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Dems Hope Bolton Delay Brings Documents
The New York Times ^ | May 27, 2005 | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Posted on 05/27/2005 11:58:41 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach

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To: montag813

agreed, a recess appointment would be a good move, but he won't do it.


21 posted on 05/27/2005 12:35:33 PM PDT by menos
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To: menos

Welcome to FR newbie.


22 posted on 05/27/2005 12:36:41 PM PDT by Chuck54 (Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway. - Harper Lee)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

GOP Hopes Frist Grows a Pair


23 posted on 05/27/2005 12:38:46 PM PDT by Redbob
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To: Pete

can anyone say, "fishing expedition". They just want to see if they can find any REAL reason, in the documents they have not reviewed, that he shouldn't be concerned. So far, "sharp elbows" is all they have. I wonder if Boxers tantrums on the floor are considered "sharp elbows"? Not to mention, Kennedy, Kerry, Schumer et al.


24 posted on 05/27/2005 12:39:09 PM PDT by jw777
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To: menos
Might want to see this:

Dems Won't Back Off On Bolton (Liberals, repeat after me: Ambassador John Bolton.)

25 posted on 05/27/2005 12:41:34 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (This tagline no longer operative....floated away in the flood of 2005 ,)
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To: Redbob

GOP, and me!!!! Never seen such a spineless group who comprise a so called, Majority, in my life.


26 posted on 05/27/2005 12:41:44 PM PDT by jw777
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

How about Kerry first handing over his military records?


27 posted on 05/27/2005 12:42:01 PM PDT by getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL (H.R. 698 - go drop anchor somewhere else)
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To: menos
From what I understand, the stuff they're demanding is mostly internal memos, inter office correspondence, etc., much of which is highly classified. There's also precedent involved, with the Senate looking once again to limit just what the Executive Branch can and cannot do.

Besides, even if the requested documents are given to the Senate, the Rats will just come up with another excuse to stall.

28 posted on 05/27/2005 12:43:44 PM PDT by CFC__VRWC ("Anytime a liberal squeals in outrage, an angel gets its wings!" - gidget7)
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To: JohnHuang2

ping!


29 posted on 05/27/2005 12:44:53 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (This tagline no longer operative....floated away in the flood of 2005 ,)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

This is nothing more than petty partisanship on the Dems part, and personal animus towards Bolton by Biden and Dodd, who persuaded their colleagues to go along with them. They are not going to get the papers they seek. They tried the same thing with Estrada's judicial nomination, asking for internal DoJ memos. Let them filibuster. The Pres can do a recess appointment.


30 posted on 05/27/2005 12:44:56 PM PDT by Rummyfan
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To: menos
It's the same excuse they gave for holding up Miguel Estrada.

There was some internal Justice Department documents that they KNEW would never be turned over.

That is what gets me so riled up. Every time the get away with one of their tricks, you can be sure they'll try it again.

And damn if it doesn't work again!

Fool me one, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me!

31 posted on 05/27/2005 12:46:25 PM PDT by TravisBickle
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

How come we need to see documents on Bolton but we didn't need to see Traitor John's military records nor the memos that were on the dems Senate Judiciary Committee computer?


32 posted on 05/27/2005 12:46:59 PM PDT by Tacis ( SEAL THE FRIGGEN BORDER!!!)
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To: menos
From your link:

Dems allege preferential treatment
The State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development have turned over about 500 pages of documents to the committee, including e-mails, memos, telegrams and drafts of speeches, according to figures from the State Department’s congressional affairs office. Various intelligence agencies have provided about 125 pages of documents.

33 posted on 05/27/2005 12:47:41 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (This tagline no longer operative....floated away in the flood of 2005 ,)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

This is all a scam.


34 posted on 05/27/2005 12:49:23 PM PDT by hershey
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To: CFC__VRWC
From link at #16:

All eight Democrats on the committee have indicated they plan to vote against Bolton, citing his past hostility to the United Nations or his conduct in his current job. Democrats are looking for evidence that Bolton twisted government intelligence to suit his conservative views or mistreated lower-level analysts who tried to raise red flags.

35 posted on 05/27/2005 12:50:31 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (This tagline no longer operative....floated away in the flood of 2005 ,)
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To: menos

A recess appointment would be a good move, but he won't do it.

Why not?


36 posted on 05/27/2005 12:52:07 PM PDT by Polyxene (For where God built a church, there the Devil would also build a chapel - Martin Luther)
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To: Rummyfan
Bush has promised not to do more recess appointments.. but Frist cal still pull a nuclear option for the Bolton nomination...kind of a shot across their bow. All he has to do is have Cheney show up next week unannounced, sit in the chair, pull the same parliamentary move as before and force a vote only on Bolton. The RINOs only agreed to condition the judicial nominees with their opposition to the Nuke option. This would force them back to the table and I'm not sure Graham or Dewine or Foghorn Leghorn for that matter have the ca-hones to do it again.
37 posted on 05/27/2005 1:00:24 PM PDT by Les_Miserables
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

In reality would it not simply take and act of Congress to send the United Nations packing? In that light, I think Bolton is one gigantic concession.


38 posted on 05/27/2005 1:00:41 PM PDT by Lord Nelson
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To: hershey
See this:

Novak: Castro Real Story of Bolton Controversy

39 posted on 05/27/2005 1:04:39 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (This tagline no longer operative....floated away in the flood of 2005 ,)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Think I will put the whole article on here:

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Novak: Castro Real Story of Bolton Controversy
NewsMax ^ | 5/12/05 | Carl Limbacher

Posted on 05/12/2005 8:45:11 AM PDT by wagglebee

The campaign against John R. Bolton’s nomination to be the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations is about far more than his reputedly abrasive personality – behind the smears lies a pro-Castro agenda.

The criticism of Bolton by Democratic Sen. Christopher Dodd and his aide Janice O’Connell is "based on taking issue with his accusations that Castro is building a biological warfare capability," writes columnist Robert D. Novak.

And the effectiveness of O’Connell - the veteran Democratic staff expert on Western Hemisphere affairs – in making life difficult for enemies of Fidel Castro is "legendary,” according to Novak.

"She was largely responsible for blocking confirmation of Bush’s 2001 nomination of [Otto] Reich as assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere affairs."

The anti-Bolton campaign suffered a setback when former CIA deputy director of intelligence Jamie Miscik appeared at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing into the nomination and backed away from testifying that harassment from Bolton had "damaged" National Intelligence Officer Fulton Armstrong.

Otto Reich also testified. And Novak writes: "Whatever damage Bolton did to Armstrong professionally could not even compare with Reich testifying that the analyst’s work was considered substandard throughout the national security bureaucracy.

"That fits complaints I have heard from Reagan administration officials about Armstrong’s left-wing bias on Western Hemisphere questions in general, but particularly on Cuba.

"Cuba is the them that runs through the ordeal of John Bolton."

Even the Washington Post has acknowledged that the campaign against Bolton’s nomination is sputtering.

The paper says that while the investigation of Bolton’s performance has turned up numerous examples of "fierce policy disputes" between Bolton and lower-level officials, "no additional direct evidence of abusive behavior toward subordinates has emerged."

40 posted on 05/27/2005 1:06:47 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (This tagline no longer operative....floated away in the flood of 2005 ,)
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