A Hormonal Reaction

The more that is know about the UAE port deal the more it becomes obvious that it is NOT a bad thing. Knee jerk reactions from the EM, political opportunists on both sides of the aisle and ill informed blog pundits prevailed early on.

The same hormonal driven mentality that permeates the immigration issue emerged illiciting strong opinions based on scant facts. The Democrats reaction was predictable, after all anything that hurts then Bush administration is a good thing even if it means betraying their sacred opposition to "racial profiling" The Republicans ceratinly are not without sin as they also used this issue as an attempt to better their stead politically. Some of the "big name" bloggers also bought into this hyperventilating hysteria without adequately researching the topic. Our readers log on to our sites for our opinions, but they also expect due diligence backing them up. Some who shall remain nameless did their readers a disservice in this respect. After all, if they wanted thinly examined visceral rants they'd be tuning into Kos or the DU.

I believe that when all the dust settles on this thing, there will be alot of egg on alot of faces both Republican and Democrat. Polical expediency underpinned with a dubious rational generally comes back to bite the person(s) involved. Expect some major crayfishing especially from Republicans in the coming days.

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