As I said in my first response a lie detector would 
were it hoked to Dodd when he said that.
Posted on 08/02/2005 9:30:44 AM PDT by nypokerface
Isn't that SPECIAL- Church lady..
" I'm just as willing to blast Dems as the next guy, but honestly, what's wrong with what Dodd said here? "
Sunday, Dodd was still throwing mud on Bolton, so his words today are worthless crap.
Fox News Sunday :
" I just think Mr. Bolton’s the bad choice here … He’s damaged goods.
This is a person who lacks credibility.
This will be the first UN ambassador since 1948 that we’ve ever sent there under a recess appointment.
That’s not what you want to send up, a person that doesn’t have the confidence of the Congress, and so many people who have urged that he not be sent up to do that job.”
Shows why Bush could have easily appointed Bolton months ago, when the Oil for Food scandal was white hot. Now it has been forgotten and Coleman's hearings are over. Bullies always back down when you fight. I hope hope it doesn't take Bush this long next time.
But the Dodd statements you are quoting are from Sunday, before the recess appointment was made, and when some Dems were trying to dissuade Dubya from doing it. At that point, though I completely disagree with what they were doing, they were trying to prevent the recess appointment. That is a legitimate goal conceptually, even though I think it was way off base in this instance.
But once Bush made the actual appointment, the battle was over. At least Dodd recognized it at that point, and promptly laid down his sword and urged others to do likewise. You can rightly blast Dodd for everything he said prior to Monday. But to blast him for this particular statement is bogus. It makes us look like frothing at the mouth lefties who let emotions distort their judgment.
Maybe his words today are "worthless crap" and should be ignored. Fine -- I agree that his statement today doesn't undue what he said and did before. But while it may be perfectly valid to ignore what he said today, it makes no sense to blast him for it. Given the circumstances, he said the right thing.
Attacking Dodd for the content of today's statement is akin to leaping on the pile five seconds after the whistle already blew. It just makes the piler-on look like a chump.
OK, then we'll just look at Dodd's comments AFTER the recess appointment:
Sen. Christopher Dodd of Connecticut, a senior Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said, "The president has done a real disservice to our nation by appointing an individual who lacks to the credibility to further U.S. interests at the United Nations."
What exactly is wrong with the content of Dodd's comments contained in the article that started this thread? If he says "This was a terrible move", then he's wrong. I agree with that. But if he says, "we should put this behind us and support Bolton", how can that also be the wrong thing to say?
If Dodd's rhetoric drops down, and he encourages other Dems to do the same, how exactly is that a bad thing?
LOL! Very few things makes me actually spit on the keyboard, yours did!
Instead they make up drivel about documents that would never be read by anyone.
Dodd is wrong, Bolton could serve as a recessed appointed UN Ambassador for 17 months not 13.
I never claimed Dodd is a great guy, or that his opposition to Bolton wasn't slimy. It was.
The point I was making was in response to the specific comments Bolton made in the article that started this thread. Once again, please read what Dodd said, and tell me what he said in that article that is so bad.
OK, here goes. Nothing is wrong with what he said in that article, BUT after Bush recess appointed Bolton the Democrats, including Mr. Nice Guy Dodd, went absolutely bonkers.
A touch of reality seemed to occur after Bill Kristol stated live on FNC something to the effect of, "I have never seen such partisan attacks in all my years of Washington watching. This will do absolutely nothing to help our cause at the UN and WILL make the Democrats look like the Party of No that they have become.
Kristol's statement, along with a few others by Republican Senators, seemed to be a wake-up call for the very, very partisan Democrats.
As I said in my first response a lie detector would were it hoked to Dodd when he said that.
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