BIG NEWS: John Bolton Confirmation Battle Really, Really Dead

[kpete]

BIG NEWS: John Bolton Confirmation Battle Really, Really Dead

September 26, 2006
BIG NEWS: John Bolton Confirmation Battle Really, Really Dead

The last pre-election loophole through which John Bolton's confirmation might have snuck through the Senate Foreign Relations Committee was at 2:15 this afternoon at a previously called "business meeting" of the Committee.

That meeting has been cancelled -- and with it even the dimmest chance of John Bolton being confirmed as US Ambassador to the United Nations.

Some have said that another effort could be mounted during a lame duck session of Congress, but there are several Republicans who will not feel bound by the White House in that circumstance; Dems as well -- who will vote against cloture on the floor of the Senate were it to get out of Committee then.

So, it's over. Wow.

http://www.thewashingtonnote.com/archives/001660.php

[Marie26]

1. Bye bye Bolton

So when does his term expire?

[aquart]

3. Can Bush give him another sneaky appointment?

I mean, it's not like they'd impeach him for it...or anything else.

[never_get_over_it]

12. Apparently the devil in chief can give him another recess

appointment - but he wouldn't get paid.....heard that on Sam Seder's show a while back.

[aquart]

14. Not paid??? Loooooooooovely.

I'm sure Scaife will fund him.

[never_get_over_it]

18. EXACTLY - eom.....

[rrasile]

23. The great Scaife

Keep using their credit cards, we made this monster.
If Bolton can't get paid will he do it for the country?
His wife said, " only if his friends can watch".

[krkaufman]

38. That won't stop them.

Bolton will just take a parallel consulting job for hundreds of thousands, and still go to the UN... as our first privatized UN Ambassador.

[Thoreau-Ly]

41. Hell, These Guys are So Brazen

That he could take a job with Halliburton and Faux News would praise him for contributing to the war effort.

[Lasher]

52. Did they say if there was a precedent?

Have there been other back-to-back recess appointments?

[druidity33]

57. also...

It's against the law to work for the Fed Guvmint without recieving a paycheck (US guvmint is the largest Unionized workforce in the country)...

But they're sneaky, slimy folk... someone suggested that a 3rd "party" might offer to fund his position. Maybe AEI or some "non-profit" RW thinktank. I hope that's illegal too, but i don't know.

But for sure Bolton is an Ass and needs to go as soon as possible!

:shrug:

[havocmom]

5. Doens't it end at beginning of new Congress?

Think that is end of his reign of rude.

[aquart]

2. Why?

[havocmom]

6. Maybe the issue is making them uncomfortable

as they face Nov? Gads, they'd have to go on record and everything. The GOP hates action which they will be held accountable for.

[spanone]

4. Great news, get that fucking warmonger out of the United Nations

The last thing this asshat wants is a United nations.

[jasmeel]

7. Sweet!

[AzDar]

8. Now he can get on with chasin' that rootin', tootin' varmint, dagnabbit!!

:rofl:

[obreaslan]

33. THen he'll just have to go under cover to start war with Iran himself....

[lumberjack_jeff]

40. LOL!

Maybe Elmer Fudd is available to take his place.

[blm]

9. Methinks Dodd and Kerry came through. There's been quiet buzz about a

Bolton "personal" matter that was dug up.

I wish they'd make it public except that may be their leverage at this point and if it is, then I'll side with getting rid of the creep.

[aquart]

15. Worse than his other "personal" matters?

That would be something. We already know he's gross.

[blm]

16. I believe it's along those lines.

I dunno - it's getting a hush treatment. The pol reporters I know of are getting almost nothing. But, whatever it is seems to be working.

[katinmn]

37. Ok, I'll say it. You mean that kinky sexual stuff and the abuse

of his wife and staff?


Now there may be more. Huh.

[The Wizard]

44. Could it be

the amateur porn video with Linda Tripp, Jeff Gannon and Bolton in a threesome?:puke:

[Malidictus Maximus]

55. Thanks, I'm trying to claw my imagination oout right now :-)

[ms liberty]

25. It will come out at some point - after all, as Benjamin Franklin said...

Three can keep a secret if two of them are dead.

Let's hope for it to surface once this thing is settled. And that it's bad enough to kill any legitimacy he might have left!

[TahitiNut]

10. So, will Junior give Rick Santorum a recess appointment?

:rofl: Maybe Macaca Allen wants to be UN Ambassador? Bill Frist?

[Hippo_Tron]

35. Nah, I think it will go to Conrad Burns

He seems to have a good grasp of how we should fight terror, one cab driver at a time. But yea, there will be a lot of unemployed Republican Senators after November.

[stevedeshazer]

47. Nice one

That made me laugh. :)

[Lerkfish]

11. he's only there to do one job, anyhow: justify Iran war

so they must figure by January we'll already be at war, so not worth the effort at that point.

