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| White House Seeks a Way to Keep Bolton at the U.N. |
| 2006-09-15 |
| Millions spent on Chafee, and this is what we get President Bush's nomination of John R. Bolton as ambassador to the United Nations appears increasingly endangered in the Senate, prompting the administration to explore other ways to keep him in the job after his temporary appointment expires in January, officials said yesterday. The situation represents a sharp turnaround from two weeks ago, when the White House was confident it could finally push through Bolton's long-stalled nomination. But last week's surprise move by Sen. Lincoln D. Chafee (R-R.I.) to delay a vote convinced Republicans on Capitol Hill that the nomination may be doomed, prompting a search for alternatives. |
| Posted by:Sherry |
| #11 Here's a site Sen Frirst has set up for supporting Bolton http://www.volpac.org/index.cfm?FuseAction=Campaigns.Form&Campaign_id=59 |
| Posted by: Sherry 2006-09-15 10:53 |
| #10 And if the Repub leaderhsip had any guts at all, they'd play hardball with Chaffee the same way: stat yanking him off cmittess that matter, and drop him off any leadership opositions he has. Put him on the "sh*tlist" jobs, throw him OUT of the important ones: he has demonstrated that he's not interested in the Nation or PArty;s welfare, so throw him OUT. |
| Posted by: Oldspook 2006-09-15 10:44 |
| #9 Boltonhas been well spoken, grudgingly respected and very effective at the UN. Why is that idiot Chaffeee opposing him? F**king Chaffee ought to go ahead and change parties - he's more democrat then republican anyway (Hell, even Barak Obama is to the right of him!), and with bullshit like this, putting a thumb in the eye of the national party that jsut helped him win a toguh primary, he shows no party loyalty. Friends like this, who needs enemies? |
| Posted by: Oldspook 2006-09-15 10:41 |
| #8 Brilliant, GORT. Except the Senate, as noted above, would get all upset about it. Why, that'd be using trickery to get around one clown blocking the will of the people! |
| Posted by: Bobby 2006-09-15 08:37 |
| #7 Even if Bolton were willing to serve as a volunteer ambassador, officials said, the move could run afoul of another federal law that bans full-time employees from working without compensation. Easy fix. Mr. Ambassador works 39 hours a week. |
| Posted by: GORT 2006-09-15 08:20 |
| #6 The U.S. is the largest contributor and has been every year since 1945. $3 billion in 2002. 22 percent of the UN regular budget. Population wise, 300 million people out of 6 billion is 5%. We need to cut a couple of billion dollars a year. That may be enough to get their attention and perhaps instill the fear of losing another billion and their host country. |
| Posted by: Darrell 2006-09-15 07:34 |
| #5 The US should reduce our contribution to the UN to something similar to that of other nations, and then simply ignore them. Vetos in the Security Council, and ignore everything else. |
| Posted by: SR-71 2006-09-15 07:19 |
| #4 ..brash style of foreign policy Which is 10 times more necessary than the customary PC shit type. |
| Posted by: Duh! 2006-09-15 05:15 |
| #3 Unbelievable. Well, Linc, don't let honor or honesty interfere with your political calculus. Anything to get re-elected. Fucking coward. |
| Posted by: flyover 2006-09-15 04:04 |
| #2 Fire Elizabeth Dole. |
| Posted by: JSU 2006-09-15 03:01 |
| #1 kick Chaffee out of the party. Then somebody else has to have that committee spot. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2006-09-15 02:50 |