Freepers overwhelmimgly oppose Bush on UAE/Dubai Port deal

[Barad Simith]

I wanted to see how the Freepers are reacting (to Bush's announcement that he will veto any legislation that threatens to block the Dubai Port deal) after reading a DU thread by Earth_First...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x483378

...in which he adds, "There must be some awfully confused freepers out there in bizarro-land today."

Pasted below is the first page (50 responses) of a Free Republic thread titled "Bush will veto any bill to stop port deal." I haven't edited or removed anything. These are the opinions of Bush's most loyal base, and they're finally figuring out that Bush truly does not care about them.

Bush will veto any bill to stop port deal
AP ALERT
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1582942/posts

Posted on 02/21/2006 12:32:20 PM PST by Brian Mosely


ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) — President Bush says the deal allowing an Arab company to take over six major U.S. seaports should go forward and he will veto any bill that would stop it.



1 posted on 02/21/2006 12:32:21 PM PST by Brian Mosely
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To: Brian Mosely
Cmon BushBots...

Lets hear you explain this away...



2 posted on 02/21/2006 12:33:01 PM PST by antaresequity (PUSH 1 FOR ENGLISH, PUSH 2 TO BE DEPORTED)
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To: Brian Mosely
don't start using the veto now, Georgie. Keep it in your pocket.



3 posted on 02/21/2006 12:33:09 PM PST by jw777
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To: Brian Mosely
Geez, why does he have such a woody about this?



4 posted on 02/21/2006 12:33:11 PM PST by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: Brian Mosely
Glad hes so aware of the bipartisan opposition.



5 posted on 02/21/2006 12:33:16 PM PST by omega4179 (minutemanproject)
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To: antaresequity
Too much french kissing with that Saudi Sheik



6 posted on 02/21/2006 12:34:16 PM PST by BearWash (@)
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To: Brian Mosely
So he DOES have a veto pen.

Won't it be interesting...am I mistaken, wor will this be the first thing he has ever vetoed?



7 posted on 02/21/2006 12:34:22 PM PST by DC Ripper
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To: Brian Mosely
If true, the democrats will erect a statue of Bush for making them the tough on security party.



8 posted on 02/21/2006 12:34:27 PM PST by ncountylee (Dead terrorists smell like victory)
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To: Brian Mosely
Apparently, there is more to this than meets the eye.



9 posted on 02/21/2006 12:34:38 PM PST by demlosers (Kerry: "Impeach Bush, filibuster Alito, withdraw from Iraq, send U235 to Iran, elect me President!")
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To: Brian Mosely
Are there enough votes to override?



10 posted on 02/21/2006 12:34:44 PM PST by So Cal Rocket (Proud Member: Internet Pajama Wearers for Truth)
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To: Brian Mosely
No he won't. Bush won't veto anything.



12 posted on 02/21/2006 12:34:55 PM PST by Blzbba (Sub sole nihil novi est)
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To: Brian Mosely
Ok, I know sometimes something seems worse than it actually is, and I haven't been following this story. So do I understand correctly that President Bush supports the purchase of facilities at six of our major ports by UAE companies?



13 posted on 02/21/2006 12:35:01 PM PST by American Quilter
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To: Brian Mosely
Bush just sounded the death knel for this deal. He can't veto things that happen at the state level.

It was foolish of him to make such a statement. Even if he ultimately wins, which I doubt, he will lose significant political face over this.




14 posted on 02/21/2006 12:35:05 PM PST by Bikers4Bush (Flood waters rising, heading for more conservative ground. Vote for true conservatives!)
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To: DC Ripper
Yup...I just don't get it



15 posted on 02/21/2006 12:35:05 PM PST by genxer
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To: demlosers
"Apparently, there is more to this than meets the eye."

If there is, George Bush feels no need to explain it, apparently.



16 posted on 02/21/2006 12:35:22 PM PST by DC Ripper
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To: Brian Mosely
Won't matter the local governments will stop it first.



17 posted on 02/21/2006 12:35:26 PM PST by gopwinsin04
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To: Brian Mosely
"I earned capital in the campaign, political capital, and now I intend to spend it."



18 posted on 02/21/2006 12:35:39 PM PST by michigander (The Constitution only guarantees the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.)
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To: Brian Mosely
And here I was thinking he was elected to do our bidding. My mistake.



19 posted on 02/21/2006 12:35:40 PM PST by cripplecreek (Never a minigun handy when you need one.)
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To: raybbr; DTogo; AZ_Cowboy; Itzlzha; Stellar Dendrite; NRA2BFree; Happy2BMe; Spiff; Pelham; ...
OMFG!!!!!!!!!!



20 posted on 02/21/2006 12:35:45 PM PST by Stellar Dendrite (There's nothing "Mainstream" about the Orwellian Media!!!)
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To: Brian Mosely
I am a Bush bot, I guess. But, I hope they go ahead and get that 2/3 vote necessary to override the veto.



21 posted on 02/21/2006 12:35:49 PM PST by AmericaUnite
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To: AppyPappy
It may be part of the war that we "won't see."



