BREAKING: Bush claims he didn't know about port deal

[land of the free]

until after it was signed.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11494815/

the link headline: "Bush was in the dark about the port deal".

Oh, please.
He still says he'll veto any congressional act to block the sale.

[Beetwasher]

1. Dumbest. Shit. Ever.

What a fucking buffoon. Holy crap.

[The Backlash Cometh]

67. Yes, but if he needs an easy way out, we should give it to him.

Anything is better than allowing this deal to go through.

[mom cat]

69. Well, na ... Lets kill both birds with one stone.

[LisaLynne]

2. BS.

If he didn't know about it, then why is he all "vetoish" over it?

[The Witch]

3. K&R for sheer stupidity.

Someone has seen the political shit hit the fan.

I think I have a theory. I think Karl Rove is on the sauce. He hasn't done anything right since the summer.

[meganmonkey]

29. No, more like he's on trial

I think Fitzy is making him a little stressed out }(

[npincus]

4. Ind the dark about Katrina, in the dark about Cheney shooting,

in the dark about Osama planning to fly planes into the Twin Towers as per his PDB, in the dark about post-invasion Iraq....

It's awfully f*cking dark in the mind of our President.

Funny how the B*sh crowd is floating this one... sounds like damage control here. Well, the buck stops on YOUR desk, Chimpy.

[land of the free]

11. Yeah, when the going gets tough, Bush is suddenly

"out of the loop" on what his administration is doing (or not doing, i.e. Katrina & Rita).

If I understand this correctly, Rumsfeld didn't know about it until this past weekend. Bush says he "learned about it recently". Um, who made the decision?

Could it be Cheney? Or was he blissfully unaware as well?

I will be baffled beyond belief if the vast majority of Americans don't see this as utter bs.

[npincus]

14. exactly...

there's nobody driving the bus.

[July]

21. Well, there might be a drunk at the wheel.

(Take your pick of which drunk.)

Time to take away the keys.

[EVDebs]

41. ROFLMAO ! He's either having 'blackouts' or ...

is afraid his New Programs will be discovered, and it using his latest screwup to cover for THAT.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x481152

Maybe Cheney has a special secret detention center for surreptitiously deposed delusional monarchs we don't know about, yet.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x486121

An unhappy praetorian guard being discovered by an angry public...Will R's ever be trusted behind the wheel again ?

[cal04]

5. same excuse everytime

:eyes:

[yurbud]

6. I did not know, but I will support it. We don't torture, but we should

have the option...

[ugarte]

7. One of the days he called in sick...

It's okay, he had a note from Laura.

[enid602]

8. port

Port deal? What port deal? You mean Trader Joe's premium Spanish Port @ $2.99 /litre?

[hang a left]

9. "I did not have cranial relations with that port deal" n/t

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

36. hahahahahahaha! That was great! eom

[Infomaniac]

65. Good one!

Made me laugh. Shrub doesn't seem to cranial relations with much. We could solve the energy crisis if we could harness the wind blowing around between his ears.

[Bob3]

10. I actually buy this one.

Dumb ass jackoff.

[ThomWV]

12. The President's Daily Briefing

Is it concievable that on no morning in the not too distant past the President's daily briefing would mention the sale of the operation of every major port, roughly one third of all the deep water access ports in the country, was in the process of being sold to a foreign nation?

Would not this sale rise to the occasion of mention in that well known breifing? If not something is seriously wrong.

[land of the free]

13. remember - he doesn't read those

or at least doesn't take PDBs seriously.

[Kierkegaard]

48. For future reference:

There has been something seriously wrong for almost 6 years now...

:evilgrin:

[land of the free]

15. cross-posted story

looks like kpete and I were typing at the same time.

his thread: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x489786

[wicket]

16. You've got to be fucking kidding me!!!!

What a freakin' idiot Bush is! He still thinks the "I didn't do it" excuse is a valid one??? :grr:

[W_HAMILTON]

17. Wow, I thought this was a spoof message

I figured this was just one of those fake stories mocking how stupid Bush is, but it looks like a real news story. Wow.

Just when I thought Bush couldn't get any more pathetic...

[kentuck]

18. So, what he is saying is :

that nobody in this country was aware that other countries were making deals without the knowledge of the White House or the Congress? Nobody is in charge?

