Dodd Says Nomination Fight Would Make Bolton Ineffective at UN

[struggle4progress]

April 24 (Bloomberg) -- John Bolton, President George W. Bush's nominee to be United Nations ambassador, would be hobbled in the job because of the allegations raised during confirmation hearings, Democratic Senator Christopher Dodd said.

Dodd, a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, said Democrats are raising objections to Bolton because of evidence he tried to twist intelligence analysis to fit his views, not because of political differences. He said Bush should consider withdrawing the nomination.

``There are plenty of other good people who embrace his ideological views,'' Dodd said on CBS's ``Face the Nation.'' <snip>

``He wants to be our top diplomat at the UN, but his life has been something less than diplomatic,'' Durbin said on the ``Fox News Sunday'' program. <snip>

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=a3D390TaZHic&refer=top_world_news

[maddezmom]

1. Bolton Urged to Withdraw As U.N. Nominee

~snip~

A Republican colleague said "it's too close to call" as to whether the Senate will confirm Bolton, who awaits a vote by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on May 12.


"I think the best policy is to have his nomination come to the full Senate, not decided by a committee because the Constitution says that advice and consent are the province of the Senate itself," said Sen. Arlen Specter (news, bio, voting record), R-Pa., on CNN's "Late Edition."


One committee member, Sen. Christopher Dodd (news, bio, voting record), D-Conn., was asked if he thought Bolton should withdraw from consideration. "I would hope he would," Dodd told CBS' "Face the Nation."


"I think he's going to embarrass the president. I think he's going to ... have a very difficult job serving if he's confirmed narrowly by the Senate. He should withdraw or the president ought to withdraw this nomination. There are plenty of other good people who embrace his ideological views who can go up" and achieve the major changes that Bush is pressing for at the United Nations. "John Bolton is not that individual."

~snip~
more: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=512&ncid=1278&e=2&u=/ap/20050424/ap_on_go_co/un_ambassador

[MADem]

2. Well, this sure ain't going the way chimpy planned....

Reality, ain't it a pain in the butt!

[gratuitous]

3. "Advice and consent are the province of the Senate itself"

Gee, Mr. Specter, I don't remember you being all that worried about committees shooting down nominees when your Republican-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee was bottling up Clinton's nominees to the federal courts. A number of them didn't even get hearings!

Of course, when it's another Republican putting up the nominees, suddenly you find all sorts of reasons why committees shouldn't put the kibosh on nominees.

There's a word for this sort of flip-flopping: Hypocrisy.

Bolton's wholly unqualified for the position that Stupidhead has nominated him for, and you know it. And just like Bernie Kerik, this President has a history of nominating unqualified persons for positions that he SAYS are very important.

Tough beans, Arlen.

[intheozone]

11. Nice post, I hope you put it in email to Specter. nt

[rodeodance]

5. a ray of beatiful sunshine

[JoFerret]

13. "embarrass the president"

...as if...what a concept!

[burrowowl]

17. Embarass the Resident!

Hell Chimpy can't be embarassed by anything. Now the Nation yes! It would be not only an embarassement, but a slap in the face of the world.

[izzybeans]

4. I watched that Face the Nation and thought

Dodd said that he would be ineffective and an embarrassement (and as I assumed to be the case) if confirmed. I believed that Dodd felt these allegations rose to the level of nearly predicting he would have an embarassing meltdown in the more collegial international bodies.

Did he say if there was a fight over the nomination. It seems its already embarassing enough that he was nominated. I couldn't imagine how embarassing for the president it will become if he is confirmed. I would guess lots and plenty.

[zoeb]

6. somebody needs to bitch slap Bolton

into submission. For crying out loud, John (walrus)Bolton, nobody likes your sorry ass...Powel trashed you; Condi refused to have you as deputy secretary and half of congress says your incompetent. What part of that don't you understand?

