[StatenIsland]

I agree with the UAE official. I think the President was right.

I think that Rep. King turned out to be a useful idiot for the Dems, who never did intellectually grasp the deal, but saw a way to hammer Bush from the right.

You want U.S. ports owned by Americans? Then pass a law and make it illegal for any foreign companies to lease terminals within our ports - which is what P&O was selling, btw, leases to operate terminals. The UAE was not going to "own American ports".

This was, IMO, a ridiculous tempest in a teapot. Democrats must be absolutely jubilant that they got away with spinning this deal in a way that both fractures the Republican party and weakens the President.

Feh.

[Cannoneer No. 4]

Dubai Ports: Who was Right, the President or Congress?

[highball]

Democrats must be absolutely jubilant that they got away with spinning this deal in a way that both fractures the Republican party and weakens the President.

Agreed. We're lucky that the Dims aren't smart enough to do this on a regular basis - this was a clear win for them.