[On the Road]

13. I'm Incredibly Relieved

There is so much caving in going on these days that I've been half-expecting Bolton to be confirmed.

[Coexist]

17. Great news.

Finally.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

19. So when does the son of a bitch leave?

Every second he's there he's an embarassment to the country.

[Deep13]

20. Somewhere, Bolton throws a stapler at his secretary.

[StaggerLee]

26. lmao

I'm sorry but -
woooooooooo!

:rofl:

[Penndems]

21. Nothing is EVER "over" with these people

Why do I get the sneaking suspicion that Bolton is going to be backchanneled past the Committee and installed through another recess appointment by The Village Idiot?

Sorry, but I'll believe it's over when I don't see that SOB at the United Nations within the next two years.

[LynneSin]

22. Nah, Nah, Nah, Nah...Nah, Nah, Nah, Nah....Hey, Hey, Hey, Goodbye

[meldroc]

24. Buh-bye, Yosemite Sam!!!

So long, Sammy!!! See ya in Miami!!!

[DoYouEverWonder]

53. Hell no

Keep that asshole out of Florida. He already did enough damage the last time he was here.

[meldroc]

56. Ok...

So long, Screwy!!! See ya in St. Louis!!!
:evilgrin:

[grizmaster]

27. buh bye Crazy Von Mustache

see ya

[cojoel]

32. future for the mustache?

Maybe he can make a VW commercial with Dr. Z.

[Javaman]

28. here's a hearty good bye to one crazy ass dimwit. :)

tootles to you bolthead.

Oh any don't let the door hit you on the way out you warmongering lying sack of shit.

[Jack Rabbit]

29. Ladies and gentlemen, please join me on this happy occasion in singing

OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM

Chorus:

(G)This land is your land
This land is (C)my land
From Cali(D7)fornia to the New York (G)island
From the redwood forests to the Gulf Stream (C)waters
This land was (D7)made for you and (G)me.

As I was walking a ribbon of highway
I saw above me an endless skyway
I saw below me a golden valley
This land was made for you and me

Chorus

I've roamed and rambled and I've followed my footsteps
To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts
And all around me a voice was sounding
This land was made for you and me

Chorus

In the squares of the city - In the shadow of the steeple
Near the relief office - I see my people
And some are grumblin' and some are wonderin'
If this land's still made for you and me.

Chorus

[eppur_se_muova]

30. Sufferin' succotash -- is that last chorus authentic?

If so, how profoundly ironic.

[Jack Rabbit]

34. Yes

Here's another authentic verse, usually omitted:

As I went walking I saw a sign there
And on the sign it said "No Trespassing."
But on the other side it didn't say nothing,
That side was made for you and me.

Woody was one of us. That's why he's my avatar.



From WoodyGuthrie.org

[PurpleChez]

43. That's my favorite verse.

I've seen Arlo Guthrie perform a number of times, and one of my favorite stories is where he talks about being fairly young himself, how strange it was going somewhere and hearing kids singing 'This Land Is My Land," finding that is was almost an alternative national anthem, because he thought it was just some old song his dad made up for them to sing around the house. He sang a bunch of the socialist verses they don't teach you in kindergarten. You cited my favorite.

[mike_c]

48. thank you for posting that-- Woody was SO one of us....

Thank you.

[The Wizard]

45. Yes it should be

Woody wrote it in response to "God (Zeus) Bless America."
Going to see Arlo next month. Everyone should go see Arlo.
Can you imagine 50 people................?

[civildisoBDence]

31. It isn't only merely dead

It's really most sincerely dead.

Follow the yellow cake road!

Newsprism

[grizmaster]

36. Was that you posting that same comment on HuffPo?

on that bozo Clemons post?

[Thoreau-Ly]

42. Have a Lollipop

Kid.

[Patrick J Fitzgerald]

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[katty]

46. YEAH!!!!

[TankLV]

49. First - Thank God if this is true.

Second - I'll believe it when I see it - when all this plays out in the end.

Until then, I really don't believe that he will NOT somehow be approved in a repuke-only vote.

[jazzjunkysue]

50. Looks like he'll never get to lobb off the top 20 floors of the U.N.

after all.

Oh, well.

The Neo Cons will have to retreat to Cheney's basement again and cook up their next failed attempt to take over the world.

[savemefromdumbya]

51. good riddance

[FighttheFuture]

54. What the hell did this article writer think Bolt-on did that was good?

It would be nice if Steve Clemens would explain himself there:

For the record, I do believe that John Bolton has strengths as a public servant. Those who have opposed him should in fact know that he has done some good things for this country. I strongly disagree with his international views and his brand of diplomacy, but there are other jobs in the Bush administration that I would support John Bolton for.

All I've seen is another poisoned turd of Bu$hitCo, not even useful as fertilizer!