RW-ers upset about ports & oil deals. Post your awakening stories here!!

[lostnfound]

Three or four hard-core RW-ers surrounding my moderate-liberal friend here are very upset with the new port deal and with the newest giveaway (royalty waiver) to the oil companies.

"I can't believe that!!"

"I'm going to have to rethink my support of Bush and Cheney after this. They are out of their minds."

"This is the craziest thing I've ever heard!"

Add on to that one more hard-core RW coworker who sadly is learning the hard way, through personal experience in the hospital over the idiocies of the new Medicare rules -- he is now being forced to remain in the hospital to get the treatment he needs even though it's available for home use but they will no longer pay for it if you get it at home. On previous surgeries they would send him home with the equipment but now they are making him stay for it. He says he is NEVER going to vote for a Republican again.

I am not kidding. This is what I've heard in one morning. Four are angry and a fifth is now having doubts.

[proud patriot]

1. I'm looking for a gif I can print out about this

has anybody made one yet ?

[1620rock]

2. Amazing grace...I once was blind but now I see. n/t

[wakeme2008]

3. IMHO this is Union busting too...

IMHO, Bush will have special visas for third world workers to replace the Union workers in those ports.

[HockeyMom]

7. Bingo

On all levels, it is all about MONEY.

[classof56]

4. Maybe all is not lost, after all. Thanks for posting.

One by one, that's doubtless the best we can hope for, but if the light keeps seeping through the darkness, hope does indeed spring eternal!

Tired Old Cynic

[Plaid Adder]

5. Make sure to point out, when they unburden themselves,

that this kind of thing is why one-party rule is a bad idea. Unless the Congressional Republicans are willing to break ranks, and they never are, this deal is going through whether they like it or not. Even if COngress blocks the port sale, it appears that Bush could at this point just say, "Fuck you guys, I'm invoking Article II, we're selling the ports for the good of national security," and do it. They think they have unlimited power, and at this point, who would stop them?

They are as screwed as we are, and it's too bad they're realizing it only now,

The Plaid Adder

[vi5]

6. Yeah, you'll forgive me if I don't buy it.....

We had plenty of these stories all throughout 2003 and 2004. Republicans complaining, republicans coming to their senses, the tide turning, drip drip drip, Buscho is toast, "I converted my (insert republican relative or friend here)!" and then when it came down to it they still voted for and still support Bush. These people hate liberals more than they love Bush and that will always be their overriding motivation.

[lostnfound]

12. I posted this to encourage people to talk up this story; it's effective

apparently at making a dent.

I know what you are saying, I heard plenty of such stories and had one freeper say he voted Bush in 2000 and wouldn't consider it in 2004.

But this morning I was shocked at the numerous reactions. We have 50 people on our floor -- 4 who are definite pro-Bush were angry this morning, for the first time ever that I've heard. It's just WEIRD.

[mdmc]

8. k/r for hope

:dem:

[warrens]

9. Wait til they hear about outsourcing the FAA

...to Al Qaeda. After all, they were the high bidder and offered to let Halliburton have a finder's fee.

[Sugar Smack]

10. Read THIS and smile!!!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=450631&mesg_id=450631

We've collected a couple of hundred samples- letters and comments gleaned from FR and congress.org. And we're not done. :)

[upi402]

11. QUICK DICK! Mix more Kool Aid

Unca Karl! Oh Unca Kaaaaarrrrlllll!

[kurth]

13. Here's what they're REALLY thinking:

NO US PORTS TO MUSLIMS
By J. Grant Swank, Jr
MichNews.com
Feb 20, 2006

It’s unthinkable. No United States ports should be sold to Muslims. None. To use purchases of US ports by Muslims as a good will gesture is asking for murder. Period. It’s not just stupid. It’s dangerous. Doesn’t the civilized world realize now that Muslims must be put under extreme scrutiny? Are there “moderate” and “secular” Muslims? I personally don’t think so. All Muslims are brainwashed (indoctrinated?) by the same book — the Koran scribed by demons. They all give final allegiance to an imagined satanic deity, Allah. They all praise a murdering, raping, stealing false prophet Mohammed. Their commission is to kill all non-Muslims.

There really is no middle ground here. There are those non-Muslims who claim that there are “radicals” who “highjacked” a “noble faith,” as US President George W. Bush used those two words in his recent State of the Union address. Noble faith? Not. It is a killing cult. If you don’t believe me, then research the Koran yourself. Read the biography of Mohammed from a reputable publisher.

< snip >

Mr. Bush has sought to keep blood from flowing in American streets. Therefore, he’s sought appeasement with Muslims in America. He had them to a winter banquet at the White House when he placed the Koran in that White House library for the first time. That in fact was placing hell’s poison in the library. He also refers to Islam as the “noble faith.” At the same time he calls it “an ideology of hate.” At the same time he claims there are “radicals” who have ‘highjacked” a peace religion. In other words, Mr. Bush is terribly confused or he is straddling the fence in order to keep Muslims from clogging Manhattan’s boulevards with protests and bloodletting. In any case, what Mr. Bush and any other American cannot do is to turn over ownership of our ports to Muslims. It’s one thing, as awful as it was, to place the Koran in the White House library. It’s another to allow Muslims to own US shipping ports. There has to be a very tight line drawn.

I’m a Republican who agrees with Democrat Robert Menendez of New Jersey when he said: "We wouldn't turn the border patrol or the customs service over to a foreign government, and we can't afford to turn our ports over to one either." True.

http://www.michnews.com/artman/publish/article_11786.shtml

[SPKrazy]

14. Woman I Work With, RW'er, * Supporter, Says This Is Too Much

She's pissed and not supporting Bush anymore

[lostnfound]

15. Which is she upset over -- the oil giveaway or the ports? nt

[SPKrazy]

16. Ports and Security n/t

[lostnfound]

17. Yet another story of an upset RWer, a new one this morning.

A friend and coworker said his mother, who is extremely pro-Bush due to concerns that the Democrats are anti-Israel and because she's afraid of more terrorist attacks, call him this morning; she is completely freaked out and upset over the ports deal.

This is the worst mistake these guys have made, politically. I am amazed at the response.