Bush Urges Senate to 'Put Aside Politics' and Confirm Bolton

[Bragi]

<<WASHINGTON, April 21 - President Bush offered a vigorous defense today of John R. Bolton, his nominee for ambassador to the United Nations, signaling that the White House will fight for his confirmation in the face of wavering Republican support.

Mr. Bush used a gathering of insurance agents and brokers, where his scheduled address was on Social Security, to stand up for Mr. Bolton, whose nomination appears to be in danger.

"I welcome you to the nation's capital, where sometimes politics gets in the way of doing the people's business," Mr. Bush said early on.
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<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/21/politics/21cnd-bolton.html?hp&ex=1114142400&en=55356160e48cadbb&ei=5094&partner=homepage>



- B

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

1. From the biggest politics player of them all.

But he's doing the people's business. What a chooch.

[calimary]

16. Yeah, you oughta know, george.

You wrote the book on allowing politics, PLUS power-grabbing, money-grubbing, dirty tricks, and character-assassination to get in the way of doing the people's business.

Unless, of course, you meant YOUR people - the pirates, cheaters, corporate corner-cutters and other assorted liars, murderers, thieves and crooks. You don't REALLY mean the real, average, hard-working people of America.

FUCKER.

[formerrepuke]

2. 'kinda like saying "forget about the trial- get on with the execution"....

[expatriot]

14. or in a football game, blaming your opponent for "playing football" when..

they put up a defense to try and prevent you from scoring a touchdown.

[David K.]

3. "...sometimes politics gets in the way of doing the people's business..."

'Got that right!

[bemildred]

4. Bemildred urges Bush to 'Put Aside Politics' and shit-can Bolton.

Bolton would not know the "People's Business" if he stepped in it.

[Rob H.]

5. Yeah, it's politics all right

The fact that Bolton is an abusive ass who hates the UN has nothing whatsoever to do with the Senate's reluctance to confirm him. :sarcasm:

[disgruntled_goat]

6. in related news...

Disgruntled_Goat urges Burger King to "put aside your petty economics" and give me a free Whopper.

[youspeakmylanguage]

11. In Sports...

youspeakmylanguage urges Major League Baseball to "put aside your petty season" and award the 2005 World Series Championship to the Boston Red Sox.

[calimary]

17. Honey, he gives out free whoppers with every breath. They seep out

of every pore in his body. It's even built into his middle name. "w" stands for WHOPPER. Whoppers of Mass Distraction. EVERYTHING HE SAYS is a whopper of some sort or other.

[MissWaverly]

20. you have just summarized our foreign & domestic policy

Under the Shrub, 2000 till now.

[TahitiNut]

24. TahitiNut urges Bush & Cheney to 'Put Aside Politics' and Resign.

:shrug:

[AValdoux]

7. Politics are all he knows

That's funny coming from him. The only thing he has been successful at is convinvcing people to vote for him. Even though his party has been in total control now for 5 years he has basically accomplished nothing he campaigned on. That's called politics, say one thing to get votes then do another.


AValdoux

[MissWaverly]

26. you mean he convinced machines there was only 1 candidate

him, would you like to vote for GWB or GWB?

[MADem]

8. And along with the politics, put aside the fact that Bolton is

an insane, abusive psycho!

Interesting OCT 03 article on him here (with a perspective). Note his background, and where he went to school: http://www.wrmea.com/archives/October_2003/0310018.html

John R. Bolton II, the Bush administration's under secretary of state for disarmament affairs and international security, may be one of a kind: he is one of the few goyim in his chosen world of Israel-firsters.

The neoconservative was foisted on Secretary of State Colin L. Powell allegedly to keep an eye on Powell for administration hard-liners. Bolton, however, who can be genial and even pleasant when he chooses, had a tough time getting Senate confirmation, especially from Democrats, but he slipped by with a final vote of 57-43.

Born in Baltimore in 1948, Bolton graduated summa cum laude from Yale University, spending his senior year as editor-in-chief of the Yale Conservative. A four-year member of the Yale Young Republicans, he received his J.D. from Yale Law School.

After college he worked for the campaign of James Baker III, when the latter ran for Texas attorney general—a connection that changed Bolton's life. Later, with the help of Baker, who eventually became secretary of state, Bolton joined the administrations of both Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush. He served in several positions in the Departments of State and Justice, and also as general counsel at the U.S. Agency for International Development in 1981 and '82. By the beginning of Reagan's second term, Bolton was an assistant attorney general.


"I'm with the Bush-Cheney team, and I'm here to stop the vote."

[seemslikeadream]

9. JOHN BOLTON PUSHED NIGER-URANIUM FIASCO AT STATE

JOHN BOLTON PUSHED NIGER-URANIUM FIASCO AT STATE -- Then Tried to Hide his Tracks and Staff Lied to Congress

I just received this March 1, 2005 letter written by House Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Henry Waxman to Representative Christopher Shays who chairs the Government Reform Committee's Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats, and International Security.

