Bush considering renominating Bolton to UN post

[MaineDem]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush is considering renominating John Bolton as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, a year after appointing him to the job over Senate objections, aides said on Thursday.

White House spokesman Tony Snow said White House officials were talking to Indiana Republican Sen. Richard Lugar, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, about renominating Bolton for the position.

The job requires Senate confirmation.

Bush gave Bolton a recess appointment last August -- meaning he appointed Bolton to the job when the Senate was in recess -- because many senators opposed the former State Department official for what they called an abrasive style.

That appointment will run out at the end of the current congressional session in January.

http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyid=2006-07-20T150455Z_01_N20175925_RTRUKOC_0_US-BUSH-BOLTON.xml&src=rss

[bluerum]

1. Put this on the shocking but true page.

[radfringe]

26. if there is "objections"

or delays - bush will just wait for a congressional recess and re-appointment him then

[saigon68]

2. Bolton = War Criminal

[Lowell]

3. He has done nothing constructive

or positive since his recess appointment. He is an assclown and lets hope they force him out.

[Skittles]

4. oh yes

things have certainly improved since he's been there :puke:

[MaineDem]

5. How will Voinivich vote? Will he cry?

Another reason to have a Democratic Senate.

[Freddie Stubbs]

15. Voinivich will support the nomination

[Canuckistanian]

19. He caved

They must have threatened his family somehow. Or his next campaign donor.

[struggle4progress]

25. Voinovich drops opposition to John Bolton as U.N. ambassador

By David Hammer
ASSOCIATED PRESS

2:09 p.m. July 20, 2006

WASHINGTON – A senator who temporarily blocked U.N. Ambassador John Bolton's nomination last year said Thursday he would not stand in the way this year ... http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/politics/20060720-1409-unambassador-senator.html

[Eugene]

6. AP: Senate Critic Now Backs Bolton for U.N.

Senate Critic Now Backs Bolton for U.N.

By ANNE PLUMMER FLAHERTY
The Associated Press
Thursday, July 20, 2006; 11:39 AM

WASHINGTON -- Sen. George V. Voinovich, the Ohio Republican who frustrated his GOP
colleagues by opposing President Bush's choice for U.N. ambassador, announced Thursday
he now supports John Bolton and would no longer stand in the way of his confirmation.

"My observations are that while Bolton is not perfect, he has demonstrated his ability,
especially in recent months, to work with others and follow the president's lead by working
multilaterally," Voinovich said in a statement.

The senator told reporters he believed Bolton had been "tempered" in recent months and
no longer proved to be a divisive representative to the U.N.

<snip>

At the White House, presidential spokesman Tony Snow said the adminstration was talking
with Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Richard Lugar about whether Bolton should
be renominated, and what form the process should take.

<snip>

Full article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/20/AR2006072000736.html

[Lerkfish]

10. oh...snap.

there is a script.

[IndianaGreen]

12. Let's see the necon/neolib "Grand Alliance" support Bolton

How many Senators with "D" after their names will now support Bolton because he will certainly be backed by the same people that are backing Lieberman against Lamont and the bombing of civilians in Lebanon.

[Penndems]

17. The face individuals such as Bolton show to Members of Congress is not

the same face that's seen by people who have interacted and worked with Bolton on a day-to-day basis.

John Bolton does not have the temperment to be our Representative to the United Nations. He's mediocre and ineffective, at the very least; a dictatorial idealogue at best. As a human being he's . . . well . . . let's just say he needs a great deal of improvement.

We can do a hell of a lot better than him.

[54anickel]

21. HUH!?!? "...follow the president's lead by working multilaterally"

When has the decider worked multilaterally (much less Bolton)? Must be a different definition than what I'm thinking.

[Julius Civitatus]

7. Of course, he's there to jumpstart the war with Iran

He needs to be nominated again until the "job" is done.

[saigon68]

9. After all his GOOD WORK he needs another country to DISARM

[Virginia Dare]

8. Heck uv a job Bolty...n/t

[Rude Horner]

11. I'm sure "considering" is being used very loosely

Bush had and has every intention of nominating him again. They're just using the word "considering" to make it sound like Bush gives these things some thought. Bull.

[uppityperson]

13. Well, he IS doing such a good job for Mr.bush, can see why he would

'"Should the president choose to renominate him, I cannot imagine a worse message to send to the terrorists -- and to other nations deciding whether to engage in this effort -- than to drag out a possible renomination process or even replace the person our president has entrusted to lead our nation at the United Nations," Voinovich said.'

It would indeed be a bad message to send to "the terrorists" that the bush administration no longer supports them. Bad indeed. sigh

[High Plains]

14. The man is a war criminal. May he die today.

[SensibleAmerican]

27. How very progressive of you

:eyes:

[maxrandb]

16. Maxrandb says; "America considering impeaching the boy king" n/t

[kskiska]

18. They're determined to keep him there at any cost

I read a little while back that even if the Senate refuses to confirm him, they're looking at other ways to keep him there, possibly in an "unpaid" position.

[High Plains]

20. He should be on trial at the Hague.

He is one lying, warmongering bastard.

[zara]

22. He's done such a good job at smacking down foreigners...

they now know who's boss!

[RFKHumphreyObama]

23. Can't he just make another recess appointment if Congress doesn't agree

He's never cared much for having checks and balances on his power so I wonder whether he'll do this again.

And Voinovich is a disappointment and sellout

[SensibleAmerican]

28. Yes, he can

n/t

[progressoid]

29. Yep, And he'd do it - he has no shame,

[maryallen]

24. Surely you can find someone nastier, Georgie Boy,

but I doubt it.

Bolton is gross -- a real embarrassment to this country -- and ugly as a mud fence, to boot.