Bush 'willing to accept' delay in Dubai deal

[kurth]

Bush 'willing to accept' delay in Dubai deal
By Stephanie Kirchgaessner and Holly Yeager in Washington

The Bush administration on Thursday signalled that it would be willing to give lawmakers more time to review Dubai Ports World's controversial takeover of US terminals following an intense backlash against the deal in Congress.

National security concerns raised by lawmakers, including Republican leaders in the House and Senate, were "entirely appropriate", Karl Rove, adviser to President George W Bush, said. It was important that "members of Congress have the time to get fully briefed on this".

"There are some regulatory hurdles that this still needs to go through on the British side as well that are going to be concluded next week. There's no requirement that it close...immediately after that," Mr Rove told Fox News...

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/11526718/

[Stephanie]

1. Who cares what he thinks?

[MetaTrope]

2. So, did Fox News ask some tough and probing questions after that?

:eyes:

[C_U_L8R]

16. They were probing alright....

,,, but it's got nothing to do with tough questions

questionable behavior... perhaps
questionable journalism... most definately

that's faux for ya..... brown-nosing the big guy

[movonne]

24. Faux news is the the propaganda ministry for bush's administration..and

that is how we should refer to them...not faux news..

[MADem]

3. Flip flop!!!!

Of course, what he is hoping is that people will forget about it, and they can slide in under the wire later....

[SpiralHawk]

8. March along with koMMander AWOL: do the flip-flop

Everybody - do the new dance craze -- the BushCo flip flop

[RelativelyJones]

4. First step

This is the first step to dragging it out and praying the deal dies a slow death (at least in our memories)

[MadMaddie]

6. And then secretly approve it...

you see it was never supposed to go public!!

[Oreo]

9. Probably close...

More likely they know another scandal will overshadow this like the 562 previous scandals before it.

[katmondoo]

5. Bush never gives in so easily

What does he have up his sleeve?

[peaches2003]

12. Not much

Maybe there has finally been a coup and what Bush says doesn't matter anymore.

[standup]

7. And... after careful review: "bipartisan" approval!!!!!!!!

[Captain Hilts]

10. Well la, di da. We're supposed to have a 45 day wait. nt

[wtmusic]

14. They'll let things calm down then nix it

This thing is a loser all the way around for 2006 GOP candidates.

[ThoughtCriminal]

11. PLease spend the next 6 months

sending out cronies to tell us they know nothing, see nothing, hear nothing, but assure us the deal is fully vetted. Get as many GOP Congressfolk to play along as possible too.

[wtmusic]

13. So are the Freeps still FOR the port deal

now that * has changed his mind, or are they running around with their noses up his ass, as usual?

[HereSince1628]

15. Can you say. . . buying time to allow DPW to find a way to divest

of the American port facilities?

Someone has the money to buy the American operations, maybe Ken Lay?????????????????

[Laura PourMeADrink]

19. Ha ! You are SO spot on

[rodeodance]

17. it is Hil. Clinton who is in his face on this (looky)--and i heard her

saying this to reporters after the Senate briefing today.



....It is far from clear, however, whether lawmakers in Congress - particularly Democrats - will be satisfied with Mr Rove's offer. Mr Rove defended the UAE, and the approval process, saying: "It's not the company that's in charge ofsecurity, it's the United States' government that's in charge of security."

Senator Hillary Clinton, the Democrat from New York, said legislation would be proposed on Monday that had support from Republicans and that would formally delay the deal and force the administration to re-open its investigation.

Republican Senator John Warner agreed with some issues Mrs Clinton raised at a hearing - including legal questions about whether the administration was required to review the deal for 45-days because DP World is state-owned and the deal could affect national security - but said he believed a resolution between the White House and Congress could be found.
Copyright The Financial Times Ltd. All rights reserved.

[rodeodance]

18. a delay will jr time to twist Congress arms. Dam!

[rodeodance]

20. k and n

[Laura PourMeADrink]

21. Makes you puke -- Traitor, criminal Rove issuing statements!n/t

[MGKrebs]

22. Let me translate this for you all....

"Well, we screwed up. We are truly incompetent and can't even make domestic decisions without potentially inflaming the Arab world or insulting other lawmakers even in our own party. We still have not learned to consider any other options beyond what our most optimistic fantasies are. Someday, God willing, this administration will begin to understand that there are actually other people in the world besides those who work in the West Wing, and that yes, they are actually real people out there. However, at this rate, we will be learning that lesson behind bars."

[rodeodance]

23. "Lessons NOT Learned"--

[keta11]

25. I APPROVED IT BEFORE I VETOED IT BEFORE I ...

[Megahurtz]

26. What really worries me

is that lately this shit seems to get pushed through
no matter if the majority of The People are opposed to it.

