complaint about foreign companies owning U.S. ports - and now says a 1999 deal to let a Chinese company takeover the ports at each end of the Panama Canal was a mistake.
Speaking at the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan yesterday, Clinton told the Jewish Community Relations Council:
"There are those who say we can't [prevent foreign governments from operating U.S. ports] because look what happened in the last 20 years . . . You know, we have the Chinese running the Panama Canal. We have other government-controlled entities controlling our ports."
According to the New York Observer, Mrs. Clinton then declared: "Well, just because it's been happening doesn't mean we should let it continue."
Mrs. Clinton neglected to mention, however, that it was her husband who approved the deal in question, when the Chinese company, Hutchison Whampoa, sought to buy the Panama Canal's ports.
When security concerns arose, then-President Clinton insisted that Chinese ownership posed no threat to canal operations, explaining that Hutchison was "bending over backwards to make sure that they run it in a competent and able and fair manner."
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: billclinton; chicoms; china; hillaryclinton; hitlery; impeached42; panamacanal; x42
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This is the most unbelievable hypocrisy I've ever heard!
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posted on
02/27/2006 5:08:20 PM PST
by
wagglebee
To: wagglebee
Did she happen to mention the port of Long beach?
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posted on
02/27/2006 5:09:20 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(Never a minigun handy when you need one.)
To: wagglebee
Let me be the first to say ... Bush's fault.
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posted on
02/27/2006 5:10:37 PM PST
by
edsheppa
To: wagglebee
T.R.I.A.N.G.U.L.A.T.I.O.N.
The woman is despicable
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posted on
02/27/2006 5:10:45 PM PST
by
frankiep
To: wagglebee
"...Mrs. Clinton then declared: "Well, just because it's been happening doesn't mean we should let it continue." Invade the Panama Canal now?
To: wagglebee
And I have a "foreign entity" as my Jr. Senator.
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posted on
02/27/2006 5:13:23 PM PST
by
sageb1
(This is the Final Crusade. There are only 2 sides. Pick one.)
To: wagglebee
You're right. The best that can be possibly said is that at least those port deals were pre-9/11
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posted on
02/27/2006 5:13:39 PM PST
by
ER Doc
To: wagglebee
But she gladly took the Chinese campaign money, didn't she?
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posted on
02/27/2006 5:13:39 PM PST
by
sync cord
To: wagglebee
Also COSCO(Chinese) managing terminals in LA, along with Singapore and Taiwan
To: wagglebee
Mrs. Clinton neglected to mention, however, that it was her husband who approved the deal in question
There's a big difference, she'll tell you...
The Arabs/Muslims fly airplanes into our big buildings and kill thousands. The Chinese only have nuclear missiles aimed at the U.S. Which is worse?
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posted on
02/27/2006 5:14:23 PM PST
by
adorno
To: wagglebee
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posted on
02/27/2006 5:16:09 PM PST
by
mnehring
(http://abaraxas.blogspot.com/.)
To: wagglebee
Every time I see a headline about her she seems to be bitching about something.....has anyone ever heard her say anything positive?....
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posted on
02/27/2006 5:16:33 PM PST
by
Kimmers
To: doug from upland; Mia T
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posted on
02/27/2006 5:16:36 PM PST
by
wagglebee
("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
To: adorno
The Arabs/Muslims fly airplanes into our big buildings and kill thousands. The Chinese only have nuclear missiles aimed at the U.S. Which is worse? You like hillary left something out, guess who is Iran's newsest bestest buddy, China.
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posted on
02/27/2006 5:16:56 PM PST
by
Dane
( anyone who believes hillary would do something to stop illegal immigration is believing gibberish)
To: wagglebee
She was for it before she was against it. That has a familiar ring.
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posted on
02/27/2006 5:17:16 PM PST
by
jazusamo
(:Gregory was riled while Hume smiled:)
To: Kimmers
Excellent point. She's going to have to change her spots if she runs for the big one. I don't think she can.
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posted on
02/27/2006 5:19:12 PM PST
by
jazusamo
(:Gregory was riled while Hume smiled:)
To: wagglebee
"Mrs. Clinton neglected to mention, however, that it was her husband who approved the deal in question"
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posted on
02/27/2006 5:20:02 PM PST
by
kellynla
(Freedom of speech makes it easier to spot the idiots. Semper Fi!)
To: wagglebee
Remember the then National Security Adviser Sandy Burger had been a registered Chinese agent and had the gall to say that a Chinese Company running the canal did not hurt US National Security....
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posted on
02/27/2006 5:23:48 PM PST
by
Yasotay
To: wagglebee
"some people in this room think I raised taxes too much. I'm one of them." -Bill Clinton
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posted on
02/27/2006 5:30:11 PM PST
by
Steely Tom
(Your taboos are not my taboos.)
To: Kimmers
has anyone ever heard her say anything positive?....She seem's happy in this venue....
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posted on
02/27/2006 5:35:53 PM PST
by
digger48
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