Gibson declared: "Hats off to President Bush for not getting too stubborn over this [port] deal"
Fox News host John Gibson praised the announcement by Dubai Ports World (DPW) that it would divest itself of leases it holds for terminals at six U.S. ports. Gibson also praised President Bush, stating: "[H]ats off to President Bush for not getting too stubborn over this deal."
During the "My Word" segment of the March 9 edition of Fox News' The Big Story, host John Gibson praised the announcement by Dubai Ports World (DPW) that it would divest itself of leases it holds for terminals at six U.S. ports. Gibson also praised President Bush, stating: "[H]ats off to President Bush for not getting too stubborn over this deal."
Although he was initially unaware that his administration had approved the deal, Bush had remained -- until March 9 -- steadfastly supportive of it from the time concerns about it were first raised in Congress last month; he even threatened to veto any legislation that would have prevented the deal from moving forward. On March 10, ABC News reported that the White House asked DPW to abandon its bid to manage the six U.S. ports, allowing Bush to avoid a showdown with Congress. From the ABC News article:
Bush had defended the deal, calling the United Arab Emirates a strong ally in the war on terror and pledging to cast the first veto of his presidency if Congress voted to interfere.
Senate Republicans initially tried to fend off a vote, and the administration agreed to a 45-day review of the transaction. That strategy collapsed Wednesday with the 62-2 vote in the House Appropriations Committee to stop the sale.
From the March 9 edition of Fox News' The Big Story with John Gibson:
GIBSON: Now it's time for "My Word." When the story about the Dubai ports deal broke a couple of weeks ago, I said this deal will not stand. I also said secretaries [Michael] Chertoff [of the Homeland Security Department] and [John W.] Snow [of the Treasury Department] would have to resign for allowing such a politically boneheaded deal to go through. To paraphrase Meat Loaf, one out of three ain't bad.
So hats off to the Dubai emir Sheikh Maktoum for figuring out the obvious. This deal was a no-go out in the flyover states of America. Hats off to President Bush for not getting too stubborn over this deal. Hats off for the Republicans for standing their ground. Maybe they won't get their heinies stomped in the fall after all.
He's praising Bush for doing what? Not knowing Dubai was going to guard our ports then threatening a veto then not having to follow through on that threat because the Senate voted overwhelmingly to nix it. Could the standard be any lower, folks? Fox News set the bar to maximum height for Clinton's conduct and "presidential awareness". As for Bush #43, all he has to do to earn a tip of the cap from Fox News is roll over in bed and fart.
Hey Gibson,
Didn't you notice? Your emperor is a naked chimp: he has no hat nor clothes dummy.
Gibson is just another faux journalist that Shrub's domestic spying discovered to be pedafile and is now blackmailed into utter dishonesty.
Echoing Gibson's "one out of three ain't bad", I wonder if he'll feel the same if that is all the Rethuglicans control after the November elections?
While it would be nice for the Dems to gain control of the House and Senate, the Repubs will still have the Executive and the all-important Supreme Court. The margin on the Court will shift even more if the moderate Justice Stevens soesn't last until 2008. Hang in there John Paul, help is on the way....
in the face of a 62 - 2 opposition vote.
...to Bush for allowing someone else to correct his mistake! Once again, the 'press' apologizing for Bush's stupidity.
Hats off to President Bush for not getting too stubborn over this deal. Hats off for the Republicans for standing their ground. Now, if it had gone the other way... Hats off to the Republicans in Congress for not getting too stubborn over this deal. Hats off for the President for standing his ground.
And either way, the Democrats get no credit. How do people not see through this!?
The average American is pretty darn stupid. Let's go have a beer with Bush (since that is the only thing that matters). Of course, Bush would never have a beer with these moronic trailer trash morons who voted for him. They don't have the requisite cash.
Yes, make two quick blames to two people that most of the public doesn't care about, Snow and Chertoff, and while you're at, pat Bush on the back.
This is what they aleways say when Bush blows it i.e. Meirs, Dubai. They praise him for flexibility. Look for an All Coulter along this line, maybe even a Peggy Noonan. What a country!