Posted on 04/22/2005 3:44:52 PM PDT by Crackingham
President Bush's nomination of John Bolton as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations was put in further peril Friday when a fourth Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee expressed concern about him and a former Bush ambassador called his behavior "undiplomatic."
A spokeswoman for Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska said the senator felt the committee “did the right thing delaying the vote on Bolton in light of the recent information presented to the committee.”
Asked if Bolton had Murkowski’s support, spokeswoman Kristin Pugh said, “I can’t speculate on how she would vote.”
She said Murkowski was traveling and could not be reached.
Before the recent allegations that Bolton threatened and bullied subordinates and sought to influence U.S. intelligence assessments improperly, Pugh said Murkowski had met with Bolton and expressed support. But since then, she said, Murkowski decided the accusations merit further examination.
Pugh said Murkowski has discussed the nomination with Sen. George Voinovich, the Ohio Republican who stunned lawmakers when he said he was not prepared to support Bolton as Republicans were set to muscle the nomination through the committee on a party-line vote. Republican Sens. Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island and Chuck Hagel of Nebraska also said they wanted more information on the accusations before they made up their minds.
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The Lemming mentality infects all who govern without conviction.
Guess what? The sicko libs running the Slimes and the ComPost still want to see them lose!
This party is so danged ignorant they're now taking election advice from the Democrats!
Unbelievable. We ought to put bibs around their necks and pin their mittens to their jackets.
It's like herding cats.
The republicans are making a fatal mistake by letting themselves be intimidated by a pack of lying deceiving democRATS. I can't believe it.
Roll over and it's over. The dems will rule soon.
Bush should send Attila the Hun to represent the US in the REPULSIVE UN.
As in the same UN that lowered it's flag when Arafat died, but did not lower it's flag when Reagan died.
As in GET THE UN OUT OF THE US, AND THE US OUT OF THE UN.
President Bush: I've voted straight Republican since voting for Goldwater. If something isn't done about these wayward (so-called) Republicans soon I will never vote Republican again! Time to get some Texas cojones and crack the whip. You have many ways to punish these turncoats. Do it.
( I hope W reads this)
Wow. I was having lunch at the table next to her in Anch during her campaign. If this picture is recent, she's lost a lot of weight and she didn't have that much to lose.
All RINOs must go.
These people are worse than the dems...at least the dems don't try to hide the fact that they are our ememies politically.
Can anyone say "Democratic Senate Majority"? Thanks for nothing, RINOs. It takes a special kind of stupid to be outmanuevered by a lightweight like Harry Reid.
Consider the alternative? Always works for me.
As a Republican for over 30 years, I have to admit I have no answer to your question, other than maybe you shouldn't. I'm losing patience.
I heard that. I re-registered "Decline to State". After what happened to Terri Schindler, I don't trust any of 'em anymore . . . with the possible exception of Tom DeLay.
You are sooooo correct. To all FReepers, my wish is that you see just how hollow this so-called republican party is. It is only the other faction in the "Two-Party Cartel". No true conservative issues are going to get passed that make a real difference because the handlers/special interests elites won't allow it. You can call it in braille.
No illegal immigration enforcement(post 9/11), much more federal spending, increased size and scope of the federal government, Medicaid spending--after withholding accurate figures from GOP congress, steel tariffs and increased farm subsidies.
All in the past five years.
I would say the party is far past on its way to sucking.
We did it in Pennsylvania (with Pat Toomey) and very nearly weeded out the entrenched Arlen Specter. In the meantime, the conservative Toomey is waiting in the wings and his political future is only looking up. More states need to try likewise.
In the meantime, my checkbook remains closed until the GOP does SOMETHING....
"It's the judges and the borders, stupid."
I didn't vote for Specter BUT it's not the party but the person.
I didn't vote for Specter BUT it's not the party but the person
Don't forget, Bush and the GOP endorsed Specter.
Bush nominated Bolton and most of the GOP supports him.
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