My point to the poster was not to argue for the ports deal, but rather to point out that talk radio really wasn't the culprit behind the demise of the ports deal, self-interested socialists were. Certainly there's no shock there...
It made me sick to read later how Schumer had orchestrated that whole deal in order to benefit a company that contributes to him—and was amazed at the way the right fell for it. We really have to work on toning down the mass hysterics.