From: "Mark" 

I dunno Rich, I think Cheney will shoot someone else next week, bury the
body to avoid the hoopla and the press will lose their collective minds
once again (since they've by now installed remote cameras on his hunting
cap) and this port "thing" will fade into the sunset 

"Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
news:43fd3451{at}w3....
> Actually I can believe Bush is 'unaware' - just not the way you meant 
>
> I suspect an underling will have to fall on the sword over this if only to
> save Bush some embarrassment.
>
> "Mark"  wrote in message
news:43fd2a21{at}w3....
>>I can believe that, there's a whole helluva a lot of shit going down on an
>>hourly basis and has been for years now there's no way (nor should he need
>>be) Bush can be aware of intimate details of everything.
>>
>> If anything, his underlings failed him by not realizing how stupid this
>> deal comes across the average American (and I say that, as I already
>> have, in how it looks and how it makes us feel, vs. any real merits the
>> deal might have). Had they come out with bullet points on why it was good
>> up front, I think they'd still have failed to convince me or you, but it
>> wouldn't have been as spectacular a failure.
>>
>>
>> "Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
>> news:43fd272f$1{at}w3....
>>> Of course it isn't a C vs L thing. Yet it is an event that is uniting
>>> both parties in opposition.
>>>
>>> I also can't believe that for something this important Bush was
>>> 'unaware'
>>>
>>>
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8FU9QTG2.htm?campaign_id=apn_
home_up&chan=db
>>>
>>> President Bush was unaware of the pending sale of shipping operations at
>>> six major U.S. seaports to a state-owned business in the United Arab
>>> Emirates until the deal already had been approved by his administration,
>>> the White House said Wednesday.
>>>
>>>
>>> "Mark"  wrote in message
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>>>> Eh Rich, it's not a conservative vs. liberal thing, it's
just a plain
>>>> old stupid thing that everyone but Bush, the WSJ and
O'Reilly, can see
>>>> as plain as the nose on their face.
>>>>
>>>> I've read a lot of "logical" input on it, but
I'm not in the mood for
>>>> logic on this one, it's just a adverse gut feeling that
won't go away
>>>> no matter what.
>>>>
>>>> "Rich Gauszka"  wrote
in message
>>>> news:43fd21f6{at}w3....
>>>>> Slowly the conservatives turn
>>>>>
>>>>>
http://www.suemyrick.com/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=5901&news_iv_ctrl
=-1
>>>>>
>>>>> Dear Mr. President,
>>>>>
>>>>> In regards to selling American ports to the United
Arab Emirates, not
>>>>> just NO-but HELL NO!
>>>>>
>>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>> Sue Myrick
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

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