That's the logic of the administration arguing for the port deal. That should be a red flag right there.
No reasonable conversation takes place once that charge is made.
Reasonable people of good will can disagree on this issue, but it is a disservice to the reasoned arguments of those opposing the port deal to suggest that if you don't agree with the administration, then you must be a racist.
Disagree on the port deal? You must hate arabs. Disagree on the president's amnesty program for illegals? You must be racist against Mexicans. Disagree on Harriet Miers? You must be against women.
It's an insult to those who believe differently from the administration and it speaks to the apparent weakness of their argument that these charges are leveled.
In truth there is a HUGE difference between a publicly traded company based in London (P&O) which held this contract and Dubai Ports World which is owned by the government in Dubai...a part of the UAE which the 9-11 report singled out as the country that housed the banks financing the 9-11 plot.
You don't hear that difference from the administration. You hear charges of racism and you hear name calling.
It's shameful and if these are the talking points for the president, he'd better get some new ones because this won't work.