OMG...... Bush may "BYPASS" the Senate to get Bolton in the UN

[cthrumatrix]

Rice: Bush May Bypass Senate on Bolton By DOUGLASS K. DANIEL, Associated Press Writer
Mon Jun 20,10:35 AM ET

WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is keeping open the possibility that President Bush will bypass the Senate to get John R. Bolton installed as U.N. ambassador temporarily if Democrats persist in holding up a confirmation vote.


White House press secretary Scott McClellan did not rule out that Bush would consider a recess appointment if the Senate does not approve Bolton's nomination. He blamed the Democrats for "obstructing progress" by stalling a vote on Bolton.

"We continue to urge the Senate to let him have an up or down vote on the floor," McClellan said Monday. "It's unfortunate that the democratic leadership continues to block his nomination, particularly when he has majority support. It is critical that we get him in place."

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http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050620/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/un_ambassador_6

What planet are we on...?

[gkhouston]

1. LOL, the White House admits

they can't get Bolton appointed any other way. Got to admire your power and popularity there, blivet**. Quack!

[fooj]

2. What's unfortunate is the lack of cooperation from the WH in getting

the documents requested and making them available to the senators. What are they hiding?

peace.

[cthrumatrix]

3. funny....Condliar Rice doesn't mention any documents.....hmmmmm

[dogday]

5. I like to call her Condiliesalot Rice

Has a nice ring to it!

[jazzjunkysue]

11. Bolton's the one who fixed the Iraq intel, and they're hiding the proof

They want him and only him because he's one of the original neo-cons: Specifically, the fifth one to sign the 1997 letter to Clinton asking to invade Iraq. Try it at www.newamericancentury.org. Pee your pants.

[cthrumatrix]

13. BINGO

[iconoclastNYC]

20. Maybe it has something to do with him getting diplomatic immunity?

From what i've heard tons of diplomats are spies becasue they have that immunity.

[mediaman007]

14. My guess: Bolton involved with outing Plame...

The Democrats want to see who Bolton collected information on. I'm thinking that one of the victims of Bolton's gatherings is Valarie Plame. Hence, no documents.

[insane_cratic_gal]

37. I agree

The more you look over the evidence the more it seems to suggest that Bolton had access to the Plame case.

Wilson states: to the CIA was exactly the same as what President Bush said in his 2003 State of the Union address: there was evidence that Iraq had tried to buy uranium in Africa.

Bush looks like an asshole using forged documents in his State of the Union address.

Waxman alleges Bolton played a part in promoting the Niger-Uranium story in State Department reports, despite rejection of that evidence by CIA and State Department intelligence analysts.

Waxman then argues that not only did Bolton and his people then try and conceal Bolton's role in pushing the Niger-Uranium agenda by marking the material "sensitive but unclassified" and blocking it in case of a Freedom of Information Act request, the State Department actually LIED TO CONGRESS about John Bolton's role.


http://www.democrats.reform.house.gov/Documents/20050301112122-90349.pdf


One can conclude that in his typical (shaggy dog look alike) rage he outed Wilson's wife in retaliation

[endarkenment]

4. Great: they have admitted defeat on the Bolton nomination.

Recess appointments are an embarassment and a sign of weakness. But more importantly, what crap is in the Bolton documents that is so devastating that they cannot release them?

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

7. In truth? Probably not a lot.

But it's a slippery slope argument. They release these documents, why not others? Well, it's because THOSE documents are dirty. See where I'm going with this?

Instead, they stonewall everything. There is something to be said for consistency.

[endarkenment]

39. No I think Bolton was a key player

In the fraud and deception campaign before we went to war. He appears to have been the enforcer, and that is what these documents will show. He kept the minions in line by making examples out of a few people. But indeed that is just the tip of the iceberg. Who knows where a full investigation into what the Cabal has been up to since 2000 (and earlier) would lead?

The Bolton nomination was a blunder. It opened the door to an investigation that would start the process of uncovering the truth. We now know at least one place to start looking for the documents that will start sending key players to jail.

I think they drank their own koolaide after they put Bush across the finish line in 2004. They did not expect any resistence from what they perceived to be a weak and demoralized and leadership-compromised Democratic Party.

[peekaloo]

6. Of course he will. With Bu$h it's "my way or the Hershey Highway".

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[indigo32]

30. Yup

[ThomWV]

8. These Filthy Bastards

Don't these filthy bastards, and Bush in particular, understand that they degrade the honor of the United States of America in putting that man forward to the UN? To do it by trickery is a slap in the face to Americans and to the world. Isn't there a single god damned thing about this country, its people, or its institutions that hey respect? For Christ's sake, this is our public face to the world. How on earth can they present as our Representative any man or woman about whom there so much as a hint of a question about his or her integrity?

