I think old gorgie-poo may have too much estrogen in his system... (I know I go all weepy when that happens to me.)
This is some of the funniest soundbite stuff I've heard for awhile... LMBO What a quack!
Posted on 05/26/2005 7:04:08 AM PDT by veronica
(CNSNews.com) - The thought that John Bolton might be confirmed as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations brought one Republican senator to the brink of tears on Wednesday.
Sen. George Voinovich (R-Ohio) choked up on the Senate floor, as he urged his colleagues to vote against Bolton's nomination on Thursday:
''I'm afraid that when we go to the [Senate] well, that too many of my colleagues -- (voice breaking) -- that too many of my colleagues are not going to understand that this appointment is very, very important to our country," Voinovich said.
"At a strategic time, when we need friends all over the world, we need somebody up there that's going to be able to get the job done.
"I know some of my friends say, 'Let it go, George, it's going to work out.' I don't want to take the risk," Voinovich said. "I came back here [to the Senate] and ran for a second term because I'm worried about my kids and my grandchildren. And I just hope my colleagues will take the time (pause) and before they get to this well, do some serious thinking about whether or not we should send John Bolton to the United Nations. I yield the floor."
Voinovich's emotional moment came one day after he sent a letter to his fellow senators, telling them, "In these dangerous times, we cannot afford to put at risk our nation's ability to successfully wage and win the war on terror with a controversial and ineffective ambassador to the United Nations."
Voinovich did not attend Bolton's confirmation hearings; and he surprised Republicans by raising last-minute objections to Bolton on April 19, just as the Senate Foreign Relations Committee was preparing to vote on Bolton's nomination.
Voinovich's objections prompted one group to run radio ads against him in Ohio, and it put him under intense pressure from Republicans in Congress and at the White House.
Because of Voinovich's objections, the committee postponed a vote on Bolton for several weeks. The nomination finally went to the full Senate on May 12 - but without a committee recommendation.
On May 12, before the committee vote, Voinovich said he would vote to send Bolton's nomination to the full Senate Voinovich because "we owe it to the president to give Mr. Bolton an up-or-down vote on the floor."
But Voinovich said he would vote against Bolton on the Senate floor. "I really don't believe he's the best man we can send to the United Nations," he said.
Voinovich said he'd met with Bolton and liked him. He called Bolton a "decent man" and described their conversations as "candid and cordial."
Most of Voinovich's Republican colleagues say Bolton, with his blunt, no-nonsense attitude, is the right man to represent U.S. interests at the United Nations, and he's expected to be confirmed.
I think old gorgie-poo may have too much estrogen in his system... (I know I go all weepy when that happens to me.)
This is some of the funniest soundbite stuff I've heard for awhile... LMBO What a quack!
You know, I think that a grown man who cries, not because of a tragedy but because he wants his way so bad shows a little bit of insanity. He looked and sounded like Nancy Pelosi.
Good call...someone get her down to the floor of the Senate, STAT.
Winston Churchill said it best - "Nations dont
have friends, only interests"
My senator voinovitch looked absolutely ridiculous on national tv. His tears and this issue do not connect....you have to wonder if the guy is having personal problems or something???
Someone has something on this guy. This makes nooooo sense.
That's exactly what my wife said..."For a minute, I thought that was the Nanster (our term for Pelosi)."
I am afraid that sissiness has seeped into the right side of the aisle.
MORON
This is the one who was too busy to go to the actual hearings. You know, if I'd blown those off, I personally would be keeping my head down & hoping nobody'd noticed.
And people wonder why I'm a monarchist.
Laura Ingraham is on this now. Hysterical!!!
OY!
Algebraic insults are too much before the first cup of coffee gets into the bloodstream.
x-y . . . heh heh heh
Three words: What an idiot!!!
Our state needs Ken Blackwell to assume the Governor's office and raise a new crop of Ohio Republicans in the worst way! We don't need any more establishment whores around here! That's what the democrat party is for!!
If one really cares about the UN -- which I don't -- one would recognice the corruption there and be screaming, snarling and kicking to end it. Which would mean supporting Bolton.
Nice strategy!
Ohio FREEPers, please find someone to replace this crybaby. Please.
I get the impression that Voinovich is extremely narcissitic and cannot admit that he ever made a mistake. He was wrong to blow off the committee hearings, and then came out against Bolton to deflect criticism for that. He then split the difference on the vote, and has locked himself into a position opposing Bolton on the floor. All because he took a couple of days off to go golfing, or something, instead of going to work.
We've all known people who are never wrong. I think the today's breakdown on the floor are the result of the intense pressure Voinovich has brought down on himself because he in unable to admit that he was wrong.
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