Posted on 05/30/2005 8:47:54 PM PDT by CHARLITE
The U.S. Senate will confirm John Bolton as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations when it returns from a weeklong recess and Democratic requests for more information are "just an excuse" to further delay, Vice President Dick Cheney said on Monday.
In an interview on CNN's "Larry King Live," Cheney said he was confident Senate Republican leaders would gather the votes to end debate on the contested nomination. Republican efforts to do so last week ended four votes shy of the 60 needed. Two senators did not vote.
"We've got the votes to confirm him. I'm convinced we will get him confirmed," Cheney said. "We just need three more and I think we'll get those when they come back."
On Thursday the Senate put off the vote on Bolton after Democrats demanded the Bush administration hand over more information that may show Bolton tried to misuse U.S. intelligence to promote his hawkish views. Bolton, a favorite of conservatives, is currently the top U.S. diplomat for arms control.
"The information that they've requested basically has been made available to the chairman and ranking member of the Intelligence committees," Cheney said.
"There's nothing there. This material has been reviewed, the information they're asking for. I think it's just an excuse."
Cheney said he could wholeheartedly endorse Bolton, who Democrats accuse of being a bully who will damage U.S. relations with the United Nations.
"He's tough. But I can't think of sending somebody to the United Nations as our ambassador who's not tough. I mean the U.N. is in some difficulty."
Cheney mentioned the Iraq oil-for-food scandal and said the body had been unable to deal with Iraq for 12 years. The United States invaded in 2003.
"And I think the United Nations, and the president believes the United Nations badly needs to be reformed. We need a good, tough ambassador up there," Cheney said. "Somebody who will go up and not get captured by the international diplomatic crowd, if you will, but is there as America's representative to the U.N."
YEA, TEAM!!
Char :)
John Bolton is a Big Meany!
Looks like Good News!
As far as "meany" goes, Bolton doesn't hold a candle to Ted Kennedy, Howie Dean, K9 Barb Boxer and a few other left-wing rats.
The King replay is playing now if you can stomach cnn.
"K9 Barb Boxer and a few other left-wing rats!!!!!"
Thanks! You've made my evening with the K9 image!
Char :)
You're quite welcome. Glad to oblige. :)
I wish our guy's would just speck from the heart and say what they really think. Like these dems are all Clymers.
Sounds like it is time to run some commercials in selected markets for those three votes then. Bolton has waited long enough.
I would have been OK with a recess appointment.
Thanks for the ping!
Glad to see Reuters isn't slipping and managed to get the obligatory "invaded" comment in.
Barring that, then Mr. Bolton is the only choice.
The Star Wars bar scene we call the Untied Nations should be concerned about damaging relations with the United States, the world leader in economic concerns, environmental issues, the defeat of tyrants and dictators.... I bet they are really concerned about that last one since they are they tyrants and dictators.
Gee, according to that new book on Bill Clinton, so was Bubba...
"The Star Wars bar scene we call the Untied Nations"
That mental image is so funny and so on the mark.
Bolton will wear the weenies down to a frazzle.
Wasn't it the name of a toothless debating society comprised mostly of dictatorships and oppressive regimes who thankfully stamped their own irrelevancy into the history books by supporting dictators over freedom? Are they still around?
"...who's this "UN" again?
Wasn't it the name of a toothless debating society comprised mostly of dictatorships and oppressive regimes who thankfully stamped their own irrelevancy into the history books by supporting dictators over freedom? Are they still around?"
Yep, that's them! They need to be destroyed. I think there are at least 55 islamic 'nations' and at least as many dictators and despots and their socialist enablers - it's no wonder islam is so bold; Amnesty International released a statement castigating the Western Nations for not doing more about the suffering in Dafur and Kofi Anus cried crocodile tears during a visit to one of the 'camps' in the region WHILE THE ARABS CONTINUED TO HUNT THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN SUDAN LIKE ANIMALS from the backs of camels and horses and bombing them from the air, wiping out entire villages.
Meanwhile in West Papua, natives are being extirminated in a similar fashion, at least 300,000 people have disappeared off the face of the earth - Indonesia is comitting genocide in West Papua and the UN says and does nothing. Why would they? It's their very EXISTENCE which allows this slaughter.
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