[cthrumatrix]

9. subsitute "bastards" and put in RW Mafia $$$ and you have a

better fit.

[iconoclastNYC]

21. You sound like a Malloy fan!

one of his signature phrases : "filthy bastards!"

[ThomWV]

22. Nope, Never Listened

I have never listened to Mr. Malloy. Guess I should. I try to catch Thom Hartmann a couple of times a week if I get the chance and of course I listen on line later.

[Swamp Rat]

24. Thom Hartmann is one of my favorites!

But, if you want in-your-face anti-Bushler rhetoric, I recommend Malloy. :D

[iconoclastNYC]

35. Well.

I love TH too...he's so calm and has such a command of history that is very impressive.

MM is more rage-driven. Lots of invective. Turns a lot of people off. But not me. I think our party needs some rage. Sad but in our country confrontation is the way to win.

You could check him out, download one of his shows at http://www.airamericaplace.com

[Oreo]

10. Recess appt would put him in until January 2007...

plenty of time to force resolutions on Iran so we can attack

[jazzjunkysue]

12. Conyers and Boxer have to raise holy hell if they do.

[cthrumatrix]

15. if a Dem Admin did this "the press would go apeshit"

[jazzjunkysue]

27. Can you imagine the screaming and wretching?

[lonestarnot]

16. Yes just read that and made a dup post will delete.

[Stirk]

17. Their love of democracy just shines, doesn't it?

[cthrumatrix]

18. it's soooo hypocritical

[robertpaulsen]

19. "It is critical that we get him in place".

In place for what? Airstrikes?

They need Bolton in place so they can start formal hostilities with Iran and end the covert hostilities currently taking place.

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/7896BBD4-28AB-48BA-A949-2096A02F864D.htm

[catmandu57]

23. If he pulls this bullshit move

Then he should never get another confirmation, I don't care if he's nominating someone to pick up dogshit, you pull this shit, that's it. Fuck you you ugly son of a bitch.

[Patty Diana]

25. who needs advice and consent when ya got bush and he talks to god

[KamaAina]

26. Play the new repuke drinking game!

Warning: Do not play before driving or o-perating heavy machinery.

The rules are simple: Every time a repuke says "up or down vote", you take a drink.

After Snuffleupagus or whatever show is over, you may vomit as necessary. :puke:

[depakid]

28. Gee- big surpirse! He's going to use a recess appointment

That's how he dissed the Dems before with Pryor (and like a bunch of battered women- when the time came to be assertive, they just gave in and said- well, they've changed- they'll never abuse me- or threaten my filibuster again).

How much longer must we wait before they learn?

[PaDUer]

31. Exactly, just like

all the other goons he put where he wanted them..They should all be bounced in the slammer NOW.

[Cleita]

29. When Congress becomes irrelevant, the voice of the people,

what's left of it, is gone. We are no longer free. I can hear the jackboots coming in the distance.

[tyedyeto]

32. The Democrats are obstructing?

Where the fuck are the papers they have asked the White House to give them so they have ALL FACTS about this nomination before they vore?

[Me.]

33. Good

When Bolton screws up and becomes a total embarrassment Bush won't be able to blame anybody else. And as far as a Bolton agenda, they're ready for him at the UN. The knives are out for him, but it will be done so subtlety he won't even see it coming. My prediction is that by the end of the year Bush will be sorry he ever put him up to the job.

[serryjw]

34. I know I'm the only one...I don't think so

There is too much work to do at the UN and without Senate support it would be embarrassing and difficult. We'll see....my crystal ball says NO

[gratuitous]

36. And six weeks ago, Bolton was a shoe-in

We're beating the Bush administration like a government mule on this one, and they don't like it a bit. The media keep bringing up the "recess appointment" nonsense, but how would the administration justify a recess appointment for a post they deem so critical? If the UN ambassador is going to have any credibility at all, that person MUST be confirmed by the Senate.

If Bolton goes to the UN on an interim basis, he will not be able to do anything, and the naked contempt the Bush administration has for the UN will be unmistakable, even for the flaks and the mouthpieces of the Echo Chamber. If the Bush administration is serious about "reform" in the UN (whatever that means), they have to have a true ambassador there, not a partisan hack who can't get Senate confirmation.

[demokatgurrl]

38. Oh, please don't tell me you're SHOCKED about this-

Bush has been licking his chops waiting for this, so he can show how "tough" and "manly" and "strong" he is.
I don't know enough about congressional procedure but if there is ANY way to prevent a recess appointment our side had better fucking step up.