22 posted on 02/21/2006 12:35:56 PM PST by monkeywrench (Deut. 27:17 Cursed be he that removeth his neighbor's landmark)
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To: Clemenza
"It may not be the best thing to do poltically,"


Nor is it the best thing for national security, but what the hell - you go George!!



23 posted on 02/21/2006 12:36:17 PM PST by Blzbba (Sub sole nihil novi est)
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To: Brian Mosely
Not a surprise. Bush is digging in to fight the cowardly cover their ass politicians and the MSM trying to turn the deal into something that it's not.




24 posted on 02/21/2006 12:36:17 PM PST by finnman69 (cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestu s globus, inflammare animos)
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To: ncountylee
As long as there party chairman is on record saying "Bin Laden is innocent until proven guilty, only selective amnesia nitwits would be erecting a statue."

25 posted on 02/21/2006 12:36:21 PM PST by new yorker 77 (Conservatives who eat their own are a liberal's best friend.)
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To: Brian Mosely
Well, I used to think that the main difference between Democrats and Republicans was the parts of the Constitution they chose to bang upon.
But I think we can also now say that they are also differentiated by what foreign interests they wish to sell us out to.


26 posted on 02/21/2006 12:36:22 PM PST by dirtboy (I'm fat, I sleep most of the winter and I saw my shadow yesterday. Does that make me a groundhog?)
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To: Clemenza
Seattle isn't one of the ports in question, I take it. : )



27 posted on 02/21/2006 12:36:34 PM PST by firebrand
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To: Brian Mosely
Wow. Using the veto pen for this? I didn't think one existed.

28 posted on 02/21/2006 12:36:36 PM PST by b4its2late (Terrorists will either succeed in changing our way of life, or we will change theirs. - Rummy)
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To: Brian Mosely



29 posted on 02/21/2006 12:36:37 PM PST by oblomov (Join the FR Folding@Home Team (#36120) keyword: folding@home)
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To: demlosers
...Apparently, there is more to this than meets the eye....
There usually is.

Unfortunately, the lamestream press will jump on this with 4 hoofs.

At least it will get the Cheney bashing off the front pages.


30 posted on 02/21/2006 12:36:42 PM PST by FReepaholic (If ignorance ain't bliss, I don't know what is.)
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To: Brian Mosely
That would be his first veto ever, if I'm not mistaken. But not the last... wait until the clemency for illegals bill comes through...

31 posted on 02/21/2006 12:36:43 PM PST by Shalom Israel (Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.)
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To: Brian Mosely
Is this RinO IDio#T living in the real world or what?



32 posted on 02/21/2006 12:36:43 PM PST by VU4G10 (Have You Forgotten?)
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To: Brian Mosely
President Bush says the deal allowing an Arab company to take over six major U.S. seaports should go forward and he will veto any bill that would stop it.
The Bush Administration is simply the Clinton Administration with slightly cleaner rugs.


33 posted on 02/21/2006 12:36:49 PM PST by Lazamataz (Islam is a fatal disease that must be eradicated from the body Earth.)
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To: Brian Mosely
Would this be his first veto ever? I don't understand why he wants to drive away a large percentage of his base with this decision.



34 posted on 02/21/2006 12:36:51 PM PST by jimbo123
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To: Brian Mosely
I'm not seeing anything in the news about this



35 posted on 02/21/2006 12:36:51 PM PST by Mo1 (Republicans protect Americans from Terrorists.. Democrats protect Terrorists from Americans)
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To: antaresequity
Lets hear you explain this away...
He must have some big trump cards!

Could this be why Pops has been keeping Clintoon close?


36 posted on 02/21/2006 12:37:00 PM PST by CROSSHIGHWAYMAN (Toon Town, Iran...........where reality is the real fantasy.)
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To: AppyPappy
"Geez, why does he have such a woody about this?"

Let me guess... do you remember the hand holding with the Saudi prince?

The press and the dems will eat him alive for this one.



37 posted on 02/21/2006 12:37:10 PM PST by brownsfan (It's not a war on terror... it's a war with islam.)
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To: BearWash
Too much french kissing with that Saudi Sheik

And walking along holding hands, and placing a koran in the whitehouse, even though the koran says kill all infidels.



38 posted on 02/21/2006 12:37:11 PM PST by Tulsa Ramjet ("If not now, when")
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To: Brian Mosely
He'll finally veto something and THIS is it? Is he CRAZY?



39 posted on 02/21/2006 12:37:12 PM PST by PzLdr ("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
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To: Brian Mosely
Good! The company that has the contract now is not American either and the company that has won this contract already has multi contracts around the world in port management. And NASA buys its rocket fuel from a French company so what is the big deal. A lot of spineless idiots are raising hell about something that is not a problem.. The problem is the leaking of classified information to the enemy and the idiots in the congress who want to stop the foreign listening program.

At least it is not like WW II and the mafia or the Communist are not in charge of the ports.

40 posted on 02/21/2006 12:37:13 PM PST by YOUGOTIT
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To: Brian Mosely
As the song goes:

You got to know when to hold em'
Know when to fold em
Know when to walk away
Know when to run...