Waxman is basically blowing the whistle on the administration's extravagant use of "sensitive but unclassified" designations on official acts to block public access to and transparency of government policymaking.

On pages 5-7, Waxman reveals that John Bolton promulgated the Niger-Uranium fiction at the State Department despite rejection of this claim by State Department and CIA intelligence analysts.

Waxman then argues that not only did Bolton and his people then try and conceal Bolton's role in pushing the Niger-Uranium agenda by marking the material "sensitive but unclassified" and blocking it in case of a Freedom of Information Act request, the State Department actually LIED TO CONGRESS about John Bolton's role.

I think Senator Hagel might want to reconsider his support for the Bolton nomination now. . .

http://www.thewashingtonnote.com/archives/000370.html

Waxman letter

Concealment of a State Department Official's Role in the Niger Uranium Claim

In April 2004, the State Department used the designation "sensitive but unclassified" to conceal unclassified information about the role of John Bolton, Under Secretary of State for Arms Control, in the creation of a fact sheet distributed to the United Nations that falsely claimed Iraq had sought uranium from Niger.

On December 19, 2002, the State Department issued a fact sheet entitled "Illustrative Examples of Omissions from the Iraqi Declaration to the United Nations Security Council." (9) The fact sheet listed eight key areas in which the Bush Administration found fault with Iraq's weapons declaration to the United Nations on December 7, 2002. Under the heading "Nuclear Weapons," the fact sheet stated:

The Declaration ignores efforts to procure uranium from Niger.
Why is the Iraqi regime hiding their uranium procurement?

It was later discovered that this claim was based on fabricated documents. (10) In addition, both State Department intelligence officials and CIA officials reported that they had rejected the claim as unreliable. (11) As a result, it was unclear who within the State Department was involved in preparing the fact sheet.

On July 21, 2003, I wrote to Secretary of State Colin Powell, asking for an explanation of the role of John Bolton, Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs, in creating the document. (12) On September 25, 2003, the State Department responded with a definitive denial: "Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs, John R. Bolton, did not play a role in the creation of this document." (13)

Subsequently, however, I joined six other members of the Government Reform Committee in requesting from the State Department Inspector General a copy of an unclassified "chronology" on how the fact sheet was developed. (14) This chronology described a meeting on December 18, 2002, between Secretary Powell, Mr. Bolton, and Richard Boucher, the Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Public Affairs. According to this chronology, Mr. Boucher specifically asked Mr. Bolton "for help developing a response to Iraq's Dec 7 Declaration to the United Nations Security Council that could be used with the press. According to the chronology, which is phrased in the present tense, Mr. Bolton "agrees and tasks the Bureau of Nonproliferation," a subordinate office that reports directly to Mr. Bolton, to conduct the work.

This unclassified chronology also stated that on the next day, December 19, 2003, the Bureau of Nonproliferation "sends email with the fact sheet, 'Fact Sheet Iraq Declaration.doc.'" to Mr. Bolton's office (emphasis in original). A second e-mail was sent a few minutes later, and a third e-mail was sent about an hour after that. According to the chronology, each version "still includes Niger reference." Although Mr. Bolton may not have personally drafted the document, the chronology appears to indicate that

he ordered its creation and received updates on its development.

The Inspector General's chronology was marked "sensitive but unclassified." In addition, the letter transmitting the chronology stated that it "contains sensitive information, which may be protected from public release under the Freedom of Information Act" and requested that no "public release of this information" be made. (15) In fact, however, the chronology consisted of nothing more than a factual recitation of information on meetings, e-mails, and documents.

This is not a constructive reformer out to promote American interests in a dignified manner in the world's most significant multilateral institution.

There are many administration jobs that John Bolton may be completely appropriate for -- but the one that he has been nominated for is not on that list.




10 times he said Bolton tried to get names, Biden said State Dept. hasn't given them the info he wanted yet.

and there's this

Is Rice Obstructing the Bolton Investigation

cal04 (1000+ posts) Wed Apr-20-05 11:42 AM
Response to Original message

20. Is Rice Obstructing the Bolton Investigation

A very serious allegation buried in a story in today’s Washington Post:

On Monday, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told her senior staff she was disappointed about the stream of allegations and said

she did not want any information coming out of the department that could adversely affect the nomination,

said officials speaking on the condition of anonymity.

The committee released 25 pages of responses yesterday to follow-up questions Bolton had been asked concerning allegations he was abusive to other officials in and out of the State Department, overreached on policy issues and mishandled intelligence. In several instances, Bolton did not directly respond to the questions or left them unaddressed.


Maybe a Plame connection?
more
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3519379

[Zerex71]

10. Chimpus Minimus hates when he can't play Dress-Up Dictator!

I love it!

