Oh, brother. Talk about The Ugly American:

[beachmom]

http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/59915-upper-chamber-bristles-at-criticism-from-abroad

Upper chamber bristles at criticism from abroad

By Walter Alarkon and J. Taylor Rushing - 09/22/09 08:07 PM ET

Senators from both parties bristled Tuesday at international pressure to pass climate change legislation ahead of the United Nations’ (U.N.) December summit on global warming.

Read all the inane comments by Senators who frankly do not care about global climate change, and just like to rail against the "world".

Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairwoman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) plan to release their climate change bill within “a matter of days,” Kerry told The Hill. He said that the bill would arrive on schedule, but he didn’t dispute the charge from Europeans that action has run into delays.

“The U.S. has been dragging its feet for eight years,” Kerry said.

Excellent and it makes sense! Now to the truly eye rolling moment:

While U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has expressed hope that countries would sign an agreement in Copenhagen to cut emissions, Europe has blamed the United States for stalling world action. John Bruton, the EU ambassador to the United States, told the Financial Times that the Senate is “acting as though it is the only deliberative body in the world and that we should all wait until it gets healthcare passed.”


When asked about Bruton’s criticism, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) shot back, “Well, I don’t think there are 10 Americans that know who he is.”

Another words, Bruton is right, so given that McCain and his friends don't have a leg to stand on in this debate, he resorts to insult. Can you believe this guy could have become President? There would have been an international crisis a month.

[karynnj]

1. Wow -

That is beyond childish. I never understood what the media saw in McCain - at this point he is a loose cannon.

[ProSense]

2. OK, this is

really cool.

[karynnj]

3. I love that John kerry had Teresa announce it in Pittsburgh

She is a great surrogate for him being there - which he couldn't given the Finance committee markup.