It seems like we have no choice anymore.
We now live in a Totalitarian Dictatorship, folks.:(

[lovuian]

27. I agree it seems all a show doesn't it

and in the end he gets what he wants!!!

[Jawja]

47. Yep.

Something might get put on "hold," like renewal of the Patriot Act, but he eventually gets what he wants. And when Congress DOES stand up to him - as with torture - he issues a "signing statement" saying he has the "right" to do it anyway.

I really would like to understand how this is working - how we got to the point where these criminals have such total and complete control without ANY opposition whatsoever.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

28. How does

"'til hell freezes over" sound?

[VegasWolf]

29. Bush, "I had a Harriet Miers moment there!" nt

[Jacobin]

30. Is this a Flip or a Flop?

What happened to his insistence on vetoing any delay or end to the deal?

[robbedvoter]

31. It will be done more secretly, like TIA, Social Security, Diebold

They won't give up the boone - they'll just make sure that their xenophobic backers don't find out

[flashdebadge]

41. Backroom deals make me sick. Tired of them all!

[Miss Chybil]

32. All hail King Rove! nt

[Canuckistanian]

33. How very... magnanimous of him.

He's so understanding of "the common people".

Since he's in such a generous mood, ask for some of the constitutional rights to be returned.

[Ben Ceremos]

45. Sounds more like he's

back-pedalling, to me. He just lost another policy battle, folks. The guy is America's #1 LOSER.

[Kahuna]

34. Is he now? How gracious of him...

NOT!!!!!!!!!!! :puke:

[DoYouEverWonder]

35. Bullies always back down

when the public turns against them.

[acmavm]

36. Pay attention folks. He's doing the same thing here as he is trying to

do in regard to Social Security. He can't outright dismantle SS so he SNEAKS numbers in the budget for expenses to do it when no one's looking.

That is exactly what these guys are gonna do here. They're gonna sneak it through somehow.

[coffeenap]

38. And look for some big event to take our attention away as it happens. nt

[SoulDrift]

37. A sinister thought .... comments please ...

It occurred to me yesterday that among the pieces of evidence we've heard is the involvement of UAE folk with Osama Bin Laden before 9/11, and how they've changed their tune since. That may or may not be, I haven't been able to research yet, but--and this one is something not getting great attention--this sheds new light on the attacks on the Clinton admin during the 2004 campaign by Republicans who charge Clinton "failed to get Bin Laden when he had the chance."

Several chances were in late 1998 and early 1999 when Osama was on a hunting trip. It just so happens that he was spending time during that hunting trip with a few of the Emirates, and the fear of blowing them up by mistake is what kept Clinton from pulling the trigger. (more background in my blog post)

Am I totally off base? A lengthy post today on Kos sheds light on the possible links between the Bush family, the Carlyle Group and the UAE. It appears to me we've got a handful of puzzle pieces, but we don't yet know how to assemble them--maybe we're only seeing one tentacle of the octopus? This could lead nowhere, I will admit; but it could also lead in many directions we haven't yet identified.

One example: Suppose the Emirates were compensated for BEING at that hunting ground where Osama was, because certain powers did not want Osama to BE "gotten" at that time. Maybe they knew that at a later date, they'd want to criticize the Democratic president for being "soft" on terrorism and not getting Osama during his term in office. (For sake of argument I don't want to get into a premeditated 9/11 scenario, so let's just say that his 1990s efforts and the USS Cole would have been enough to criticize the Democrat for not acting upon.)

I'm struggling because I don't know where to drive the train next. But the more this grows, the worse it smells.

[dweller]

44. keep pegging at it.

consider this comment coal for the stove, keep shoveling it on.

welcome to DU! :hi:

dp

[Ecumenist]

39. Gee, that's mighty white o' massa.....

:sarcasm: Ah gess we sho blest by de lawd dat we has us a good massa. thank de Lawd...
:sarcasm: off....
Unless we do something to stop this bunch, we might as well bend over and kiss our asses goodbye.

[flashdebadge]

40. "Willing to accept a delay"....Then start accepting!

[OKthatsIT]

42. HE IS A CRIMINAL...and he's going down!

[NoodleyAppendage]

43. Coward! I thought King Chimp was SO STRONG...what a weak noodle.

Now is the time to knock out King Chimp and his neocon brethren. They're on the ropes. Let's go for the balls and start calling him a "coward" for not sticking to his word. This way his damned if he vetos and damned if he wimps out.

JB

[MiniMe]

46. "congress needs to get fully briefed"

No *, they need to conduct the 45 day invesgigation they are supposed to be conducting per the LAW. You remember those pesky laws, don't you Mr. President???