Bush withdraws Swifboaters nomination as Ambassador of Belgium.

[trumad]

WASHINGTON -- President Bush on Wednesday withdrew the ambassadorial nomination of businessman Sam Fox after Democrats denounced Fox for giving money to a controversial conservative group that undermined Sen. John Kerry's 2004 presidential campaign.

Kerry, D-Mass., had criticized Fox because of a $50,000 contribution that Fox made in 2004 to the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth.

Many Democrats blame the group for sinking Kerry's presidential hopes that year after it aired a series of controversial ads that impugned Kerry's military record in the Vietnam War.
http://www.startribune.com/587/story/1085027.html

[Divernan]

1. Way to go Senate Dems! ! ! Unprecedented for W to back down like this.

Let's keep him goin in that direction! Obviously the GOP counted the votes in support of Bush and told him that Fox was going down, so W pulled the nomination as the lesser embarassment.

Fox, 77, of St. Louis, is national chairman of the Jewish Republican Coalition and has donated well over $1 million to Republican candidates and causes since the 1990s, according to Federal Election Commission records. He was deemed a "ranger" by Bush's campaign for helping to raise at least $200,000.

[Bozita]

10. Looks like this "ranger" just got a dose of turnabout

I love it.

[FightingIrish]

2. That was quick. I just signed Dodd's petition.

[cali]

3. Too bad.

I actually wish this had gone on a few days longer, with bushwad trying to justify it publically.

[bullwinkle428]

4. Classic example of standing up to a bully, and the bully backs down!!

:applause: :applause: :applause:

[Supersedeas]

9. Yep.

[Lasher]

5. Fox said he just gives to everybody who asks for money

That was all he could come up with as an excuse for having contributed to the swiftliars.

[LionInWinter]

7. Damn, does anyone have his e-mail address?

I could use a little extra $$.

[Lasher]

8. That sentiment was shared once or twice in earlier threads on the subject

I'm not greedy. Just put me down for what we're wasting in Iraq in only one day.

[bling bling]

6. Ooopsie.

Too bad Fox. You played a role in ruining someone else's reputation and in the end it cost you a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

May all the Republicans who have engaged in dirty politics suffer similar karmic justice.

[Canuckistanian]

11. They say Fox's name was withdrawn because of 'partisan politics'

Sorry, that line was crossed when the $50,000 check cleared.