[kublia khan]

That is my only regret, A brilliant and resolute individual wasted as a representative to a corrupt and vile institution that has no redeeming value. President Bush could have made a much stronger statement by simply refusing to appoint anyone. He would have been heralded as a champion of the truth if he had simply said we have no one who we value so little that we can waste them at the U.N.

[sgtbono2002]

Exactly: Sheila Jackson Lee or Maxine Waters , even Nancy Pelosi would have been perfect for the job.