Dodd: Bolton Lacks Support for U.N. Post

AP ^ | 7/31/5 | DOUGLASS K. DANIEL

[SmithL]

Dodd's problem is that Bolton won't support cozying up to Castro.

[ContraryMary]

"That's not what you want to send up, a person who doesn't have the confidence of the Congress..."

Frankly, Congress is so inept that I think their "confidence" or lack of it is irrelevant.

[ncountylee]

Good old "half a waitress sandwich" opens his lying mouth. Sit down and shut up you clown.

[CarlEOlsoniii]

Bolton has the confidence of 50 senators, a majority

Just not Biden, Dodd, Voinovech, the three filibusterees

[So Cal Rocket]

"That's not what you want to send up, a person who doesn't have the confidence of the Congress..."

OK, Dodd... if you think he doesn't have the confidence of Congress, then put him up for an up or down vote - and we'll see if he does or not.

[Travis McGee]

Dodd would gain a lot of confidence in Bolton, if Bolton would blow kisses to Hugo Chavez, Lula in Brazil, and Castro.

[mmercier]

If Dodd is against him then I am for him.

Dodd is upset because we will end up trying to starve Raul off after he takes over from Fidel.

This is going to play out for another few decades, as Chavez is sending the regime enough aid to keep the leadership on life support till the 2030's.

[Wally_Kalbacken]

In the case of the UN I guess I'm more inclined to break something in order to fix it. I'd keep trying for a Senate vote, if the filibuster is invoked - I'd pull the US Mission to the UN and impound all funds destined for the UN in escrow until the senate allows a vote.

Dodd is full of $hit when he suggests that the Ambassador would be less effective if he didn't have the support of the Senate behind him. I'm sure there have been more ineffective Ambassadors with 99-1 confirmations than ineffective Ambassadors who had 51-49 confirmations.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

I don't understand why Bush doesn't just abolish the post then and let the U.N. go its own way if Bolton is not confirmed. Just once I'd like the President to be blunt and play hardball with clowns like Dodd, who isn't fit to be elected ice cream truck driver.

[AliVeritas]

They just don't get it...at all.
Why can't these clowns get snatched up by "insurgents"...oh, my bad, they are insurgents.

[FairOpinion]

If Bolton "lacks support", as Dodd says, then why don't the Democrats just let him have an up or down vote by the entire Senate?! Why isn't some journalist asking Dodd THAT question?

[AliVeritas]

Amen triple E

[Petronski]

Dodd: Bolton Lacks Support for U.N. Post

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[bill1952]

Beat me to it.

The hyposcrisy here, if not outright lies, is unbelievable.

[RedEyeJack]

This is purely Dodd's opinion ("damaged goods"). Dodd and his fellow assassins have done everything they could to damage Bolton to give Bush a minor political defeat. They have succeeded only in proving that they can obstruct someone using the filibuster tactic. If Dodd TRULY believed that Bolton was "damaged" (by his attacks) he would allow a full senate vote (which Bolton would win).

I hope the American public has seen through this farce and recognize that the Senate Democrats only continue to pole vault over mouse turds.

[dc-zoo]

His name is "Dudd" which rymes with "Mud" and "Crud".

[LiberationIT]

If anyone knows what it's like to have lost credibility, it's Dodd.

[Dr.Hilarious]

"He's damaged goods. This is a person who lacks credibility,"

Way to damage the inevitable UN representative of YOUR OWN COUNTRY, d***head.

The unashamed desire of these democrats to hurt the US shouldn't surprise me, but it still does, somehow. They truly only care about their stupid, dying cow of a party more than the country, and I defy anyone to prove otherwise.

[Mad Mammoth]

Senator "Bucketmouth" Dodd is second only to Fat Teddy himself as being the premiere New England blowhard in the Senate. It's too bad that Joe Lieberman is too nice a guy to just walk over to Dodd's office and tell that idiot to STFU.

[CROSSHIGHWAYMAN]

The Senate is filled with human disgraces!!

Sorry to say one is my Senator, Chris Dodd.

Seems like the Northeast is overrun with dimwit voters.

Except New Hampshire.