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Bush Accepts Bolton's U.N. Resignation
2006-12-04
HT Drudge.
By TERENCE HUNT
AP White House Imaginary Friend Correspondent

WASHINGTON Unable to win Senate confirmation, U.N. Ambassador John Bolton will step down when his temporary appointment expires within weeks, the White House said Monday.
Bolton's nomination has languished in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for more than a year, blocked by Democrats and several Republicans. Sen. Lincoln Chafee, a moderate Republican who lost in the midterm elections Nov. 7 that swept Democrats to power in both houses of Congress, was adamantly opposed to Bolton.

Critics have questioned Bolton's brusque style and whether he could be an effective public servant who could help bring reform to the U.N.

President Bush, in a statement, said he was "deeply disappointed that a handful of United States senators prevented Ambassador Bolton from receiving the up or down vote he deserved in the Senate."
Posted by:anonymous5089

#7  Why is the Monty Python song, "look on the brighter side of life" going thru my head right now?
#define Black_Thought
I 'spose I should be looking up how to convert to islam now, and avoid the rush.
#undefine Black_Thought
Posted by: N guard   2006-12-04 14:59  

#6  George Mitchell said to be 'on short list' for UN ambassador...

That's great, GW. New blood, not the same old hack face. What year is this?
Here's an idea. Don't appoint anybody. For all the good the place does, what the hell's the difference?
Posted by: tu3031   2006-12-04 13:15  

#5  We'll miss Bolton. Perhaps the best appointment Bush made to any postition in his six years - certainly in the top 5.
Posted by: Glenmore   2006-12-04 12:56  

#4  Lol, danking_70!

(Note: you do know, doncha, that you're supposed to Blame Bush, not Chafee, et al. Fuck the Constitution thingy, where the Senate Dhimmidonks and RINOs rule over such affairs - that's not personally satisfying or therapeutic for the raving fuckwits who need an icon for their frustrations. So, in their need for assigning blame, they've joined the BDS Krowd - Bush is Toast anyway. In essence, it's Fuck Reality, it sucks ass... Lol.)
Posted by: .com   2006-12-04 12:48  

#3  F U Chafee.

Hope your retirement sucks ass.
Posted by: danking_70   2006-12-04 12:39  

#2  The line just got a little thinner yet again.

Thank the left.
Posted by: badanov   2006-12-04 11:05  

#1  Here's a hint George. Nothing, and I mean nothing, is going to make the Donks happy except your own resignation. Save us all the heartburn of wasting our time making excuses for you, if all you're going to do for the next two years is drop good people because the powermongers in Congress make noise. Face it. The next two years are going to be a fight [because you decided the border, spending, half hearted efforts in the ME, etc weren't worth paying the political capital to do it right - that's called leadership] or you can surrender and roll over. If all you're going to do is the latter, just resign today and let Chaney finish the last two years. It will be interesting times.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2006-12-04 11:03  

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