Horrible news. This was the one man who had such a level of integrity it not only could survive the pit of the UN, it actually could have forced it into changing. He was the one daily reminder to those freaks that decency and integrity do exist.
Bolton Withdraws From UN Nomination Amid Opposition
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) — John Bolton will step down this month as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, conceding that his nomination to continue in the post was unlikely to overcome Democratic opposition in the Senate.
White House spokeswoman Dana Perino, on a conference call with reporters, said President George W. Bush “reluctantly accepted” Bolton’s decision to withdraw his name from consideration. Bush will appear later today with Bolton at the White House, she said…
Bush drew fire from Capitol Hill by asking Congress to reconsider Bolton’s nomination immediately after Republicans were defeated in the midterm elections on Nov. 7.
“To confirm Mr. Bolton to the position of UN ambassador would fly in the face of the clear consensus of the country that a new direction is called for” on foreign policy, Senator Lincoln Chafee, a Rhode Island Republican, said two days after losing to a Democrat in the election.
Bolton couldn’t win the support of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee without Chafee’s vote, and Republican leaders signaled Bolton didn’t have enough support to get his nomination to the whole Senate for a vote.
Make no mistake–this is not a casualty of the new Dem majority, the loss of Bolton is due to the incompetence and cowardice of the previous Republican majority. And they wonder why they got fired.
The president will be meeting/”appear” with Bolton at the White House later today. How pathetic of President Bush that he did not command enough respect from his own majority to win this appointment. After all, what good is having the majority if you ask nothing of them, and then when you do, they balk?
I’m thrilled Republicanism is dead. Now let us usher in a new day is renewed Authentic Conservatism, a return of Reaganism.
In the meantime, UN Food-for-Sex crimes continue, as that entity, which resented Bolton’s attempts to impose some sort of discipline on the organization, continues to be the official International Child Rapists of the World.
