So port management sale is tactical political manuevering egh?

[lonestarnot]

I say it's just a distraction for something else. bushitler claiming darkness until a few days ago. I think it is an attention draw from issues such as Plame, NSA wiretaps etc. Issues have become increasingly blatant destruction in full view of the masses. "Something happening here and what it is ain't exactly clear." Fa la la la.

[bryant69]

1. Yeah it's a distraction from the shooting

which was a distraction from new orleans
which was a disctraction from . . .

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

[Dogmudgeon]

2. What ISN'T a distraction?

That's not meant as a statement of ridicule -- it's gotten to the point where any given issue can be used to cover for any other issue. And our cynicism is in such a state of hyperdrive that it's out of control. Bush is our first Total Scandal President, 24/7, and it's driving us to a state of permanent political hyperactivity.

I don't think any of it's a distraction. Team Bush is in a state of frenzy, and it's tough to watch because when the whole act collapses, WE will be the ones who have to pick up the pieces.

--p!

[KoKo]

7. Well said....sigh. Govern by Chaos....that way no one can keep track

of anything for more than a few days.

[lonestarnot]

8. permanent political hyperactivity for desensitization purposes.

Check out the steps to genocide. There are 8.

http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A9htfTdZavxD_CUBNyVXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTE2YXIzcnNxBGNvbG8DZQRsA1dTMQRwb3MDMgRzZWMDc3IEdnRpZANGNjU0Xzc1/SIG=11sktf21t/EXP=1140702169/**http%3a//www.genocidewatch.org/8stages.htm
use the second link

[Cobalt Violet]

20. I wonder what the distraction from Portgate will be?

How are they going to up themselves on that?

[xiamiam]

3. well if ever there was a time to expose these criminals to all americans

it is now...all the sordid connections need to be uncovered and exposed while his sanity is being questioned by not only us but by the average joe...

[lonestarnot]

5. But it doesn't appear to matter how much is exposed. Maybe they will

just all collapse from hypothermia.

[AzDar]

4. I think it's just another corrupt dealy-o by the Bushes gone wrong.

They've overreached this time. Now, of course, that's pretty much their m.o., but this one was just TOO OBVIOUS.
As for folks thinking that it's a 'Rovian' ploy..they are giving that fat,ugly sumbitch far too much credit. He is not some Machiavellian genius;he just lacks any sort of human decency that stops others from even attempting the treacherous things from which he has so far emerged unscathed. Probably not all that difficult, either, when you manage to control both the ballot-counting and major media outlets.
They will choke on their own hubris.

[lonestarnot]

6. I hope you are right re the choking! And there is no worse human being

on the planet than red rover! I agree that he gets way too much credit! He does now how to cheat though doesn't he. Mastermind at the cheating stuff. Just ask any who debated him as a student.

[ewagner]

10. I suspect you are right

I really don't think they expected this to bubble to the surface. They figured it would fly under the radar. They don't need another battle right now. They've spent their credibility which is the coin-of-the-realm in DC....

And yes, I also agree 100% that they are choking on their own hubris... :hi:

[Binka]

12. They Will Be Hoisted On Their Own Petard

As far as Rove goes, when he found out he was born on December 25 he thought that meant he was Jesus. Sorry Karl you're nothin but a fucking, stoooopid, waste of skin.

[lonestarnot]

15. eeeeewwww yes Binka! slam that bitch! Tinks he's Jesus! pisstard!

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

9. Just another fake bogeyman to scare people into xenophobia.

[triguy46]

11. Terra is so bad...

we have to spy on 'murricans, but we turn over our ports to Dubai, our "friend." What does that make us?

[TayTay]

13. No, it is their native incompetence bubbling to the surface, again

These people are incompetent and cannot govern. They didn't screw up Katrina and the governmental response to it because they had a grand plan to kill people in the storm area. They screwed up the response because they don't believe in government and therefore don't appoint competent people to positions of power. They appoint yes-men and cronies. The results speak for themselves.

These people have learned how to run nasty elections and smear their opponents. They are very good at that. However, they completely suck at the job of governing the nation. The ports deal is yet another example of an Administration that is not paying attention to the needs of America and is arrogantly convinced that they know everything and can do whatever they want. There was no grand plan with the ports deal, it is yet another example of Bush and his cronies arrogantly doing whatever they want and that impulse leading again to an image of incompetence.

Again, Bush's poll rating before the Cheney shooting incident and the UAE ports deal: 39%.

[xiamiam]

14. katrina, unlawful regard for constitution, wiretaps, bribes, outing plame,

lies to get us into an illegal war, breaking geneva conventions, torture, corrupt cronyism, no bid contracts to halliburton, propaganda...its all tied together by incompetence and motivated by power and greed..its almost too much to pull together but we must..

[lonestarnot]

16. Right on the head there xiamiam! WE MUST PULL TOGETHER! MUST!

[xiamiam]

18. Above the law...just one of the consistent threads that runs thru

administration...Incompetence being another...while its ocmplicated the average person doesnt eant to deal with complicated...i think it needs to be distilled a few common themes which everyone can understand..not just those paying daily attention...and we need to run with it...tie it all together with a few bold and undeniable points...carpe diem...

[lonestarnot]

19. Nodding head in agreement! Tie up the loose ends and throw the

blanket of bricks in the lake once and for all!

[elehhhhna]

17. Taytay wins. ding ding ding!

Clinton, with all his manufactured (by the reeps) distractions, managed to make Presidenting look easy. That and the fat that Raygun was gaga for at least 4 years out of 8 in office caused the Neocons to misunderestimate the challenges of running this country, and so granted the job to the biggest asshat in the galaxy.