Dude, withdraw your name while you have some reputation left...okay maybe it's a little late for that...but do it anyway!!!!!
:banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead::banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead::banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead::banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead::banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

[wakeme2008]

7. But Cheney called and told him, he was loved....

:eyes:

[wildwww2]

8. Well gee whiz Mr. Dodd. The whole point of this horrid nomination is

to make the UN totally ineffective. Dodd must have received brain damage from being around those psycho repukes for so long. Wake up Dodd. The Chimperor wants the UN to be ineffective. If they were not they might stop his march at world domination. Just like the USA finally helped to stop Hitler. Bu$h and Bolton are both pure evil. Why can`t a freaking Senator be smart enough to see this?
Peace
Wildman
Al Gore is My President

[elfin]

9. Just what I was going to post --- eom

[DrZeeLit]

10. Bolton Nom Death Watch... Day # ? (i lost track)

I feel like we're in the throes of another death watch of a pope or icon.

This time... I'm rooting for death... death of the nomination. I can almost hear the deep knell of those death bells....

mmmm mmmm good

[bemildred]

12. Bolton is ineffective, period.

It's not something that just happened to him.

[billyoc]

14. Yes, Bolton's own reprehensible behavior

has made him ineffective in a diplomatic context, but I guess these days it's fashionable to blame those who catch/prosecute you for all of your problems.(see Tom Delay) :eyes:

[babylonsister]

18. Bolton could be dangerous. That's what scares

me; he needs to go. Maybe this admin could find someone with an ounce of tact or diplomacy, who doesn't want to drag this country down?

[Strawman]

15. that and him more or less being a complete dick all the time, yes

[Charlie Brown]

16. New allegations against Bolton (Dodd says he should withdraw)

http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/04/24/bolton.nomination/index.html

"He would do himself, and I think the country, a favor by withdrawing," Sen. Christopher Dodd of Connecticut, a Democratic member of the Foreign Relations Committee, told reporters.

Newsweek reported, in its May 2 edition, that British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw complained about Bolton to then-U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell in November 2003. Citing a "former Bush administration official who was there," Newsweek said Straw told Powell that Bolton -- Powell's undersecretary for arms control and international security -- was making it impossible to reach an agreement on Iran's nuclear program.

According to the official, Newsweek reports, Powell then turned to an aide and said, "Get a different view on . Bolton is being too tough."

[Chico Man]

19. Who told Bush to nominate Bolton?

Anyone know?

[Moderator]

20. kick to combine

[UCLA Dem]

21. New allegations hit Bush pick for U.N. ambassador

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A series of new allegations surfaced Sunday against John Bolton, adding fuel to the dispute surrounding President Bush's pick for U.N. ambassador and further calling into question whether he will ultimately get the post.

"He would do himself, and I think the country, a favor by withdrawing," Sen. Christopher Dodd of Connecticut, a Democratic member of the Foreign Relations Committee, told reporters.

Newsweek reported, in its May 2 edition, that British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw complained about Bolton to then-U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell in November 2003. Citing a "former Bush administration official who was there," Newsweek said Straw told Powell that Bolton -- Powell's undersecretary for arms control and international security -- was making it impossible to reach an agreement on Iran's nuclear program.

According to the official, Newsweek reports, Powell then turned to an aide and said, "Get a different view on . Bolton is being too tough."

More:

http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/04/24/bolton.nomination/index.html

[Nothing Without Hope]

22. This is good news, and I bet still the tip of the iceberg. Here's a fix

for the last paragraph you cited - the brackets around some of the words in the text caused them to disappear when posted. I'll change the brackets to something else so you can still see the words:

According to the official, Newsweek reports, Powell then turned to an aide and said, "Get a different view on {the Iranian problem}. Bolton is being too tough."

So Bolton all by himself was destroying the negotiations. Just as the neocons wanted - they prefer WAR to negotiation.

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[kliljedahl]

23. "People are demanding reform at the United Nations"

What people, other than Bushco drones? Maybe * needs to come out of his cocoon & talk to real people, not just his PNAC handlers.

DAMN!! I miss Bubba


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