here it is: Schumer rather Haliburton run ports if he had to make choice!

[flyarm]

i know i know..this is from Newsmax that someone sent me this morn...but this is what Malloy was saying last night..and please no flaming me..someone sent this to me..and i thought i should post...

so is this to get the freepers on board??? i wonder...was the the game plan..i wonder...
fly

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2006/2/21/125656.shtml?s=et

Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2006 12:54 p.m. EST
Chuck Schumer: Let Halliburton Run Ports

Sen. Charles Schumer, who's been a leading critic of the Bush administration's decision to approve a takeover of U.S. ports by a company based in the United Arab Emirates, said Monday that he'd rather give Hallibuton the contract.

"I'd take Halliburton over U.A.E. at this point, if I had to take a choice right now," Schumer told Fox News Channel's John Gibson.

The New York Democrat endorsed a Halliburton port takeover - an idea first floated by radio host Rush Limbaugh - even though his party has spent years vilifying the company because of its ties to Vice President Dick Cheney.

[iconoclastNYC]

1. He's joking.

[babylonsister]

2. Is Helliburton the ONLY company capable of this? Ridiculous! nt

[unblock]

3. aha, their new slogan, "halliburton: at least we're not arabs!"

[LincolnMcGrath]

4. I missed Malloy last night, What was his take on the 'Portgate Scandal'

[flyarm]

10. hi lincoln..mike thinks this is all a trick..for re-election in nov..

he said polls for repugs are in dumper..and he thinks this will show repugs standing up to *..and that the repugs are strong on national security.,he said then out will come haliburton...and everything will be made nicey nice for repugs...

he thinks it was all a set up...

fly

[LincolnMcGrath]

22. I kind of agree with that premise.

When there are rats everywhere around this administration, sometimes it is hard to smell a fresh one.

I believe I smell one here.

[emulatorloo]

5. Taken out of context - my guess is he was sarcastic

It is NEWSMAX, for goodness sake.

[brainshrub]

8. Agreed. NewsMax is not a credible source of information.

I'm amazed that DUers use them as primary sources.

[emulatorloo]

13. Newsmax secondary mission is to make Democrats look bad, by whatever

means necessary. First mission to make Bushco look great.

[Deep13]

6. seems more like sarcasm than an endorsement

If I say I would rather have Nixon than Bush, it is not an endorsement of Nixon.

[MrBenchley]

25. Sure does....

[sui generis]

7. Other Mr. Sui and I were taking bets this morning

I'm having fajitas at Uncle Julio's tonight! Yee haw!

Oh wait - he's one of ours! Oh nooo-oo-o-o-oo-o! We didn't have a bet on for that one.

I guess we're having fried chicken AND fajitas. :evilfrown:

[stellanoir]

9. do I detect

some sarcasm here ?

[hlthe2b]

11. Hello? Don't you think your subject line is a little misleading?!

Here is what Newsmax purports that he said from the quote: Sen. Charles Schumer, who's been a leading critic of the Bush administration's decision to approve a takeover of U.S. ports by a company based in the United Arab Emirates, said Monday that he'd rather give Hallibuton the contract. "I'd take Halliburton over U.A.E. at this point, if I had to take a choice right now," Schumer told Fox News Channel's John Gibson.


Here is how you summarize this: "Schumer wants Haliburton to run ports!"

Hello? It is pretty bad when Newsmax is more responsible than our own DUers? :wtf:

[Tiggeroshii]

14. He pretty much said what newsmax said

"Schumer: let Halliburton run ports"

[flyarm]

15. i changed it..better for you???????? n/t

[Tiggeroshii]

16. You should say what the headline is

"Schumer: Let Halliburton run ports." Equally as misleading as your headline there. Xontrary to what a previous poster had said, I don't believe newsmax was more responsible. Considering the headline doesn't really follow through with the article.

[flyarm]

20. its all freeper propaganda..but as malloy said last night ..he believes

this whole deal is a trick..that is my point in posting this..

nothing more, nothing less.
fly

[hlthe2b]

21. yes...

The difference is I expect Newsmax to be misleading.... Thank you for correcting.

[joeunderdog]

12. Kinda like choosing an unqualified Supreme Court nominee

so that your second choice can sail right in like a winner?

[NYCGirl]

17. Schumer was being sarcastic. Unfortunately, "News"Max misrepresents

it. That's what they consistently do.

[flyarm]

18. i know that and you know that but the freeper base lives for newsmax..and

it is the freeper propaganda..

but their sell is on to their rethug base...
i have a large internet group and people sent this to me this morn and they said it is all over the internet message boards..

and this is what Malloy was saying last night..that this whole deal was a trick..

fly

[Lerkfish]

19. sarcasm, yes, but I think highly prophetic.

that's my guess on this whole thing, is its a bait and switch to have halliburton do it for MORE money.

[LSK]

23. its newsmax so what is the sentence BEFORE and AFTER the quote

And is that the COMPLETE SENTENCE?

Newsmax is the king of taking things out of context!

[flyarm]

24. exactly!!..but they have begun their propaganda game with the freepers

already...its all propaganda...but it is to * hes base..of nut cases..

fly