John Bolton To Be Appointed By Bush

[Nickdfresh]

According to CNN, BOLTON will be appointed as UN ambassador despite his nomination being shit-canned by the Senate. Another arrogent action by a lame duck, fearless leader.

He'll be laughed out of the U.N....

[Nickdfresh]

Aug 1, 8:55 AM EDT

Bush Reportedly to Appoint Bolton Today

By TERENCE HUNT
AP White House Correspondent

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Frustrated by Democrats, President Bush will circumvent the Senate on Monday and install embattled nominee John Bolton to be ambassador to the United Nations, a senior administration official said.

Bush has the power to fill vacancies without Senate approval while Congress is in recess. Under the Constitution, a recess appointment during the lawmakers' August break would last until the next session of Congress, which begins in January 2007.

In advance of Bush's announcement, Democrats said Bolton would start his new job on the wrong foot in a recess appointment.

"He's damaged goods. This is a person who lacks credibility," Sen. Christopher Dodd of Connecticut, a senior Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said on "Fox News Sunday." Bush, he said, should think again before using a recess appointment to place Bolton at the United Nations while the Senate is on its traditional August break.


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[bueno bob]

Can't expect anything better than another "yes" man...

[bueno bob]

The plus for George is that now he's got somebody who owes him something...

[FORD]

Wow, so now you can get appointed to be the leader of something that you pretend doesn't exist.... by an unelected monkey trying to get around the constitution no less.

Only in Bizarro Chimpland

[ODShowtime]

No one's gonna listen to him. He doesn't have the country behind him.

spend that capital gw!!!

[blueturk]

Originally posted by ODShowtime


spend that capital gw!!!

He is! And the GOP will have to deal with his purchases when he's gone. It won't be pretty, but Dubya doesn't care. He's building a "legacy"!

[ODShowtime]

Originally posted by blueturk
He is! And the GOP will have to deal with his purchases when he's gone.

We all will!

It won't be pretty, but Dubya doesn't care. He's building a "legacy"!

I look back on his legacy so far with shame. I look forward with fear.

[blueturk]

Originally posted by ODShowtime
I look back on his legacy so far with shame. I look forward with fear.

I know what you mean...I guess my point was that by 2008, Dubya can conceivably fuck up enough to move the Republicans out of the White House.

"It's very interesting when you think about it, the slaves who left here to go to America, because of their steadfast and their religion and their belief in freedom, helped change America." —George W. Bush, Dakar, Senegal, July 8, 2003

[Warham]

Re: John Bolton To Be Appointed By Bush

Originally posted by Nickdfresh

He'll be laughed out of the U.N....

Why, do you hold the UN in high esteem?

[Warham]

Originally posted by ODShowtime
I look back on his legacy so far with shame. I look forward with fear.

What a shock!

[Warham]

Originally posted by FORD


Wow, so now you can get appointed to be the leader of something that you pretend doesn't exist.... by an unelected monkey trying to get around the constitution no less.

Only in Bizarro Chimpland

Actually, FORD, if he's referring to the way the UN SHOULD be, as opposed to the 'Oil For Food' UN, I think he has a point, doesn't he?

[academic punk]

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/02/politics/02diplo.html?hp&ex=1122955200&en=0e36793e9b78a742&ei=5094&partner=homepage

makes sense...

[Nickdfresh]

Re: Re: John Bolton To Be Appointed By Bush

Originally posted by Warham
Why, do you hold the UN in high esteem?

I really don't actually, but what else is there? Why do you hold the UN in low esteem. For being self-serving hypocrites? Pot, tea kettle....

[diamondD]

Originally posted by FORD


Wow, so now you can get appointed to be the leader of something that you pretend doesn't exist.... by an unelected monkey trying to get around the constitution no less.

Only in Bizarro Chimpland

He's not my favorite nominee, but there's nothing unConstitutional about what Bush did. It's been done by both parties. Good try tho.