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Date: 04 Dec 2006 16:01:01
From: William Coleman
Subject: OT: John Bolton resigns U.N. Ambassadorship
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Praise the Lord! Get this contentious asshole out of there! Sending John
Bolton to the United Nations, where he is virtually universally hated and
reviled, never made any sense.
Similarly, it doesn't make any sense to elect Republicans to any government
office. Remember, the Republicans believe, as Ronald Reagan famously said,
"Government is not a solution to our problem, government is the problem."
Gee, if an entire political party believes that government cannot solve our
social and economic problems, is it any wonder that no social or economic
problems get solved when the Republicans are in power? Doesn't it make a
lot more sense to put in power a party which believes that government can
solve social and economic problems? Then some problems might actually get
solved.
My prediction for the next high profile resignation -- Condi Rice, who will
go down as the most incompetent, most dishonest Secretary of State of all
time.
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlebusiness.aspx?type=tnBusinessNews&storyID=nN04487246
UPDATE 1-Bolton to leave as U.S. ambassador to U.N.
Mon Dec 4, 2006 4:40am ET
WASHINGTON, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Facing opposition from key senators, U.S.
Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton will leave office in a matter
of days, the White House announced on Monday.
Spokeswoman Dana Perino said President George W. Bush had reluctantly
accepted Bolton's decision to leave the U.N. post when the current session
of the U.S. Congress ends, possibly at the end of the week.
Bush had bypassed the Senate in August 2005 by appointing Bolton to the
position when the lawmakers were in recess, avoiding the confirmation
process and angering senators concerned that Bolton had a temper and
intimidated intelligence analysts to support his hawkish views while at the
State Department.
Bolton and White House officials felt that if the full Senate had had the
chance to vote on his nomination that he would be confirmed, but some
senators in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee opposed him.
"Despite the support of a strong bipartisan majority of senators, Ambassador
Bolton's confirmation was blocked by a Democrat filibuster, and this is a
clear example of the breakdown in the Senate confirmation process," Perino
said.
Bush planned to meet Bolton in the Oval Office on Monday afternoon.
William Coleman (ramashiva)
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Date: 04 Dec 2006 09:05:07
From: OrangeSFO
Subject: Re: John Bolton resigns U.N. Ambassadorship
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"Less than two weeks before the White House announced his resignation,
Ambassador John Bolton's U.N. mission blocked an effort to celebrate
the end of slavery in our hemisphere."
http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/002070.php
What the fuck?
Seriously... What. The. Fuck??
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Date: 04 Dec 2006 09:20:23
From: mo_charles
Subject: Re: John Bolton resigns U.N. Ambassadorship
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> "Less than two weeks before the White House announced his resignation,
> Ambassador John Bolton's U.N. mission blocked an effort to celebrate
> the end of slavery in our hemisphere."
>
> http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/002070.php
>
> What the fuck?
>
> Seriously... What. The. Fuck??
posts don't get any dumber than this one. can't you clowns at least
pretend to know how to read?
mo_charles
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Date: 04 Dec 2006 16:11:42
From: William Coleman
Subject: Re: John Bolton resigns U.N. Ambassadorship
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Just minutes after I posted this, Reuters put up a much longer article on
Bolton's resignation --
UPDATE 2-Bolton to leave as U.S. ambassador to U.N.
By Steve Holland
WASHINGTON, Dec 4 (Reuters) - U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John
Bolton will step down in the coming days, the White House announced on
Monday, unable to overcome Democratic Senate opposition.
Bolton's attempt to hang on to his job, already tenuous, became even more
problematic after Democrats who had blocked his nomination won control of
the Senate in November elections.
President George W. Bush appointed Bolton largely because of a commitment to
reform the world body. But Bolton's outspokenness and prickly manner often
angered the diplomatic community and some of his fellow U.N. ambassadors at
times found him difficult to work with.
Bush said "it is with deep regret" that he accepted Bolton's decision to
leave the U.N. post when the current session of the U.S. Congress ends,
possibly at the end of the week.
"I am deeply disappointed that a handful of United States senators prevented
Ambassador Bolton from receiving the up or down vote he deserved in the
Senate," Bush said.
While there was much speculation in Washington that Bush might give Bolton
another position that did not require Senate confirmation, Bolton's
departure letter to the president appeared to close the door on that option.
"After careful consideration I have concluded that my service in your
administration should end when the current recess appointment expires,"
Bolton wrote.
"That's pretty unambiguous," said White House spokesman Tony Snow.
Bush had bypassed the Senate in August 2005 by appointing Bolton to the
position when the lawmakers were in recess, avoiding the confirmation
process and angering senators concerned that Bolton had a temper and
intimidated intelligence analysts to support his hawkish views while at the
State Department.
Bolton and White House officials felt that if the full Senate had had the
chance to vote on his nomination that he would be confirmed, but some
senators in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee opposed him.
"Despite the support of a strong bipartisan majority of senators, Ambassador
Bolton's confirmation was blocked by a Democrat filibuster, and this is a
clear example of the breakdown in the Senate confirmation process," White
House spokeswoman Dana Perino said.
But there were some Republicans who opposed him as well. A key opponent was
Rhode Island Republican Sen. Lincoln Chafee, who refused to change his mind
even though he was defeated in the Nov. 7 elections.
Bolton was active in diplomatic efforts to contain the nuclear programs of
North Korea and Iran and in pursuit of reforming the United Nations.
Bush planned to meet Bolton in the Oval Office on Monday afternoon.
Alejandro Wolff, the deputy U.S. representative to the United Nations, is
expected to be acting U.S. ambassador to the U.N. until a successor is
confirmed.
Ohio Republican Sen. George Voinovich, who had originally opposed Bolton,
changed his mind after watching his job performance and agreed to vote for
him, but it was not enough.
"John Bolton has risen to the occasion and done a good job under the
harshest of circumstances. I'm extremely concerned with him leaving since
he's been so deeply involved with the situations in Iran, Syria, Lebanon and
North Korea and has been working in concert with fellow ambassadors toward
true U.N. reform," Voinovich said.
William Coleman (ramashiva)
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