GOP Governors Threaten to Block Port Deal
The usually braindead New York Gov. George Pataki and Maryland Gov. Robert Ehrlich on Monday asked just wtf was Bush thinking when he promised six crucial US ports to the United Arab Emirates, a country with a long involvement in terrorism.
Ehrlich, concerned about security at the Port of Baltimore, said Monday he was "very troubled" that Maryland officials got no advance notice before the Bush administration approved the Arab company's takeover of the operations at the six ports.
"We needed to know before this was a done deal, given the state of where we are concerning security," Ehrlich told reporters. "Jebus Christ."
The arrangement brought protests from both political parties in Congress and a lawsuit in Florida from a company affected by the takeover.
Republican Sen. Lindsay Graham of South Carolina said Sunday that the administration approval was "unbelievably tone deaf politically." Hearings on the deal have been called for this week in Congress.
"We needed to know before this was a done deal, given the state of where we are concerning security," Ehrlich told reporters. "Jebus Christ."
The arrangement brought protests from both political parties in Congress and a lawsuit in Florida from a company affected by the takeover.
Republican Sen. Lindsay Graham of South Carolina said Sunday that the administration approval was "unbelievably tone deaf politically." Hearings on the deal have been called for this week in Congress.
Fun fact: the misadministration is giving of the ports to "a 9/11-linked Arab nation after a flimsy investigation and with weak guarantees the company in charge can stop Osama Bin Laden from infiltrating," republican Rep. Peter King said.
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