This hand stinks...best to just fold at this point.



41 posted on 02/21/2006 12:37:25 PM PST by ElkGroveDan (California bashers will be called out)
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To: So Cal Rocket
Are there enough votes to override?
Yes.

This is very strange, the only thing both the Dims & GOP have agreed on this year and he finally threatens a veto. Something smells ....


42 posted on 02/21/2006 12:37:39 PM PST by Lurking in Kansas (Nothing witty here… move on.)
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To: demlosers
"Apparently, there is more to this than meets the eye."
UAE could be a staging area for airstrikes and special forces operations against Iran.


43 posted on 02/21/2006 12:37:45 PM PST by defenderSD (¤¤ If ecoterrorists attack my SUV, I'll taser them.)
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To: Bikers4Bush
Naw, the Dems will shut up once they realize that the only US company that could actually fulfill this contract is Halliburton.
L


44 posted on 02/21/2006 12:37:46 PM PST by Lurker (In God I trust. Everybody else shows me their hands.)
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To: AppyPappy
Geez, why does he have such a woody about this?
Because in Establishment Republican minds, making money trumps all else.

Including national security.

How Clintonian.


45 posted on 02/21/2006 12:37:50 PM PST by Lazamataz (Islam is a fatal disease that must be eradicated from the body Earth.)
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To: AppyPappy
He or his family/friends probably stand to make a lot of money on this deal. ;)



46 posted on 02/21/2006 12:38:05 PM PST by linda_22003
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To: Brian Mosely
Bush won't veto a spending bill...but this one he will? He is beyond stupid on this matter & illegal immigration. If this goes through, any attack on those ports in the future will be his fault.



47 posted on 02/21/2006 12:38:09 PM PST by feinswinesuksass ("Muslims are the only people who make feminists seem laid-back." Ann Coulter)
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To: Brian Mosely
Bush Clinton Bush Clinton
Da fix is in.


48 posted on 02/21/2006 12:38:11 PM PST by freedomson (Tagline comment removed by moderator)
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To: YOUGOTIT
A lot of spineless idiots are raising hell about something that is not a problem..
Using that "logic," I guess you also think it was OK for Carter to give away the Panama Canal.


49 posted on 02/21/2006 12:38:24 PM PST by dirtboy (I'm fat, I sleep most of the winter and I saw my shadow yesterday. Does that make me a groundhog?)
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To: DC Ripper
If there is, George Bush feels no need to explain it, apparently.
We'll see what happens. The storms on this issue started on a long weekend. Yes, the president does need to explain what is happening here.


50 posted on 02/21/2006 12:38:31 PM PST by demlosers (Kerry: "Impeach Bush, filibuster Alito, withdraw from Iraq, send U235 to Iran, elect me President!")
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[JuniperLea]

1. If it seems too good to be true....

(fill in the blank)

[Selatius]

2. Bush doesn't give a shit what FreeRepublic or Democratic Underground think

If you don't have what he wants, you may as well not exist.

[bryant69]

3. Yeah, I caught part of Rush's show

Trying to sell his audience on this being no big deal. From the calls he wasn't entirely convincing.

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

[creeksneakers2]

11. A new approach to the war on terror?

I loved the part where Rash said that he'd read the Tsun Zsu and it says the way to defeat the terrorists is to make friends with them. Of course, that's completely the opposite of everything they've been telling their base since 9/11. Those dittoheads believe every word Rash has said up to now but I don't see how they can swallow this one.

[TennesseeRain]

4. You know hell has officially frozen over.

Apparently, Sean Hannity agrees with us????

[sickinohio]

5. Another sheeple that

"hasn't been following this closely". These people actually do follow blindly don't they? (see below):

"To: Brian Mosely
Ok, I know sometimes something seems worse than it actually is, and I haven't been following this story. So do I understand correctly that President Bush supports the purchase of facilities at six of our major ports by UAE companies?

13 posted on 02/21/2006 12:35:01 PM PST by American Quilter
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[High Plains]

6. This should give us pause.

If we find ourselves agreeing with the majority on Free Republic, we might want to reexamine what it is we're agreeing on, and why.

Free Republic is big on appeals to fear and bigotry. When the posts on DU and Free Republic appear interchangeable, that's something to worry about.

[patricia92243]

7. To all lurking Freepers - I'm proud of you!! I'm deadly serious.

For once we all stand for the same thing - we love our country more than we love our political party. Keep it up guys.

Oh, and remember to let your leaders know how you feel.

[Plaid Adder]

8. You know what's funny about this selection?

How many of them are bitching about how Bush doesn't veto enough. Has it occurred to them yet that the reason he doesn't veto stuff is that Congress is completely controlled by his own party?

Yeesh,

The Plaid Adder

[Rowdyboy]

9. 2 posts out of about 10 I read callled for impeachment.....

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

10. I expected the poor spelling, I expected the ignorance on history,

I even wasn't surprised about the hatred towards Islam. What DID surprise me was that these creatures didn't all say what a wonderful idea Bush had. But I noted that they are very passive about the outcome. No calls for emailing reps or anything, just a faint hope that the veto will be overridden.