[G.Mason]

" ... The rap against John Bolton is that he gets annoyed with do-nothing bureaucrats. If that's enough to disqualify you from government service, then 70 percent of citizens who've visited the DMV in John Kerry's Massachusetts are ineligible."

I that doesn't smack you right upside the head, nothing will.

One great article, stating exactly what I feel, but in words I could never muster.

[TheBlueMax]

"Remember Tom Daschle? Me neither."

Absolutely love it!!

[RAY]

The despicable performance of the Republicans on the committee is only exceeded by that of the Democrats!

The inability or refusal to use the majority vote by the Republicans will be their downfall.

The U.S. Senate is a club, for the most part, of ineffective and in many cases, stupid clouts. The good of the nation is the furtherest from their minds.

Next time, I will not be so timid!

[goldstategop]

LOL! I'd rather trade the lot of GOP Senators for a passel of Capuchin monkeys. All kidding aside, they'd at least get the job done.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

[martin_fierro]

Maybe Bolton was in a foul mood or maybe he was in a vowel mood and, this being Kyrgyzstan, they didn't have any.

The man is good.

[Conservativegreatgrandma]

Wow!! I wish I could express it like this.

[metesky]

Apparently, the New York Times was stunned that their short list of Cardinal Gloria Steinem, Cardinal Rupert Everett and Cardinal Rosie O'Donnell were defeated at the last moment by some guy who came out of left field and isn't even gay or female but instead belongs to the discredited ''Catholic'' faction of the Catholic Church.

I collect Steynisms and this is a gem.

[Quilla]

I suspect these do nothing Republicans and damn everything democrats are as aggravating to the President as they are to Steyn. Did you notice that John Negroponte was sworn in a swift 45 minutes after his confirmation?

Sadly, we read fabulous articles on the spinelessness of the Senate majority, but rarely are we offered solutions. These good ol' boys need a good talkin' to.

[AlaskaErik]

The rap against John Bolton is that he gets annoyed with do-nothing bureaucrats.

Beautiful one sentence summation of this situation!

[hubbubhubbub]

Steyn absolutely rocks!

[Felicity Fahrquar]

Steyn knocks another one over the left field fence, and deep into the night. It is time for the White House to engage in some back room politics. Quietly, privately, emphatically, telling Chafee that he will face a HOTLY contested primary, and telling Voinovich and Hagel that NOTHING they want from Congress will be agreed to -- until they get back on the reservation.

Only sometimes is politics a matter of pursuasion. Sometimes it is a matter of shear force and fear of consequences. It is time from some real hardball, unlike Chrissie Matthews, who throws softballs, but throws them real fast.

Congressman Billybob

Latest column, "Double Crossing at the Rio Grande II."

[headsonpikes]

White shoe placemarker.

What a pack of pussies!

[G Larry]

They ought to have Bolton serve as interim Ambassador until after the 2006 elections.
Don't need to have Senate approval for a temp!

[Popman]

Unlike the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the conclave of cardinals takes its job seriously.... But, as befits an ancient institution, they take the long view: They think that radical secularism is weak and that the consequences of its weakness will prove dangerous and possibly fatal for the Western world. Therefore, there's no point accommodating it

Ping. Worth repeating

[cliff630]

Thanks for Posting.
I'd vote to make Steyn Dictator of the World.

[Huck]

The Iraqi people are expected to get the hang of this self-government thing in 20 minutes, but the Republican Party requires another decade or three?

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[Huck]

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[BibChr]

Britain's Daily Telegraph had an intriguing headline the other day: ''U.S. police force to recruit capuchin monkey for 'intelligence' work.'' Maybe when the Mesa, Ariz., SWAT team is through with the monkey in question, we could get him made chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He'd have his work cut out doing a worse job than Dick Lugar, the Republican senator who spent the last week getting walloped by a freak show alliance comprising (a) an opposition party whose foreign policy the electorate decided it was unable to take seriously and (b) jelly-spined GOP ''moderates'' who insist on taking it seriously.

Dang, he's good.

Dan
Biblical Christianity BLOG

[veronica]

...jelly-spined GOP ''moderates''...

They are just trying to save the party from the "right-wing-nut" contingent, don't 'cha know.

[tet68]

Who needs capuchin monkeys in the Senate when GOP squishes are so eager to tap-dance for Democrat organ grinders?

Steyn, he's the best!