John Bolton Likely to Depart U.N.

[bemildred]

New York -- NewsMax has learned that U.S. ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton will likely leave his post next month.

After a rocky series of Senate confirmation hearings, Bolton was sent to the U.N. by President Bush in August 2005 under a recess appointment. That allowed the president to bypass Senate confirmation while it was in recess, but the appointee could only serve for the length of the current Congress which is set to expire at year's end.

There had been indications that Bolton might win Senate confirmation after the election when several key votes might be open to favoring Bolton. But the GOP's apparent loss of the Senate has doomed that hope.

"This nomination is dead and we have known it for several days," a source close to the U.S. mission to the U.N. tells NewsMax.

NewsMax

[Ecumenist]

1. Aw, now ain't that a shame?

[Xeric]

2. good riddence n/t

[fooj]

3. Boo f*cking hoo!

[kurth]

4. Good riddance to the crazy walrus

[MADem]

5. He'll go down in history as the first "fake" (unconfirmed) ambassador NT

[Webster Green]

6. 11/7 was the perfect storm to get rid of that asshole..

A cleansing storm it was..:toast:

[Demeter]

7. I Thought He'd NEVER Leave!

DC hostesses everywhere are breathing great sighs of relief!

[BlueManDude]

8. What are the Dems doing? 2 days - 2 dirtbags gone. Not bad.

[Art_from_Ark]

39. 2 dirtbags down-- countless more to go

Time to sweep the house clean!

[BrokenBeyondRepair]

47. look @ the replacements

[bluestateguy]

9. I was looking forward to him being formally rejected by the Senate

Oh well.

[Tyler Durden]

10. Thank F*cking Dog.

That miserable neocon rePuke Pig did more damage to our postion in the UN in one year than everyone else has in the last 20.

The John Birch Society never had a bigger pal. May history EXCORIATE him, along with Bush.

[mopinko]

11. this is just getting better and better

man!

[calimary]

32. No KIDDING!!! Tuesday, Wednesday, AND NOW Thursday,

pretty days all in a row for us - and three straight days of excruciating pain for bush! Nice domino effect, dontcha think? BOOM-BOOM-BOOM!!! Hell, he didn't even bankrupt his companies this rapidly.

[TankLV]

34. Yes, yes it is, isn't it?!

It keeps ticking up to new "highs"...

As opposed to the continuing digging of new lows when you thought it couldn't get worse...

[Judi Lynn]

12. Reuters: Bolton's UN nomination 'going nowhere'

Bolton's UN nomination 'going nowhere'
Reuters
November 09, 2006
JOHN Bolton's troubled nomination as US ambassador to the UN is "going nowhere," a key Democratic senator said today after Democrats scored big in mid-term elections.

Joseph Biden of Delaware is expected to chair the Senate Foreign Relations Committee if Democratic control of the US Senate is formally confirmed.

"I never saw a real enthusiasm (for Bolton's nomination) on the Republican side to begin with. There's none on our side. And I think John Bolton's going nowhere," he told reporters.
(snip/...)

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20729698-601,00.html



Very Ugly American

[onehandle]

13. Usually I'd complain about a NewMax story in LBN, but......

HELL YEAH!

[bemildred]

16. If NewsMax say it, it must be so ...

:-):-)

[gratuitous]

18. NewsMax is trying to make it sound voluntary

As if Bolton has a choice about whether or not he stays in the position. The truth of the matter is that because he was appointed during a Senate recess, his unconfirmed temporary term is up as soon as the new Senate is sworn in anyway.

[smb]

25. And Besides

Dubya wants to get somebody through the lame-duck Senate session. (Theoretically, he could try to push Bolton through the lame-duck session, but that sort of FU gesture to the voters would damage his already severely weakened position.)

[PATRICK]

14. The resignations

signal the end of further bloody adventures in the ME. We often decry how we cannot stop wars. We don't think about the ones that didn't start BECAUSE we nipped them early. No one else did other than the Democratic campaign workers and candidates though many indivuals tried also contributing to the general politicial revolution. The rollback of this absurd wave and the tiny tiny men leading the evil charge over the bewildered bodoies of failed institutions has been accomplished by the American voter, themselves against heavy institutional odds.

Let the "backlash" be peace.

[chelsea0011]

15. Not so fast. WH trying to sneak confirmation through via lame

duck Senate

[lapfog_1]

22. Yup... they will try

it's sort of like trashing the house after the party... the one where you got too drunk and were asked to leave. So on the way out the door...

Assholes will be assholes.

[jannyk]

17. CNN reported vote to be taken before Dems take over

say Chafee will be key in whether Bolton is confirmed or not. Hope he's not too bitter.

[AtomicKitten]

19. If the Rs try to push it through before Dems take power,

the Dems have promised it is going nowhere.

http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,20729345-5001028,00.html

Bush set to lose UN enforcer

November 09, 2006 12:00
Article from: Reuters

JOHN Bolton's troubled nomination as US ambassador to the United Nations is "going nowhere", a key Democratic senator said today after the party scored big in mid-term elections.

Joseph Biden of Delaware is expected to chair the Senate Foreign Relations Committee if Democratic control of the US Senate is formally confirmed.

"I never saw a real enthusiasm (for Bolton's nomination) on the Republican side to begin with. There's none on our side. And I think John Bolton's going nowhere," he said.

