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 Murkowskis support, spokeswoman Kristin Pugh said, I cant 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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Well, freepers may not believe her, but Hillary has moved to the right of the GOP on stopping illegal immigration and the unified dems along with a minority of Republicans just voted a big increase in border and internal enforcement agents along with funding. The dems are going to look much more in touch with the voters than the GOP on this hot button issue.
Am I missing something? Besides not having a hard-on for the U.N., What are the sins of this man?
Hillary lies.
re#19
same question I am asking myself. Why vote GOP? I want leadership, not a party more concerned with what the media thinks. A GOP majority is a freakin' joke.
This is why we cant control the borders.
This is why our government is spending like drunken sailors.
This is why the Judiciary is out of control and legislating from the bench.
A GOP majority... whoop-de-doo
Until I see some guts on the judicial nominees, some guts on Bolton and some cuts in gov. spending. Not one dime pubbies, not one dime... and you are working on not getting my vote in '06.
Sure she does, but some will believe her, particularly if real money and fte's are appropriated. Also, a key point in all of this is that the Democrats are unified, while the Republicans can't get out of their own way.
Looks more like a media stampede. "Need more time to listen to crap" is not the same as "I'm against."
The next committee meetings will be more indicative of where this will end up. I think Bolton will be voted out of committee on party line.
Well...haven't you heard? HE put his hands on his hips & LOOKED at someone. Can you believe it???
And, and, you know what else...................I think he just might have been upset with someone's incompetence. shhhh, don't tell.
We have to remember this, as in Christopher Shays, Chafee, Specter et pukes who could care less about principles, but only about power.
We are on the edge of an abyss as a Constitutional Republic unless we can put several more US Senators from the (so called red states).
May God Bless America.
A pox on both their houses.
That's what I've always thought. But what's the difference when the guys who agree with me won't fight for what we agree upon and end up giving us what the guys I hate give me anyways?
He is our leader & does not deserve cattiness from you, from those godawful libs, or from those ridiculous knuckleheads in the NRA
Frankly, the only reason many Dems are for border enforcement is to protect the the jobs & high salaries of US workers. They are trying to interfere with the free flow of labor, which is the hallmark of a well oiled market economy.
Better yet, when they want Bush to do some fund raising for them, tell them that he will be busy.
what's with all these RINOs on this committee?
I have seen her in person only once, last year during the fires. She is on the radio every week. Today it is Global Warming and base closings. Her voice sounds a lot like Linda Moulton Howe.
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