Malkin comes out swinging

Michelle Malkin lays it all on the line in her latest post, entitled We Are All Bigots Now. For the last week or so, Ms. Malkin has been at the forefront of the charge to get the Bush administration to reconsider its sale of US ports to a company based out of the United Arab Emirates.

I've remained silent on this issue because there isn't enough information to properly form an opinion on the matter. However, as Ms. Malkiin states in her article, the race card is being played against those who are criticizing the deal. For many years, I've had the belief that whomever plays the race card (or sex card, or religion card, etc.) first loses the arguement. Playing the race card against the critics of the port deal, the administration has pushed me closer to wondering exactly what they are trying to hide with this proposed deal.

From her Article:

Now, all the proselytizers who tell us to collect the dots and connect the dots want us to throw them all away lest we give offense?

Perhaps Bush should consult with his own Justice Department, which understood the need for heightened scrutiny of Middle Eastern illegal aliens in the immediate aftermath of Sept. 11, and instituted temporary targeted fingerprinting and registration policies for Middle Eastern tourists, businessmen, and students.

Bigots!

Perhaps he should ask his own Border Patrol, which is on heightened alert for illegal Middle Eastern border-crossers.

Bigots!

Perhaps he should ask his own FBI, which is zeroing in on mosques and Muslim charities instead of Lutheran churches and the March of Dimes in the domestic War on Terror.

Bigots!

(But don't bother asking Transportation Department Norm Mineta anything — well, other, than "Why the heck are you still here, Normie?")

I couldn't have said it better, myself.