[ccpup]

19. Don't forget

this is a man who, as Governor of Texas, spent hours playing video games while everyone else around him worked their asses off. And, for someone who's allegedly President of the United States, he sure does keep an eerily clean desk. Remeber he's spent his whole life -- his WHOLE LIFE -- farting around and then taking credit for the work of others. It doesn't surprise me that he wouldn't know about the Port Deal and it doesn't surprise me that he'd Veto it. He's been told that this deal needs to go through because Mr. X and Mr. Y (who are close friends and business associates of Mr. A and Mr. Z) said so and that's that. The thought that his Republican "friends" in the House and Senate would ever cause a stink and not let it happen never, ever occured to him. He's the President!

[July]

22. Welcome, ccpup.

I've got the same take on Bush as you do. The "no heavy lifting" national spokesmodel.

[Kierkegaard]

50. Are you surprised that he would admit to being ignorant, though?

I certainly am. Otherwise, I think you are right on target.

[catmandu57]

20. Right

anyone want to buy a bridge? cheap just give me what's in your pocket.

[BlueManDude]

23. But Ridge was on with Tweety last night saying

how everyone was thoroughly briefed on this. All the T's crossed and I's dotted.

[spindrifter]

24. * must be thinking about

his legacy. "I stripped the country of its trade and then I made sure no one could get access in or out so we could turn this continent into a big ranch."

(spelling)

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

25. This helps him how? n/t

[Jim Warren]

33. eggs-actly.........the bubble preznit

bubble, bubble, boil and trouble

[nolabels]

35. To know when his ass is whipped

His stubbornness is only good for a little while. Surprised it lasted this long.
Too bad the press don't report the repositions of this fella, he gives flap jacks and flip flop sandals whole new meaning.

[canichelouis]

26. Hopefully his MBA mentality of I just Delegate

But don't oversee will become painfully obvious to the sheeple.

Utter incompetency.

[Sugar Smack]

27. That's because he was too engrossed in "Pat The Bunny"

to get any further info.

[Burried News]

28. That's OK George - you can't stay on top of everything. We unnerstan

[jasmeel]

30. I like the poll in the middle of this article. It asks if it matters what

country owns the ports. The possible responses are "yes, in a post 9/11 world we shouldnt give control to an Arab country" which I think sounds racist against Arabs. The other option is "no, all that matters is the job performance". That is such a phoney poll (fake surprise). You're either racist or not people - which is it?

[land of the free]

49. that's exactly what I thought, jasmeel

I voted "I don't know" becuase I didn't want to say "no Arab country". Why don't they word it as "no country that supports anti-American terrorism" or "no country with terrorist ties"?

It amazes me what subtle things they lace into many MSM polls.

[elehhhhna]

31. He HATES port. Prefers whiskey.

[npincus]

32. Kiss and Tell, Chimp!

[negativenihil]

34. Such Bullshit!!!!!! n/t

[eek]

38. No "Loopiness"

No Loopiness
- bush didn't know about this latest outrage
- bush wasn't immediately alerted when "dick" shot a 78 yr old man in the face
- bush wasn't interupted from his jog last year when Dc was evacuated
- the Smoking Goat Book
- didn't know the levess could be/had been breached
- bush mustn't have read the August 6 2001 PDB
-etc


bush obviously isn't in charge of jack sh!t

[Skidmore]

37. Betcha can't lie just once? Eh, Little Boots.

Nasty habit he has.

[Fleshdancer]

39. Then his reaction doesn't make any sense at all!

Why threaten to veto anything that would restrict or push back the deal then? Why the little anger show for the media yesterday? Why the emotion?

Sounds like he thinks he can buckle to the pressure without anyone realizing his complete flip-flop on his support for the deal. What a horrible tactic though...is he really admitting his own ignorance? Is Rove drinking on the job?

[Gregorian]

40. Bush is just a figurehead. He's never really in any loop.

Dang, I can't find my Bush puppet photoshop. Have this instead...

[Individualist]

60. Absolutely!

When are people going to realize that Darth Cheney is making decisions while the moron sits around reading comic books?!

[Beelzebud]

42. Is Bush ever aware of anything that goes on? Seriously...

9/11

Faulty Iraq intelligence guesstimates.

The day the plane flew into D.C. and they didn't tell him until 20 minutes later, and kept him on his bike ride, during the scare.

Katrina

How much fucking bullshit does it take before the blind Bushists wake the fuck up and realize this man is dangerously imcompetent...

