Peter King said on Dobbs that Bush and the Wh have a sense of relief

[liveoaktx]

over this deal. That proves that it's bogus. Otherwise, the Bush administration would be livid.

[babylonsister]

1. No, it means the blivet doesn't have to challenge his veto

power, or lack of.

[liveoaktx]

2. Either way Bush comes out looking like a WIMP!

[babylonsister]

3. I'll take it!

:evilgrin: I hope his die-hard supporters see it that way as well.

[LSparkle]

4. You got it -- all that POSTURING as if he were ready to veto ...

when in reality he was probably crapping his pants, afraid of having to choose between his oilpals and his party.

[NewJeffCT]

5. No, it means that he doesn't have to lose face

If Bush had to flip-flop & oppose the deal, it would make him a flip flopper yet again.

If his veto got overturned, he'd look weak.

Plus, if this got dragged out for another month or more until the veto was overridden, it would keep wearing down his approval ratings.

With Dubai withdrawing now, it also gives them 8 months to recover until election day.

[existentialist]

7. Yeah, eight months to recover, if

there weren't more crises and scandals coming all the time on top of those already ranging from simmer to full boil.

[NewJeffCT]

11. we've had 5+ years of scandals now

and it hasn't stopped them yet. Reagan presided over easily the most corrupt administration of the 20th century... and the * administration makes the Reaganites look like cub scouts. And, Reagan's White House was way more corrupt than Nixon or Harding.

[nonconformist]

9. Bingo! nt

[IsItJustMe]

6. Dobbs didn't mention Schumer tonight. The man who sunk the last nail into

this deal.

[0007]

8. I agree!

[OldLeftieLawyer]

10. Uh .......

Don't forget that King's a Republican.

I don't trust them. Never have.

And, as I mentioned elsewhere, "transfer" does not mean "sell" or "divest."

This deal's gonna go through, but with simply an extra step - a dummy American corporation set up to act as the agent of the Government of Dubai - and then all the Republicans in Congress can effectively tell their constituents how they "stood up to the White House on the matter of national security," thereby seeming to distance themselves from Fuckface, all the while knowing that the White House (and Dubai) are getting everything they wanted from the start.

Always, always follow the money.

[MissMarple]

12. Of course it's bogus. Incompetence finds a way out.

The GOP thinks it's win-win. The legislature saves face, the administration doesn't totally screw the American people, and George&Co are left to spin another day. Politics at its most cynical.

[mom cat]

13. And now: Halliburton to the rescue?

[Hubert Flottz]

15. Right a scab outfit!

It was all about crushing the union from the get go.

[mom cat]

16. Time for a Teamsters Strike?

[Hubert Flottz]

17. All the workers in America are going to need to stick together...

to beat the globalists.

[goforit]

14. All I gotta say to King is......Don't count your damn chickens too soon!

These jokers have big things up their sleeve!!!