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Audacity of Truth
Whiner-in-Chief:
"[W]hether the grumbling is about Republicans on Fox or bloggers in pajamas, there's a word for what the president and his aides are doing. That word is "whining." And nothing [...] does more damage to Obama's credibility or authority than the sense that a popular president is becoming the whiner-in-chief."
- John Nichols, Nation Magazine - 10/12/09
Americans oppose UAE port deal
… and the Republicans are losing ground, according to the latest Fox News poll:
NEW YORK — Most Americans oppose allowing a Dubai company to run some U.S. ports, even as a majority understands the U.S. would continue to control port security, according to a new FOX News poll. One in four sees the United Arab Emirates as a strong ally, but most either disagree or are unsure. In addition, the poll shows Republicans have lost ground on the issue of terrorism, and by a wide margin voters now think it would be better for the country if Democrats win control of Congress in this year’s midterm election.
For only the second time of his presidency, the poll finds that President Bush’s overall job approval rating has fallen below 40 percent — today 39 percent of Americans say they approve and a 54 percent majority disapproves. Late last year the president’s approval hit a record-low of 36 percent (8-9 November 2005).
This is also one of only a handful of times that Bush’s approval has dropped below 80 percent among Republicans. Today 77 percent of Republicans approve, down from 82 percent in early February. Disapproval among Democrats went from 79 percent in early February to 84 percent today. Approval among independents is essentially unchanged at 35 percent.
“People’s opinions of the president are based largely on how they perceive things in the country are going in general rather than how he is doing in his day-to-day job,” says Opinion Dynamics Vice President Lawrence Shiman. “When you combine the fact that people are paying more attention to Iraq than any other issue with the perception of Iraq as being on the brink of a civil war, it is not surprising the president and his party are struggling in the polls.”
The port controversy, along with the situation in Iraq (fully 81 percent of Americans think it is likely Iraq will end up in a civil war), appears to be taking a toll on Republicans.
At the beginning of the year the Republican Party held a 13-percentage point advantage over Democrats on being the party trusted to do a better job protecting the country from terrorism. Today Republicans still have the edge, but it has dropped to 5 points.
Obviously, this isn’t good. And even the lopsided sampling of Democrats surveyed for this poll doesn’t take away from the fact that Republicans are growing increasingly dissatisfied with Congress — and the President.
The decrease in the number of people who feel the President is strong on protecting the country from terrorism is deeply troubling – not because it’ll hurt the President’s chances of getting re-elected (obviously – he can’t 
) but because how it will reflect on Republicans running for re-election this year in the House and Senate.
Regarding the UAE port deal, the administration and other Republicans in Congress who are supporting this need to explain better why they think the deal is a good one – and one that they feel won’t affect our national security one way or the other. Republicans shouldn’t change their tunes simply to garner votes on this or any other issue (of course some will, but that goes without saying) in an election year. They need to stand firm on what the believe even in the face of the firestorm that is the media, explain why they’ve taken the positions they’ve staked out, and in the end if the their constituencies vote them out of office, so be it. I’d rather my candidates stick to their guns and lose an election than to switch gears in order to win it.
Jim Geraghty at NRO’s “The Kerry Spot” has more commentary on this poll here.
(Cross-posted at California Conservative)
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What do you make of the link that PCD posted in the last UAE regarding Bill Clinton support for the port deals, till mom said no.
This has become the joke inside the joke. Even the donks can’t figure out which way to squawk next. Never mind they still haven’t been able to determine the difference between a port or terminal. Never mind that all the 9/11 attacks were 100% American owned and operated and…If you truly want port security, then why can’t we, nay shouldn’t we monitor what’s happening out there, both Nationally and Internationally on cell phones for example. The 89-10 ratio in favor of renewing the Patriot Act doesn’t say what you think it might or should. The fluidity in the donks and their hyste(O)rical gelatinous principles reflect a more honest eval of that.
Funny how no one mentions that a state-owned Saudi Arabian firm (NSCSA) has been managing nine US ports for years.
In a poll I took with people close to me that I would consider to be intelligent…I gathered that there is still mass confusion over the issue…I talked to just 17 people, but all 17 were under the impression that a US company was selling this to UAE…they had no idea that we did not own the company.(myself included) All 17 assumed that the buyer would handle security. All 17 don’t want an Arab company involved.
This port deal is a security frankenstein.
andrew, and the Chicoms running terminals in Long Beach isn’t? Let’s here your excuses for Bill Clinton on that deal. I really love seeing the donkeycrats dancing when this is shoved in their faces. What’s the differences between Mainland China and the UAE?
andrew- I think that we are making it a security nightmare in our minds by assuming that UAE is going to do the security. They are not! In giving this some thought, I have come to the conclusion that the real problem is not with the UAE owing the company, but the fact that we are not upping the security/checking at the ports. I would be interested to see what changes have been made at the ports since 9/11. Security is the key to the operation. What steps have we taken to increase the product check? Changing ownership is not the real problem..we are…have we been diligent to assure that our security has been the number 1 priority?
