Posted on 08/02/2005 2:24:47 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold blasted President Bush's decision to unilaterally make John Bolton the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations with a recess appointment while Congress was out of session.
Feingold, D-Wis., is a member of the Senate's Foreign Relations Committee, where he opposed Bolton's nomination. The Senate refused to make a final decision on the nomination pending review of documents that the administration declined to provide in what Feingold characterized as "blatant disregard for the Senate's constitutional rights and responsibilities."
"Mr. Bolton is fundamentally unsuited for the job, and his record reveals a truly disturbing intolerance of dissent," Feingold said Monday in a prepared statement.
"Despite all the warning signs and all of the red flags, the president has taken this extraordinary step to send a polarizing figure with tattered credibility to represent us at the United Nations."
"At a time when we need to be doing our very best to mend frayed relationships, encourage real burden-sharing and nurture a rock-solid international coalition to fight terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, the American people deserve better than John Bolton," Feingold concluded.
Feingold's Wisconsin colleague, Sen. Herb Kohl, was traveling today and could not be reached for comment, but he has criticized Bolton in the past.
In May, Kohl said Bolton's appointment "will harm our interests at the U.N. and hamstring our international cooperation efforts. Mr. Bolton, whom I opposed when he was nominated to be the under secretary for arms control, did not distinguish himself in his last job. His comments about the North Korean regime during sensitive negotiations almost derailed our efforts there."
Bolton is OK for other important positions, but not for the UN? Is what Feingold says about Bolton and North Korea true?
Have Voinovich give Feingold a tissue.
It's Feingold! You know he is just after the Dems to nominate him for a VP run. He is sticking his neck out there so the lefties notice him. I don't place any stock in ANYTHING our senator says.
And how is your pathetic wailing bolstering our position at the UN, Senator?
Exactly, STFU!
What good is the U.N. anyway?
derailed what efforts? Exactly what good has ever come out of negotiations with NK?
No, DEMOCRATS in the Senate refused perform their Constitutional duty to allow a vote on the nomination.
It's Slimeroad; the guy who lied about certain key out-of-state contributions just before the 1998 election, and then delayed reporting them beyond the time frame allowed by law.
Efforts to ensure that Krazy Kim did survive in power with nukes, Sen. Slimeroad? Efforts to end the Korean War with the Communists victorious, Sen. Slimeroad? Efforts to sanction the trade of missile technology to Islamist states so they can lay waste to Tel Aviv, then Rome, then London, then the US, Sen. Slimeroad?
LOL, indeed! Did you read Voinovich's statement? I could just picture his tears and the wringing of his hands while I read it!
That would be Senator Russ "legislate against free speech" Finegold.
Methinks the Democrats are afraid Bolton will uncover something at the world's biggest pork barrel project....
Well, NK got to keep Madeline Albright for awhile, not to mention free fuel, food and bribe money. So it did them a lot of good.
Those who felt not enough documents were revealed were free to vote "no."
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"Mr. Bolton is fundamentally unsuited for the job, and his record reveals a truly disturbing intolerance of dissent. . ."
If you want to see intolerance of dissent, then just watch how the Democrats respond to the Bolton appointment!
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