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sabra

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Mon Dec-04-06 10:47 AM
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Bush 'deeply disappointed' by Bolton resignation

http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/blogs/politicalticker/2006/12/bush-deeply-disappointed-by-bolton.html

Bush 'deeply disappointed' by Bolton resignation

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Saying U.N. Ambassador John Bolton "served his country with extraordinary dedication and skill," President Bush expressed disappointment Monday that the Senate Foreign Relations Committee did not allow a vote on his nomination.

"I am deeply disappointed that a handful of United States Senators prevented Ambassador Bolton from receiving the up or down vote he deserved in the Senate," Bush said Monday in a statement. "They chose to obstruct his confirmation, even though he enjoys majority support in the Senate, and even though their tactics will disrupt our diplomatic work at a sensitive and important time. This stubborn obstructionism ill serves our country, and discourages men and women of talent from serving their Nation."

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Kelly Rupert

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Mon Dec-04-06 10:48 AM
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1. Ironic, considering that "stubborn obstructionism" is what Bolton was sent to perform.

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iconoclastic cat

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Mon Dec-04-06 10:51 AM
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7. "Health Forests," "Clear Skies," "No Child Left Behind"...nt

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wicket

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Mon Dec-04-06 11:40 AM
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24. EXCELLENT point

:thumbsup:

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shadowknows69

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Mon Dec-04-06 10:49 AM
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Give him a medal George. You'll feel better.

and it will again be recorded for history that the people you rewarded were the most incompetent lot to ever work for this country.

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goclark

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Mon Dec-04-06 10:49 AM
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2. So sorry, hope the door of the UN

shuts quickly as he leaves.

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iconoclastic cat

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Mon Dec-04-06 10:49 AM
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3. Darn that activist Congress! nt

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LynnTheDem

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Mon Dec-04-06 10:50 AM
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4. "up or down". He got his "up or down" bush.

DOWN

and out.

And bush is really too stupid to understand even this?! Rocks really are smarter than bush.

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LiberalEsto

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Mon Dec-04-06 10:50 AM
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5. Boo hoo nt

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gratuitous

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Mon Dec-04-06 10:50 AM
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6. Then why did Chimpy accept the resignation?

I mean, if Mr. Bolton enjoys the support of a majority of the Senators, and if he's such a well-qualified individual, what better way to show the bipartisan tone of Washington than to re-nominate Mr. Bolton for a full hearing in the new Senate, and a vote on his confirmation?

Or is Mr. Bush just blowing smoke out his ass, and CNN has once again decided to just report a lie knowing it's a lie, and pretend it has some basis in truth or reality?

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Skidmore

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Mon Dec-04-06 10:53 AM
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11. I think you're on to something there.

How realistic is it to speculate that some of the diplomacy with these Arab nations got some firm feedback that Bolton needed to go. Seems odd to me that all of a sudden this guy who so singlemindedly believed the UN should be reformed and he had the answers should just quit.

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Norquist Nemesis

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Mon Dec-04-06 10:59 AM
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13. Bush didn't have the votes

That majority he talks about is in reality a majority of the GOP side of the aisle.

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wtmusic

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Mon Dec-04-06 11:01 AM
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15. "Resignation with honor"

I suppose, is the guiding principle

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ginnyinWI

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Mon Dec-04-06 11:10 AM
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17. just believe the opposite of everything he says.

You'll be closer to the real truth. :eyes:

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sarge43

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Mon Dec-04-06 11:18 AM
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19. Good call

Reality?! We don't need no stinkin' reality. Smirk's just continuing his long, fruitless journey up Denial.

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bullwinkle428

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Mon Dec-04-06 11:23 AM
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21. Exactly! How many did times did Rumsfeld attempt to resign?

Edited on Mon Dec-04-06 11:24 AM by bullwinkle428

And Chimpy kept refusing to accept, until Poppy's henchmen got in on the act...

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BurtWorm

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Mon Dec-04-06 10:51 AM
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8. Hey, Bush!

:nopity:

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Hubert Flottz

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Mon Dec-04-06 10:52 AM
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9. 'deeply disappointed'

Shit Happens!

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spanone

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Mon Dec-04-06 10:53 AM
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10. The WORLD was deeply disappointed in your recess appt. mr. pretzelnuts.

Mr. bolt on, please dont let the door hit you in the ass on your way out.

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Warpy

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Mon Dec-04-06 10:59 AM
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12. Of course this strutting banty rooster will never admit

Edited on Mon Dec-04-06 11:00 AM by Warpy

that appointing a choleric freak with NO real diplomatic experience to such a sensitive post may have been INAPPROPRIATE.

Of course, he'll never admit that a completely UNSUITABLE appointment, trying to push the world around by bullyboy proxy, might not have been a good idea.

Of course, he'll never admit that the "obstructionist" Senators included some from his own damned party, otherwise that appointment would have been rubber stamped.

No, he'll just throw a temper tantrum and blame those mean old Democrats (you know, the grownups) for denying him another toy.

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Norquist Nemesis

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Mon Dec-04-06 11:00 AM
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14. Cry me a river. n/t

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magellan

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Mon Dec-04-06 11:03 AM
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16. That handful of senators did their duty

The Great Uniter still thinks having his way no matter what and democracy are the same things, and that anyone who opposes him is the enemy. So be it.

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warrens

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Mon Dec-04-06 11:11 AM
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18. "obstruct" = inject sanity

We send a UN hater to be UN representative, spit on the rest of the world, and wonder why they all hate us. I really, really hate Repukes.

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thereismore

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Mon Dec-04-06 11:20 AM
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20. "stubborn obstructionism"! Ha, take some of your own medicine, dimwit.

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CaliforniaPeggy

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Mon Dec-04-06 11:26 AM
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22. K&R

:applause: :applause:

:kick:

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ewagner

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Mon Dec-04-06 11:31 AM
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23. Ahhh....George...???

It was because members of your own Party thought Bolton was bat-s**t crazy that the nomination didn't go through....can't blame it on the Democrats....

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Arkansas Granny

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Mon Dec-04-06 12:12 PM
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25. Exactly right! Here's the membership of the committee.

http://www.senate.gov/~foreign/about.html

His own party wouldn't rubberstamp his nominee.

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InternalDialogue

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Mon Dec-04-06 12:31 PM
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26. George always looked past the "advise" part of the Senate's obligation.

He never knew there was a part of the process that came before "consent."

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Grey

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Mon Dec-04-06 12:41 PM
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27. Bolton.. Bolted? n/t

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Old and In the Way

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Mon Dec-04-06 01:15 PM
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28. Buck up, George.....better get used to it.

You lost your Republican Rubberstamp in November....plan on being disappointed a lot over the next 2 years.

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marmar

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Mon Dec-04-06 01:17 PM
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29. marmar 'absolutely apeshit euphoric' over Bolton resignation

:toast: :woohoo: :party: :applause: :headbang:

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Homer Wells

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Mon Dec-04-06 01:22 PM
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30. Well, BOO Fuckin' HOO

Get over it George

Get it through your jug-eared, pointy little head.

"You CAN'T always get what you want" although sometimes "You get what you NEED"

(with a tip of the hat to Mick and the boys!

:nopity: :nopity: :rofl:

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Vidar

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Mon Dec-04-06 03:03 PM
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31. deleted by poster

Edited on Mon Dec-04-06 03:05 PM by Vidar

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K8-EEE

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Mon Dec-04-06 03:05 PM
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32. I'm Deeply Disappointed That Bush & Cheney Didn't Join Him n/t

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