Swiftboat funder withdraws bid to be US ambassador to Belgium

[wakeme2008]

Source: rawstory

Swiftboat funder withdraws bid to be US ambassador to Belgium
03/28/2007 @ 12:01 pm
Filed by Mike Sheehan

A key funder for the Swiftboat veterans group, whose attack ads played a key part in Sen. John Kerry's (D-MA) unsuccessful 2004 campaign for the White House, is no longer seeking a post that President Bush nominated him for, according to a press release.
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The brief release is entitled "Withdrawal Sent to the Senate" and includes only the following detail: "Sam Fox, of Missouri, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Belgium, which was sent to the Senate on January 9, 2007."

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[alcibiades_mystery]

1. Boo Ya!

Eat it, douchebag.

Resigned rather than be rejected. Kerry says: "No monastery beer for you!"

Elections have consequences, asshole, and so do your dirty ads.

[11 Bravo]

2. Crawl back under your rock, Fox!

[maddezmom]

3. good riddance...I didn't realize Lieberman had gone before the committee to endorse him

:puke:

Dodd had similar thoughts, saying Tuesday, "U.S. ambassadors need to be both responsible and credible, and Mr. Fox's support for an organization known to have spread falsehoods illustrates neither."

The Fox nomination became controversial in Connecticut because Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, an independent, took the extraordinary step last month of appearing before the committee to offer strong support. Fox is highly regarded in St. Louis for his philanthropic and civic activities, and Lieberman praised Fox as an example of "what America is all about."

http://www.courant.com/news/politics/hc-foxnomwdrawn-0328,0,6029536.story?coll=hc-headlines-home

[LiberalFighter]

8. So it is okay to be a liar and scumbag as long as they give to charity

[MurrayDelph]

14. More importantly to Holy Joe

it's okay as long as you give to Holy Joe.

[catgirl]

12. Lieberman=scumbag

Rotten scumbag.

[Robson]

20. "Fox led the Republican Jewish Committee on re-election, as the Bush is better for Israel....."

Madezmom says: Dodd had similar thoughts, saying Tuesday, "U.S. ambassadors need to be both responsible and credible, and Mr. Fox's support for an organization known to have spread falsehoods illustrates neither."

The Fox nomination became controversial in Connecticut because Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, an independent, took the extraordinary step last month of appearing before the committee to offer strong support. Fox is highly regarded in St. Louis for his philanthropic and civic activities, and Lieberman praised Fox as an example of "what America is all about."

http://www.courant.com/news/politics/hc-foxnomwdrawn-03...

Interesting that Joe Liebermann would place a higher precedence on Mr Fox's Jewish Republican credentials and his support of Israel, as more important than the Democratic Pary and the USA. At least that's how I'd interpret anyone who'd support a scumbag such as Fox and his Swift Boat cronies.

http://www.topix.net/forum/us-senate/joseph-lieberman/TSVFN11MJ2LLH41UN

[MidwestTransplant]

4. IMO Kerry should have been less diplomatic with this guy when he confronted him.

He should have said "you aren't going to be an Ambassador to Belgium or anyplace else as long as I serve in the US Senate so you may as well pack up and leave now because you are wasting our time and your own."

[Up2Late]

5. Someone must have told him that they speak French there.

No worries, he'll most likely get the Bahamas or some other former British territory.

[endarkenment]

6. On a swift boat to nowhere.

payback is a bitch, eh?

[jamesinca]

7. Is it just me or is my disgust for Joe Lieberman justified?

I think I will ask my wife if I may give the maximum to who ever runs against Lieberman in '12. I expect this type of nomination from Bush, but somehow I have never been able to expect this from Lieberman. Part of me I guess has hope for the bastard, I don't know why.

[DinahMoeHum]

13. Your disgust is justified. Lieberman has no loyalty to anything

or anybody except himself.

Too bad we up here in the Northeast couldn't get rid of him last year - believe me, we tried.

But come 2008, I'm doing my part to expand the number of Democrats in the US Senate - then hopefully he gets marginalized to insignificance.

