Posted on 07/17/2012 6:38:57 AM PDT by Rummyfan
Sen. John Kerry has the perfect audition piece for the secretary of state job he appears to covet — the long-stalled Law of the Sea treaty.
He’s come armed with a throng of industry backers and pleas from the country’s top officials. But a cadre of conservatives remains determined to sink it.
The international treaty, which governs use of the world’s oceans and affects everyone from shippers to telecom companies, has withered in the Senate for almost two decades. If Kerry fails to slip it through this session, the Foreign Relations Committee chairman doesn’t just miss out on the lead role. He loses treaty supporter and Foreign Relations Committee ranking member Dick Lugar (R-Ind.), along with other willing moderates.
So he’s positioning the vote for the lame-duck session, when it stands the best chance. And with Congress at an impasse, nothing will look better than a Senate treaty that doesn’t need House support.
“I refuse to politicize this,” Kerry told POLITICO, “so we’re not going to do anything until after the elections.”
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Kerry, the wannabe patrician without the smarts or innate nobility.
Another progressive-sponsored crap sandwich that seeks to destroy US autonomy and negatively impact EVERY sensible US citizen.
You go, boy!
No...really. Go!
Get outta here, JF’inKerry, you elitist schmuck.
It is my understanding that Lt. John Kerry traveled to Paris on a personal mission and dealt with the enemy during the Vietnam War. If he did that, he is a traitor, in addition to being a liar.
“If he did that, he is a traitor, in addition to being a liar.”
Yes, he is and worse.
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NICARAGUA: Don’t forget ‘The John Kerry Committee’
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1219935/posts
John F..n Kerry meets Felix Rodriquez
(and is handed his ass)
John F..n Kerry in Nicaragua, with Sandanista Commie Daniel Ortega.
http://www.venezuelanet.org/John%20Kerry%20y%20Daniel%20Ortega.jpg
“I refuse to politicize this,” Kerry told POLITICO, “so we’re not going to do anything until after the elections.”
LOL. Lame-duck sessions are when some of the most evil stuff is done by progressives. The R lame-ducks no longer care about pretending to represent the American people and can show their true colors during a lame duck session.
A traitor to his country, and some wonder why America is in trouble?
Do you really want to be part of letting that happen?
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