What’s the differences between Mainland China and the UAE?
Well….
1) The Chinese never recognized the Taliban government of Afghanistan.
2) There were no Chinese aboard the 9/11 aircraft.
3) None of the 9/11 hijackers passed through China.
4) China is not filled with Islamic militants that hate the U.S.
5) China’s banks are not used to fund terrorists.
6) China does not honor the boycott of Israel.
Do we really need to go on here?
If we don’t like “Mainland China”, why don’t we quit buying three fourths of the goods sold in the U.S. from them?
Pug,
Chinese moslems have been captured in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The Chinese have long been spying on the US and stealing military/nuclear secrets.
Remember the detaining of our Navy Orion Crew after it was rammed by a Hot Dog Chicom pilot?
China threatened to lob Nukes on the US West Coast if we honor our defense treaty with Taiwan.
Need I go on, Pug?
Sister T said: “Republicans are growing increasingly dissatisfied with Congress — and the President.”
I have to agree and at this point there are two parties Republican-Democrat Party and The Libertarian Party and I say this because the only difference between the Dems and the GOP is the War on Terror and Tax cuts. The Democrats have been pushing us towards Socialism at 60 mph and the Republicans have moved up to 50 mph. The Republicans have grown Government and have out spent the Democrats when they held the majority. Just look at the Pork barrel spending and the Prescription Drug Plan the Inattention of Our Boarders and the welfare called Katrina Disaster Relief. Just look at the Government (Indoctrination Centers) Schools when something happens they call in Grief Counselors “Don’t worry if you stub your toe the Government will help you”. Since when has it become the Imperial Federal Governments job to help anyone and everyone that has a hiccup in their life? When are people going to wake up and see that whenever something happens and people start yelling “Where is the Government we can’t help our selves” the politicians just smile!
“andrew, and the Chicoms running terminals in Long Beach isn’t? Let’s here your excuses for Bill Clinton on that deal.”
China’s leaders don’t go hang out with bin laden.
Like I said, its a frankenstein: They’ve lost control of their security bogeyman.
andrew, what a lame answer.
I’ll put the plain truth in your face. You didn’t care a fig or anything else when Clinton was selling off the country from the Lincoln Bedroom to military/nuclear secrets to the Chinese for campaign contributions. Just another fellow Socialist for you to pal with. Now, you are screaming security risk. I’m calling you on your partisanship and rank hypocrisy, if not blatant racism.
“andrew, what a lame answer.”
I think chilling with bin laden is quite serious.
But you’re not getting the point: this whole ports deal is a frankenstein. Our political leaders have spent years building up the monster of the security issue. And now it turned on them.
“Now, you are screaming security risk.”
I’m screaming security frankenstein
Where were you when Clinton made the deal with the Chicoms? Now Clinton is paling up with the UAE on this deal. You don’t say a word about that. Could your donkeycrat partisanship getting in the way?
“Where were you when Clinton made the deal with the Chicoms? Now Clinton is paling up with the UAE on this deal. You don’t say a word about that”
I didn’t even know clinton is on TV. Good show for him fighting the frankenstein monster.
The movie’s only good when the monster turns on the creator.
But andrew, they are trying to have it both ways.
Talking out of both sides of thier mouths…
Bill Clinton is fighting for the UAE deal and Hillary is fighting against it.
Trying to have thier cake and eat it too?
“But andrew, they are trying to have it both ways.”
Two different people have two different opinions? wow! something must be wrong here.
PCD,
Don’t you find it hard to have a debate with Andrew when he keeps repeating what you have said? I wonder if Andrew is an African Gray or a Cockatoo and which pet shop he escaped from? Toss him a cracker that should keep him busy for a while. In stead of Andrew we could call him Pete and Repete, he had a thought once but it died of loneliness before he could get it out.
Wow the Democrats golden boy, former president Clinton and the current president AGREE on the UAE.
Won’t be hearing that on the national news anytime soon now will we?
Did Steve suddenly take over Andrew’s computer?? That last answer isn’t even remotely comprehensible. I think you need to slow down there abit and rethink what you were trying to say.
I haven’t really put my $0.02 in on this situaton, and it mostly cause I wanted to know more. Now I do, and I am against this deal for a couple of reasons.
1) Jimmy Carter is for it, and I just automatically cringe when Jimmy does or says anything of a political nature. I consider him to be an educated idiot. A man with too much intelligence and not enough common sense.
2) This company, Dubai Ports World, has a history of being discriminatory toward Jews. According to the American CEO, this will most likely continue. I have this thing about companies wanting to do business in this country that don’t want to follow our laws.
It is hard for me to defend someone when they themselves are the are guilty of the same. – Lorica
“Wow the Democrats golden boy, former president Clinton and the current president AGREE on the UAE.
Won’t be hearing that on the national news anytime soon now will we? ”
I saw on the news that jimmy carter agreed with dubya on the deal
The following people support the port deal: Carter, Clinton, Bush the Elder, bush the Lesser and the rest of the Rightwing Socialists. Who opposes this deal: The American people by 83%. American ports for Americans. Peace
Wow Clinton and Carter are right wing socialists. I never knew.
