Odd, I've never heard Dodd call a Latin American despot "damaged goods"
"Sandwich" Dodd is damaged goods with 90% of the small percentage of Americans who recognize his name, and yet he remains in the Senate, decade after decade...
Chris Dodd is a twit. What else would anyone expect him to say about any appointment by the President?
Because he KNOWS that Bolton would be confirmed with room to spare.
Considering Congress fiddled while Oil For Food was going on, I don't give a rat's hairy hind end what Congress thinks now.
Dodd,like Kennedy is so much hot air.
If you listen carefully,you hear all the talking points,over and over.
Their theory seems to be that if you say it enough times,someone will start to believe it.
Case in point,Bolton,.
They have been beating him up since March and have come up with nothing more than innuendos,not facts.
Oh, to work in Washington. What a place.
Dodd,like Kennedy is so much hot air.
If you listen carefully,you hear all the talking points,over and over. Their theory seems to be that if you say it enough times,someone will start to beive it. Case in point,Bolton,. They have been beating him up since March and have come up with nothing more than innuendos,not facts. Oh, to work in Washington. What a place.
F = 7 subjected to failed cloture motions in 108th Congress
4 = "1 of 4" that DEMs offered to let GOP choose which 3 to dump
S = Positive mention in Specter's May 9, 2005 speech
M = MOU of 14 will not vote against cloture
m = MOU of 14 makes no promise regarding cloture
R = Post-MOU, Reid indicates desire to filibuster
C = Out of committee & on the Senate's Executive Calendar
U = Unanimous consent to debate - date TBD
D = Democrats offer to debate - date TBD
v = Debate and vote scheduled
V = Vote -on the nomination- concluded
--S -- C-- Boyle, Terrence W. (4th Cir)
--- -R --- Haynes, William James II (4th Cir)
F4S M- CUV Owen, Priscilla (5th Cir)
F-S -- CUV Griffin, Richard A. (6th Cir)
F-S -- CUV McKeague, David W. (6th Cir)
--S -- -D- Neilson, Susan Bieke (6th Cir)
F-- mR --- Saad, Henry W. (6th Cir)
F4S mR C-- Myers, William Gerry III (9th Cir)
F4S M- CUV Pryor, William H. (11th Cir)
F4S M- CUV Brown, Janice Rogers (D.C. Cir)
--S -- CUV Griffith, Thomas B. (D.C. Cir)
--- -R --- Kavanaugh, Brett M. (D.C. Cir)
Last updated, June 21, 2005
Owen: Cloture passed 81-18 on May 24. Confirmed 55-43 on May 25.
Brown: Cloture passed 65-32 on June 7. Confirmed 56-43 on June 8.
Pryor: Cloture passed 67-32 on June 8. Confirmed 53-45 on June 9.
Griffin: Confirmed 95-0 on June 9.
McKeague: Confirmed 96-0 on June 9.
Griffith: Confirmed 73-24 on June 14.
Myers: Out of Committee on March 17.
Boyle: Out of Committee on June 16.
Considering that a majority of Senators support him, it is a false argument for Dodd to say the Bolton lacks the confidence of the Senate. He is being denied a vote by partisan political shenanigans requiring a supermajority, not by lack of confidence.
Bolton should have received an up-or-down vote on the Senate floor, but the Liberals didn't want to give Bush the political victory.
THe good news: We only need Bolton for 17 months, he can start the clean up of the vipers nest in that time. Other good news: the Dem filibuster on the Bolton nomination has made it more difficult for them to filibuster other nominees-- not impossible, just more difficult. Because they look petty and mean-spirited.
I need to start looking for a new tag line.
Can anyone list ten things Christopher Dodd has been RIGHT about within the last ten years?
Or five, within twenty years?
So, again... why would anyone care what he thinks?
Dan
The only damage to Mr. Bolton is being done by partisan obstructionist hacks in the democrat party. Go look in the mirror Sen. Dodd...and practice saying "UN Ambassador Bolton". Get used to it you old fart.
"That's not what you want to send up, a person who doesn't have the confidence of the Congress and so many people who've urged that he not be sent up to do that job," said Dodd, D-Conn., on "Fox News Sunday."
If so many people in Congress are against him, why won't they allow him a confirmation vote?
I also could care less if he has the confidence of Congress.
He has a proven track record of looking after US interests.
He's very clear in his opposition to the corruption in the UN.
He's clear on what the UN is good for, and what is outside the bounds of it's authority.
He's perfect for the job.
I think it's doubtful that he doesn't enjoy the confidence of the majority of the American people.
Congress should quit playing politics and let Bolton do the job for which he's well suited.
Guess, what Chrissie ... we DON'T care.
Fine with me if we send no representative or money to that evil, useless organization.
We don't have much confidence in Congress, or in Dodd.
And Dodd isn't?
Hey, Chris, how was that "waitress sandwich" you and Teddy had?
If Bolton is confirmed, then by default he has the "confidence" of a majority of the Senate.
What you are really saying is that he will not have your confidence...and you know what? Cry me a river.
If (God forbid) you ever win a Democratic President and a majority in the Senate...then your opinion on the matter may make a difference.
In this day and time, lacking the confidence of Congress is a good thing.