Ehrlich Backs Bush--on Ports and Spying
After his brief split with President Bush over the management of the nation's ports, Gov. Bob Ehrlich on Friday wanted to make it abundantly clear the two are on the same page when it comes to the nation's security.
Speaking with reporters today, the Republican governor not only reiterated that he was coming around to Bush's view on the sale of port operations in Baltimore and elsewhere to a Dubai firm, but he offered his unequivocal support for the president's domestic eavesdropping program.
"I wholeheatedly support the President as regard to domestic surveillance," he said. "I want to know what the bad guys are saying in wartime."
Asked if he believes the President was on firm legal ground to approve the eavesdropping without first going to court, Ehrlich, a lawyer, said: "Absolutely. I do."
Matt Mosk
By Phyllis Jordan |
February 24, 2006; 11:25 AM ET
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Posted by: Mr. K | February 24, 2006 12:15 PM
Boy, that didn't take long. Frankly, I'm surprised the puppet strings were slack for 24 hours.
Posted by: hawkman | February 24, 2006 12:42 PM
I have to object to the phrasing "a Dubai firm."
DP World is, in fact, a state-run operation. It's one thing to make these kinds of sales to independent businesses, but here we are selling things off to foreign governments.
In any other instance, we'd be hearing conservatives screaming about socialism, and yet here they are coming around to backing the sale of US port operations to a state-owned business.
How quickly we would see these same conservatives put a stop to a deal if it involved a chinese state-run media company attempting to buy, oh, let's say the Fox News Channel from News Corp.
I'm just saying... hypocracy and inconsistency abound!
Posted by: corbett | February 24, 2006 1:21 PM
It appears that Governor Ehrlich is once again President Bush's "mini-me".
Posted by: Anonymous | February 24, 2006 5:12 PM
Sounds like Erlich got his leash yanked hard today. Yesterday it was a bad idea but today Arab government ownership of port Baltimore's management is just fine and unconstitutional spying on Americans is ok too! Funny how the spying bit got into the press statement. I wonder how it feels to have sold ones soul to Karl Rove.
Posted by: Sully | February 24, 2006 10:39 PM
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It looks like someone from the White House had a stern conversation with Ehrlich. Keep talking Ehrlich, I love to watch you nail the coffins in your bid for re-election.