April 14, 2005
Giving the game away...
in OpinionJournal's Best of the Web yesterday, on the Bolton hearings:
...TheWashington Post's Dana Milbank gives the game away, though:Most Republicans skipped the hearing, leaving Democrats largely unchallenged as they assailed Bolton's knack for making enemies and disparaging the very organization he would serve.That would be the U.N.--but of course the American ambassador to the U.N. is supposed to serve America, not the U.N. ...
"The game" has been obvious all along. The UN is sacred, and criticizing it is verboten. Polite people make no mention of the rampant sexual exploitation of children, the corruption, with tens-of-billions embezzled, the anti-semitism, the coddling of dictators and inability to fight genocide and other crimes against humanity....But hey, that's nothing, because the UN serves a noble purpose...it hinders the Imperialist designs of the United States, and so every good Democrat should support it....Slimeballs.
Read more here about what a cruel sham the hearings are.
Posted by John Weidner at April 14, 2005 12:07 PM | TrackBackOf course, who cares if Bolton bullies staff and employees. Or that he apparently tried to sabotage careers when people did their job (but it wasn't what he wanted to hear). You know, this sort of behavior is the EXACT reason why it was irrelevant if our intell people were gathering accurate intell in 2001, when the Bushies arrived in town. THEY DON'T CARE WHAT THE FACTS ARE! THEY'VE SAID SO THEMSELVES!
A few months ago they openly mocked their critics for belonging to the "reality based world", which they don't believe in, apparently! Is it any wonder they are constantly seeking to suppress gov't reports or to stop collecting and reporting (ie. after cooking the book last year on the number of terrorist attacks in 2003, this year they've decided to just stop reporting on the info - why? Because the number of terrorist attacks in 2004 was the highest in 20yrs!). Reportedly there may be evidence in NSA documents supporting the three critics of Bolton (and possibly showing Bolton lied to Congress in his testimony), which is partly why the GOP are so desparate to get his nomination through. Now also reports he was denied a law firm partnership because of his abuse of staff! This is NOT a man who should be an ambassador, ANYWHERE! Last weekend Colin Powell said he was totally unqualified, and he may have deliberately held back Powell and Armitage needed to do their job because he thought it would help his career!
But the good news - at least two Republicans who actually still take their job representing America (and not George Bush) seriously have indicated if the committee voted today, Bolton would have lost 10-8, killing his nomination. So instead Lugar called for a 3 week recess, presumably to pressure Hagel (NE - my home state Senator) and Voinovich (OH) into changing their minds.
Boy, if they don't, will Frist do a "Delay" and fire them from the committee for not following the Party Line? Ever notice how similar the GOP is becoming to the old Soviet Communist Party?
Posted by: Zoomie at April 19, 2005 04:31 PMHow do you post from the ceiling like that, Zoomie?
Posted by: Andrea Harris at April 19, 2005 06:38 PM
