POTUS doth protest too much

Let me preface this by saying that I feel that the hoopla surrounding this UAE port security deal is largely unfounded, and comes with a wee whiff of nationalist racism.

But the veto?! I mean, come on! President Bush, you couldn't find a single other thing, not some huge spending measure, not even some environmental regulations, nothing to veto during the majority of your presidency, yet you threaten this tactic over some non-american company being allowed to buy the rights to secure our ports? The opposition may smack of many unseemly things, but it is stranger by far that the President, who has been criticized for his close ties to middle eastern oil money, would be comfortable making so clear an impression that he is beholden to arab governments. My only conclusion is that this administration has given up all pretense of fooling us, and has embraced unpopular cronyism as a way of life.