:kick:

[Raine]

19. LIEberman is the scum

of the Earth. :puke:

[YvonneCa]

9. Fantastic...

......there is still some justice in this crazy world we are living in. I plan to take this as a sign that the huge aircraft carrier that is the United States of America is finally turning itself around (with a lot of help from people like JK and THK and those here) and is changing course to once again become "America' again. LET AMERICA BE AMERICA AGAIN.
:patriot:

[maddezmom]

10. White House withdraws nomination of Sam Fox

~snip~

"The president believes that Mr. Fox is qualified to serve as ambassador to Belgium," said White House spokeswoman Dana Perino.

"Unfortunately, we received word that, because of politics, some members of the Senate would have voted against his nomination, which would have prevented him from serving in this important position. We're disappointed that they made their decision based on partisan politics instead of his leadership abilities, and that's why we withdrew the nomination."

~snip~

The group attacked the decorated Vietnam War veteran's war record during his bid for the presidency in 2004.

"His nomination would not have passed today if the vote had been called up," Perino said. "We just decided to withdraw his name."

Asked whether President Bush knew about the donation to the anti-Kerry group, she said, "I know that the president did not when he nominated him."


http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/03/28/wednesday/index.html

Of course bush knew and probably why he got the freaking nomination in the first place. :puke:

[hatrack]

11. In the words of Nicolas Cage in "Wild At Heart""

"Rockin' good news!"

:toast:

[BlueManDude]

15. I remember when Jesse Helms sunk Bill Weld's bid to be Amb to Mexico...

because Weld's wife gave some $$$ to Jesse's Dem opponent one year. How about the time the GOP sunk Amb nominee James Hormel simply because he was gay.

Nothing to apologize for here.

[FreeStateDemocrat]

16. This makes me feel better about our party. John Kerry is a class act whose valorous war record

should never have been questioned by this low-life. Pay-backs can make them reconsider before they try that cheap shit again

[FreeStateDemocrat]

17. This makes me feel better about our party. John Kerry is a class act whose valorous war record

should never have been besmirched by the ass-wipes this low-life bankrolled. Paybacks can make them reconsider before they try that cheap shit again.

[Raine]

18. Bwahahahahaha

how do you like losing your dream asshole!?!? :rofl: Kinda stings doesn't it! :evilgrin:

[Psephos]

21. What comes around goes around n/t

[Enthusiast]

22. Good riddance! But........................

They will be back and worse than ever. These tactics have real impact. No lie is too big, and if repeated enough times........it's almost mantra-like. They are getting ready for their next opponent. Plans for Clinton and Obama are most certainly in place. The big pharmaceutical, insurance and oil companies have too much at stake to allow a Democrat to take the whitehouse.

[karynnj]

23. True, which was why it was important for Congress to take a stand

Although I am glad that he didn't get the job, a part of me would have been happier had some distinguished Republican, (like Warner, Lugar, Hagel), made a speech saying as a Republican, he thought the SBVT went to far and this disqualified the guy.

The problem I see is the way this story is being covered. The MSNBC scroll has used the phrase "questioned Sen John Kerry's war record". The SBVT did NOT "question" Kerry's war record they LIED about it and completely fabricated disgusting charges. The AP story had neutral wording too. These sources have no problem using negative adjectives for Democrats - but they fail to use a negative word for the SBVT. So, the net result is the impression that Senator Kerry was being petty or venegful and the idea that there were questions on his record is being subtley reinforced.

It bothers me that there was more sympathy that Fox lost his ambassadorship that he was nominated for only because he gave money than for Kerry, who had his good name smeared just because he ran for President and who may have lost the Presidency because of these lies.

[Enthusiast]

24. Exactly

+1 Agree with all you've said. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTjOCV61iu0
Disgusting is the right word.

[boilinmad]

25. I hope his involvement ...

...In the Swiftboating debacle follows him to his grave. He should pay for abetting those liars FOREVER.!!!!

[karynnj]

26. In a way it will

For most people who hadn't really hear of him before, this will be the thing that comes to mind when he is introduced to them. He also had his kids and grandkids there - Kerry's low key, but intense grilling, showed that he did something wrong, wouldn't concede it was wrong - even though paying to spread lies is very contrary to the values of the religious community he belongs to.