[gasperc]

43. yesterday he was ready to veto, kinda like the 28 job layoff miscomm.

Lots of miscommunication lately, Cheney may have shot one of his best friends in the face but the Bush administration seems to be shooting itself in the head.

What was he planning to veto yesterday? a ham sandwich? I hope a democratic rep takes to the floor today and chastised the president about his did not know comments? and the 28 layoffs that got re-enstated, what was that about?

and any comments on that holy shrine that was blown up in Iraq? good thing the insurgency is in it's last throes!!!

[Captain Hilts]

44. He's just not that into being president of the US. nt

[senseandsensibility]

45. * IS that dumb, but I still don't buy it

This deal was done for the money, and he knew about it. He's threatening to veto because of the money. * may not know much, but he knows how to enrich himself and his family and that's the only thing he knows.

[DemInDistress]

46. The dimwit also said,"he didn't know about 911".. nt

[spanone]

47. If that's the case, he should refrain from threatening the Veto.

This only proves to me that Cheney is running the country and they only tell george what they want him to know.

[Kierkegaard]

51. I'm sure they must have wanted him to keep his trap shut.

They must have forgotten that one in his briefing this morning.

[killbotfactory]

52. "You're bigots and i'll veto any measure to stop this deal!"

to

"I KNOW NOTHING!"

Quite the flip/flop...

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[EFF_BUSH]

53. What exactly does this guy do?

Does he do anything at all? Or do they just tell him to say stuff and he goes out and says it?

[janx]

54. The latter.

Obviously.

[fishnfla]

55. Boy that secret committee is good, real good

'course how hard is it to keep a secret from one who has his up up his ass all the time?

[Itchinjim]

56. WTF is going to take to open the eyes of people to *'s stupidity and

vileness?
WTF will it take? This fucking cretin could molest little boys in public and on camera at White House easter egg hunt and it still wouldn't matter his supporters.

[F.Gordon]

57. I'm confused. Didn't * get "fast track authority"????

Trade Promotion Authority. Trade promotion authority, formerly known as "fast track" authority, authorizes the President to negotiate international trade agreements that Congress can accept or reject, but not amend. Trade promotion authority had been granted to five former presidents until it expired in 1994. Title XXI of the Trade Act of 2002, the Bipartisan Trade Promotion Authority Act of 2002, reinstates trade promotion authority, subject to a number of conditions.

Pursuant to the Bipartisan Trade Promotion Authority Act of 2002, the President is required to consult regularly with Congress and solicit advice from advisory committees and the public as international trade agreements are being negotiated. The President is also required to notify Congress of proposed changes to U.S. trade laws in advance of completing negotiations on an international trade agreement. This will give Congress the opportunity to comment on proposed changes before an international trade agreement is final, when there is still time to modify the agreement.

Unless this wasn't renewed?
:shrug:

Tell me again why we even need a congress these days? Seems like a waste of space and money with the boy king in power.....

On edit... unless this doesn't apply, but it seems that it would. I don't know.
:dunce:

[Rainscents]

58. He really must think, we are real stupid.

When are they going to impeach the fucker?

[Ganja Ninja]

59. We'll let you know when September rolls around Mr. President

so you can get back on the job. We wouldn't want to interrupt your everlasting vacation you worthless moron.

[norml]

61. Exon-Florio statute... "a report must be provided to the President"

The Exon-Florio statute established a 30-day review following receipt of a notification. For those transactions for which an extended 45-day review (or "investigation") is completed, a report must be provided to the President, who must by law announce the final decision within 15 days. In total, the process can not exceed 90 days.

http://www.treasury.gov/offices/international-affairs/exon-florio/

[MellowOne]

62. How did a man was such poor memory ever make it into the WH?

Oh yeah, he cheated...

[mzmolly]

63. I smell a "flip flop" a comin.

*snif snif*



Prepare for some manly "nuance" and the backpedal briganza!

[zbdent]

64. If this is for real, smack OxyRush's face with it

since all the freepturd/dittoheads have gone on and on and on about how Bush knows what he is doing with this deal, desperately clinging to some tiny shred of hope that they could salvage their deity . . .

[liberalla]

66. Typo on that headline

The link headline, "Bush was in the dark on the port deal" is a typo.

Should read:

Bush was in on the dark port deal.

[FreedomAngel82]

68. So he wasn't in the dark than

If he's going to veto. EVERYTHING these people do is planned and has been planned for years.