If security is an actual cause of/for concern , then what’s all the frothing about monitoring phone calls international or national, for that matter. I think the 9/11 terrorists were on US soil, using US assets to attack us, renting cars in the US, training for their mission in the US, you get the point. Ownership of the terminals (And BTW- ports and terminals are different for those who still thin the PORTS ARE BEING SOLD) are and were American. Hopefully, our security issues will be addressed regardless who owns and operates anything! Period!
I could care less if the whole world knows I’m pickin’ up the kids or stopping at the store for groceries, But then I also don’t have an anti-American stance and don’t exude a socialist/marxist/yadda yadda agenda.
The partisan gotcha game is old as the bones of last years turkey! If you whiners care to DO something about oh say, anything, then by all means Do something. The wolf! The wolf! has been done for six years and done exactly what?
Hey Steve how do you put Rightwing and Socialist together I thought that right-wingers are Fascists or NAZI’s Ooooh I forgot NAZI has to do with the fascist political party. I wish you would keep this straight Rightwing Fascist and Leftwing Socialist keep your sh@t in one sock would you?
No Lorica Steve and Andrew didn’t swap computers they take turns at cutting and pasting from Moveon.org where the rest of the moonbats gather to hang upside down. Oh and Steve I like the “Peace” thing you end with all the time so I thought I would end with something that means something to some freedom loving people what do you think of “Who is John Galt”?
NAZI is the National Socialist Workers Party and they were Fascists. Fascist are Rightwing AND Socialists. Does that knowledge turn your world on end? Peace
Hey Steve look up NAZI in the Dictionary or would that be beyond your thinking process! “Who is John Galt”?
I loved John Galt!!!! I loved that book. Even tho my copy was 1200 pages I just couldn’t put it down. I read it in like 2 months when I was in High School in Davenport Iowa.
– Lorica
Where Rand and her followers went wrong was in their faith in Capitalism to bring about the changes necessary to fufill Rand’s vision. It ain’t gonna happen and bush has shown that clearly. Peace
Steve Communism is DEAD. Capitalism Killed it. Socialism is a dying form of government, just ask a Canadian about waiting 3 days for Emergency heart surgery. It doesn’t work. It will never work in this country. You will have exactly what Rand suggested. Those that can will realize that they are being used by those that don’t want to. Look right now how many people are only working for the good of their party, not the good of the country. It doesn’t take a genius to see that socialism will fail us all miserably. – Lorica
Communism will never die as long as there are nimrods out there like steve, and unfortunately there are a lot of them. The “it’s unfair that everyone doesn’t have the same thing” crowd (who stopped mentally evolving at about the kindergarden level), and the “why should I work when someone will give it to me” layabouts. This guarantees socialism, and communism at the extreme case. Marx was a idiot, anyone with even a passing understanding of human nature and history realizes that his writings and thinking are infantile, utopian bunk. But hiding from reality and belief in fantasy are all too common amongst people, particularly those educated in govt schools.
Ayn Rand saw the heart of communism/socialism first hand, and lived with it’s evil, it’s inefficiency, and it’s soul crushing attempts at enforced uniformity. She knew capitalism and her ideas of objectivism were the only thing that encourages people to be the best they can be, to excell, and to free the spirit.
“We have to address the fact that the president has broken the law.” — Senator Russ Feingold
And if Saudis have anything to do with any of our ports then there should be investigations about what if anything that may have done to help the 911 terrorists…considering they were almost all Saudis …except the ones from the UAE… and the Saudis should be kicked out of this country for their support of terrorism…
http://www.nationalreview.com/document/document042602.asp
http://energybulletin.net/12125.html
http://www.scholarsfor911truth.org/
http://www.cnn.com/video/us/2001/09/12/first.plane.hits.gp.med.qtref.mov
NAZI is the National Socialist Workers Party and they were Fascists. Fascist are Rightwing AND Socialists. Does that knowledge turn your world on end? Peace
Comment by steve
Look up the Night of Long Knives
The rightwingers in the Nazi party murdered the leaders of the socialists and took over the Nazi party entirely for themselves. The socialists wanted to build up the military and the society. The Nazis wanted to build up the military and go to war.
Severian
There is something called “In the middle”
Between socialism and Capitalism there is something else…that is what America has traditionally been. Generaly we in American call it team work… Just like FDR used the power of the government to generate work to make large needed projects happen in America that also gave people jobs… that has nothing to do with laziness nor that everyone should have the same things… you dont have to be an evil ass that says You are a Winner or a Loser…and if you a loser then just die DIE!… no … you can say Hey! I am an American and so are you. Our government can prime the pump for us all to give us all a head start so that it is easier for us all to be winners or as close as possible… your cruel antiChrist way of running this country is unAmerica… look up the writings of Ben Franklin and you will see what I mean… he and his friends started public schools and libraries to help those too poor to own books get their own chance at being winners…