[coreystone]

Perhaps if President Bush would nominate "competent", "qualified",

"ethical", and experienced individuals in the field of the position for which being nominated, then; perhaps he, and the "rubber stamper Republicans" wouldn't have to accuse the Democrats of any given Senate committee of playing "POLITICS"!

Perhaps Bush needs to "vet" his nominees with a "higher standard", and provide public servants to be confirmed by the Senate that COULD pass the "bi-partisan litmus" test!

[expatriot]

12. Note to Dumbo: POLITICS is yours and the Congress' JOB... that's why they

call you POLITICians.


Geez this is a pet peeve of mine and the Repugs do it so WELL... Do some thing that wreaks of politics and then blaming Democrats for "playing politics." That's like blaming an accountant for "playing accounting" I mean its THEIR JOB to argue and debate and fight for the policies they support. JESUS.

[warrens]

13. WarrenS urges House to put aside politics

AND IMPEACH THE PUNK

[UCLA Dem]

15. Can we cut the crap, please?? Your guy sucks. Admit it and move on!

[hector459]

18. What he is really saying is "Put aside 'principle' and confirm Bolton"

They should not. Why must the country have a UN-hater to represent us at the UN? How much more of this shit can we take?

[rock]

19. Wait! I have an even better idea!

Why don't they put aside politics and reject him!

[xchrom]

21. bush is the dimmest fuck bulb ever!

who cares what that half wit says?!?!

[Rose Siding]

22. Right, because the GOP is SOOOOO gracious

He sounds like Lucy, coaxing Charlie Brown to try kicking the ball *one more time*

Democrats accused of lack of vision

House Democrats have voted with Republicans on several major bills this year, and Republicans say this indicates a lack of vision and agenda coming from Democratic leadership.

"What we're seeing is a pattern of bipartisanship, of Democrats lacking in agenda and their guys jumping over to the Republican vision of how we're running the country," said Ron Bonjean, spokesman for House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert, Illinois Republican.

"It's clear that the Democrats have no agenda and what the pattern is beginning to show is that many rank-and-file Democrats are looking to the Republican agenda," said Rep. Eric Cantor, Virginia Republican.

http://www.washtimes.com/national/20050420-095356-2733r.htm

o good grief

[Writer]

23. "Bush Urges Senate to 'Put Aside Ethics' and Confirm Bolton" (n/t)

[Dr Fate]

25. Give us someone worth confirming and we will think about it.

n/t

[Lindacooks]

27. This is EXACTLY like an abuser who slugs you and then says

'don't do it back'.

What a fucking hypocrite Bush* is.

[Kool Kitty]

28. Should read-

"Bush urges Senate to 'Put Aside Scruples, Morals, Ethics' and 'Confirm Mentally Unstable Loose Cannon Bolton'.

"Politics get in the way of doing the people's business." Gee, ya think, moron? Talk to some of those shitbags that call themselves the Republican majority, dimwit.

[Rex]

29. Bush speaks for us all now.

All hail Ceaser! May he reign like a fool and shiat on the national populace 24/7.

[truthisfreedom]

30. rove has completely run out of ideas. the guy's imagination is bankrupt.

he thinks he can feed Americans this line of bull and they'll actually listen?

this is what's making bush's numbers drop so severely. he's completely out of touch with how people perceive him.

[Spirochete]

31. If they could put aside politics

the Chimpmoron might find himself impeached.

[despairing optimist]

32. Yeah, put aside politics and embrace pure lunacy

What's the new WH chef putting in the barbecue sauce?

[bling bling]

33. If you tend to see life as a comedy, America is the place to be.

At least with the boy wonder in charge.

"I welcome you to the nation's capital, where sometimes politics gets in the way of doing the people's business," Mr. Bush said early on."

Sometimes it's actually kind of amusing.

[LatePeriduct]

34. This cheating crock can't hide it....

He knows his election was rigged and that he has never been president, too bad for him that the world is waking up.

http://www.votersunite.org

DISENFRANCHISEMENT AND FRAUD NO MORE

http://houseofscandal.org http://www.yuricareport.com

[Az_lefty]

35. Lying Bastard!

he talks about setting aside politics but sends chaney out this morning to talk about supporting the nuclear option. Bolton's trash just like the bush cabal, he deserves to be defeated.

[deadparrot]

36. Fuck you, George.

Fuck you, you worthless piece of shit.

[LatePeriduct]

37. Kick

Bring on the impeachment proceedings!

http://houseofscandal.org

[DS1]

40. double kick

[BreweryYardRat]

38. (facepalm)

That fucking RETARD!!!

[Ilsa]

39. Ilsa urges Bush to go "frack" himself and STFU. eom

[redqueen]

41. Why is he so insistent?

He has to know this guy's on very shaky ground. Why the begging for support?