Mr Bolton, the controversial former undersecretary of state in charge of non-proliferation, was nominated by President George W Bush to be UN envoy in March 2005.

But after his confirmation was blocked in the Republican-led Senate, Mr Bush made a recess appointment, which will last until the new Congress convenes in January 2007.

After Tuesday's elections Democrats now control the US House of Representatives and, US media outlets say, the Senate as well.

Before voters cast their ballots, there was talk of Mr Bush re-submitting Mr Bolton's nomination.

Another possibility was having Mr Bush appoint Mr Bolton to another US government job so he could still be paid but assigning him to work at the UN.

Senate Democratic aides said they did not know if such a move would be legal.

[leftchick]

20. here is a reuters link

:bounce:

Bolton's UN nomination 'going nowhere'
Reuters
November 09, 2006
JOHN Bolton's troubled nomination as US ambassador to the UN is "going nowhere," a key Democratic senator said today after Democrats scored big in mid-term elections.

Joseph Biden of Delaware is expected to chair the Senate Foreign Relations Committee if Democratic control of the US Senate is formally confirmed.

"I never saw a real enthusiasm (for Bolton's nomination) on the Republican side to begin with. There's none on our side. And I think John Bolton's going nowhere," he told reporters.

Bolton, the controversial former undersecretary of state in charge of non-proliferation, was nominated by President George W. Bush to be UN envoy in March last year.

But after his confirmation was blocked in the Republican-led Senate, Bush made a recess appointment, which will last until the new Congress convenes in January 2007.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20729698-601,00.html

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[Lindacooks]

21. Rats leaving a sinking ship!

How appropriate.

[classysassy]

23. Another republican rat departing the sinking ship

or should that be stinking ship?

[struggle4progress]

24. O my! All his friends at the UN must be devastated. eom

[Mr_Spock]

26. Another petulant Republican child goes down

This has been a really good week!

[mikeytherat]

27. But CNN says the White House resubmitted Bolton's nomination TODAY

http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/blogs/politicalticker/index.html

White House resubmits Bolton nomination

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A Congressional source says the White House has re-submitted the nomination of UN Ambassador John Bolton to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, in an effort to get it considered during the lame duck session.

---

Rover's off his rocker - they can't even coordinate the lies for a few hours anymore!

mikey_the_rat

[Zorra]

28. UN diplomats everywhere are popping the corks as I write this.

A blessing for the planet.

[Blue_Tires]

29. oh this just gets better and better!

[Megahurtz]

30. Get rid of ALL of 'em!!!!!!

:argh:

[Tight_rope]

35. I second that motion!.....

[wryter2000]

31. OMFG

Another reason to start dancing.

As Momma said this morning, "It's like a really good orgasm. It keeps coming in waves." To which Begala responded, "When you say that to your Republican friends, they say, 'A what?'"

[Vidar]

33. Thank you to Lincoln Chafee for his sizable role in finally

slaying this dragon.

[Matilda]

36. Wonderful!

You forget about the trickle-down effect. Weren't there a couple of other dodgy Bush appointments
to the judiciary as well?

[crispini]

37. Oh, yay!

Wow, this being in power thing is FUN, huh? :bounce:

[howmad1]

38. Not so fast guys/gals:

Claire McCaskill, when asked by tweety if she would vote to confirm Bolton if it comes to confirmation, she would vote YES! Her excuse: if the putz president wants him, that's his perogative. Oh, but she would ask tough questions. WTF! :mad:

[Canuckistanian]

40. Here's your hat, what's your hurry?

And by the way, the position is not his to "resign from". His term is up.

[stubtoe]

41. Mandatory woohoo dance

:woohoo:

Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out JB!

[pinniped]

42. I was thinking about that turd the other day.

Oh ya, go cheney yourself!

[rodeodance]

43. LBN has article saying WH re-submitted his nomination today.

[rodeodance]

44. Democrats rebuff Bush's pick for UN envoy

Thu Nov-09-06 08:16 PM
Original message
Democrats rebuff Bush's pick for UN envoy

WASHINGTON (AP) -- John Bolton's prospects for staying on as U.N. ambassador essentially died Thursday as Democrats and a pivotal Republican said they would continue to oppose his nomination.

It was another blow to President Bush, two days after Democrats triumphed in elections that will give them control of Congress next year. On Wednesday, Bush had announced that Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, a polarizing figure and face of the Iraq war, would step down.

On Thursday, the White House resubmitted Bolton's nomination to the Senate, where the appointment has languished for more than a year. Bush appointed him to the job temporarily in August 2005 while Congress was in recess, an appointment that will expire when the Congress adjourns, no later than January.

Sen. Lincoln Chafee, R-Rhode Island, who was defeated by Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse on Tuesday, told reporters in Rhode Island that he would continue opposing Bolton. That would likely deny Republicans the votes needed to move Bolton's nomination from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to the full Senate.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/11/09/bolton.ap/index....

[eppur_se_muova]

45. Buh-bye Wally Walrus!

[sebastianj333]

46. Wasn't it he who said this....

"There's no such thing as the United Nations," John Bolton declared in 1994. ''If the U.N. secretary building in New York lost 10 stories, it wouldn't make a bit of difference.''

http://www.clw.org/bush/opposebolton.html%22%20target%3D%22_blank

Screw John Bolton!

[daleo]

48. The boltin' Bolton

Bush will find him a nice bolthole.