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Bush Circumvents Senate, Appoints Bolton
AP on Yahoo ^ | 8/1/05 | Terence Hunt - AP

Posted on 08/01/2005 7:24:56 AM PDT by NormsRevenge

WASHINGTON - President Bush sidestepped the Senate and installed embattled nominee John Bolton as ambassador to the United Nations on Monday, ending a five-month impasse with Democrats who accused Bolton of abusing subordinates and twisting intelligence to fit his conservative ideology.

"This post is too important to leave vacant any longer, especially during a war and a vital debate about UN reform," Bush said. He said Bolton had his complete confidence.

Bush put Bolton on the job in a recess appointment — an avenue available to the president when the Congress is in recess. Under the Constitution, a recess appointment during the lawmakers' August break would last until the next session of Congress, which begins in January 2007.

Bolton joined Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at the announcement ceremony and said he was honored and humbled by the president's appointment. "It will be a distinct privilege to be an advocate for America's values and interests at the U.N. and, in the words of the U.N. charter, to help maintain international peace and security," he said.

Bush said that Bolton's nomination had been supported by a majority of the Senate but that "partisan delaying tactics by a handful of senators" had denied the nominee the job.

Bush had refused to give up on Bolton even though the Senate had voted twice to sustain a filibuster against his nominee. Democrats and some Republicans had raised questions about Bolton's fitness for the job, particularly in view of his harsh criticism of the United Nations.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: appoints; bolton; bush; circumvents; senate
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To: NormsRevenge

RIGHT IN YOUR FACE, LIBERAL SOCIALIST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is a CONSTITUTIONAL APPOINTMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

One more for this President, and the Republicans the American people put in power.


21 posted on 08/01/2005 7:39:24 AM PDT by standing united (82nd ABN 1/508th BN Bco 1st Sqd. Alpha Fireteam Leader: "fury from the sky" 8-Duce on the Loose!!)
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To: maggief

I have to say that Bolton has one heck of a cookie duster there.


22 posted on 08/01/2005 7:39:57 AM PDT by bill1952 ("All that we do is done with an eye towards something else.")
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To: KC_Conspirator

I believe that Bill Lan Lee was voted down in the Senate and Clinton appointed him anyway. Am I correct?


23 posted on 08/01/2005 7:40:08 AM PDT by SwatTeam
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To: NormsRevenge
Perhaps:

Bush Circumvents a Senate That Seems Intent on Circumventing the Constitution (and any sense of responsibility or decency)

would be a more apt headline...

24 posted on 08/01/2005 7:40:48 AM PDT by trebb ("I am the way... no one comes to the Father, but by me..." - Jesus in John 14:6 (RSV))
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To: Always Right
Bush Circumvents Senate Obstructionists, Appoints Bolton
25 posted on 08/01/2005 7:41:24 AM PDT by Piranha
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To: NormsRevenge
Dubya keeps slapping the DemoRats. One of these days they might just learn not to "misunderestimate" him. I doubt it though. I especially liked this part:

Bush said that Bolton's nomination had been supported by a majority of the Senate but that "partisan delaying tactics by a handful of senators" had denied the nominee the job.

This lets everyone know it was the DemoRats who prevented the U.S. from having a representative at the UN for the last 5 months.

26 posted on 08/01/2005 7:41:33 AM PDT by daviscupper
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To: NormsRevenge

OMG !

Democrats will go ballistic....


27 posted on 08/01/2005 7:42:13 AM PDT by traumer
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To: bill1952

I believe that they will pick someone who can help them carry a state in the SW.

----

Arizona or New Mexico maybe..

probably Richardson..

definitely not Napolitano,, LOL


28 posted on 08/01/2005 7:42:22 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... "To remain silent when they should protest makes cowards of men." -- THOMAS JEFFERSON)
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To: i_dont_chat
Bush adhered to the practice started under Reagan, to give advance notice of his intentions -- so that Congress could take action, by voting down his nominee. Bush gave his notice; Congress did not act; Bush made the recess appointment.

This is what the Rats and media wanted, an issue to *itch about. They will weave this into the debate and hearings over Roberts to illustrate how the administration has no regard for the constituional duty of the Senate to advise and consent.

29 posted on 08/01/2005 7:43:01 AM PDT by IamConservative (The true character of a man is revealed in what he does when no one is looking.)
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To: SwatTeam

I think you are right. At least he came up for a vote, which Bolton did not.


30 posted on 08/01/2005 7:43:14 AM PDT by KC_Conspirator (This space outsourced to India)
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To: NormsRevenge

The nice thing about this is that, in the end, the democrats did NOT filibuster him because they said he was extreme.

Instead, they filibustered him because they wanted more documents.


31 posted on 08/01/2005 7:44:29 AM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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To: daviscupper
There aren't three people in the US that don't already know that.

He's letting them know publicly that he knows it, and knows how to use the media, as well.

This is a setup for the next round of Bolton confirmation nonsense when his appointment expires.

32 posted on 08/01/2005 7:46:27 AM PDT by bill1952 ("All that we do is done with an eye towards something else.")
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To: NormsRevenge

Way to go W !!


33 posted on 08/01/2005 7:46:56 AM PDT by notes2005
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To: bill1952
"Hey, Mike, got any spare Super Bowl tickets?"


Is there life after Randy Moss?

Go Vikes!

34 posted on 08/01/2005 7:47:07 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... "To remain silent when they should protest makes cowards of men." -- THOMAS JEFFERSON)
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To: NormsRevenge

Ted Kenndy calls appointment "Devious"

Yes Teddy, but not as devious as turning up that inquest of the woman you drowned wearing a neck brace to garner public sympathy...


35 posted on 08/01/2005 7:48:01 AM PDT by Wil H
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To: NormsRevenge
Exactly who/what I was thinking.
36 posted on 08/01/2005 7:48:18 AM PDT by bill1952 ("All that we do is done with an eye towards something else.")
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To: jan in Colorado

"I told ya so." Ping!

LOL!

A.A.C.


37 posted on 08/01/2005 7:48:19 AM PDT by AmericanArchConservative (Armour on, Lances high, Swords out, Bows drawn, Shields front ... Eagles UP!)
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To: Founding Father

You made me sputter, I didn't want to do it. I didn't want to do it.(Insert hum)


ROFLMAO


38 posted on 08/01/2005 7:49:02 AM PDT by TASMANIANRED (Democrats haven't had a new idea since Karl Marx.)
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To: grobdriver

I f@art in their general direction.


39 posted on 08/01/2005 7:49:05 AM PDT by Barb4Bush
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To: KC_Conspirator

Wrong. Bolton made it out of committee, and to the Senate floor.

His first vote was blocked by a filibuster. They tried again a week later and it was blocked again.

Those blocking said they wanted more information from the President before they could "make a decision". Meanwhile, a majority said they had enough information and would vote to confirm.

So, since the democrats insisted they weren't filibustering him SIMPLY to block him, and since at best they information they got would convince them to vote NO which they were going to do anyway, the President was perfectly right to go ahead and appoint him, since he couldn't give them the highly secret information they wanted.


40 posted on 08/01/2005 7:49:15 AM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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