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Dayton Uncertain Of Bolton For U.N. Ambassador
WCCO.com ^ | 7/25/06 | AP

Posted on 07/25/2006 3:54:38 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo

Sen. Mark Dayton, who voted to block the nomination of John Bolton as U.N. ambassador last year, said he's keeping an open mind on the re-nomination this time but still needs to be persuaded that Bolton is the right man for the job.

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will hold a hearing on Bolton Thursday. The committee will then decide whether to endorse the nomination before it goes to the full Senate for a possible vote.

President Bush used a recess appointment to name Bolton to the post last August after Democrats blocked a vote on the nomination. That appointment expires at the end of the year.

"I'm willing to look anew at what he's done," Dayton, D-Minn., said in a telephone interview. "I want to let the committee hearing fill the record on those pros and cons."

But Dayton said he was concerned about a recent New York Times story, which reported that foreign diplomats said that Bolton had alienated traditional allies with a combative style.

"Those descriptions echo what was said about Mr. Bolton before when he came to Senate initially," Dayton said. "Whatever the merits of his particular position, the way he conducts himself, the lack of respectful conduct backfires on him and the United States, and unfortunately reinforces the common perception that the U.S. believes that it has the right to do whatever it wants."

But Dayton said he wasn't leaning one way or the other at this point.

"I will have to be persuaded," he said. "I'll keep an open mind. I will follow with interest the hearing."

White House spokesman Alex Conant responded: "Ambassador Bolton is doing an excellent job at the U.N. during very challenging times. Senators are seeing the fruits of John Bolton's labor and so we're seeing stronger support for his nomination. We're hopeful that other senators will be open to taking a new look."

Hopes for winning Senate confirmation rose last week when Sen. George Voinovich, an Ohio Republican who voted against the nomination in committee last year, announced he no longer opposes Bolton's nomination.


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: 109th; ambassador; bolton; dafur; dayton; humanrights; iran; iraq; israel; lebanon; un; unitednations
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Lame Duck Senator ChickenBleep strikes again.
1 posted on 07/25/2006 3:54:38 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Brave Sir Mark Dayton came out from under his desk to criticize a man who is in the trenches of diplomatic warfare everyday?

What a pathetic little girlie man.
2 posted on 07/25/2006 3:56:20 PM PDT by msnimje
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Well, let's see. Mr. Bolton abhors the U.N. Would probably like to see the U.S. abdicate it's role in the U.N. and would likely support it's removal from our soil. Yep, he's good.
3 posted on 07/25/2006 3:57:19 PM PDT by phoenix0468 (http://www.mylocalforum.com -- Go Speak Your Mind.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
i don't think we have to worry too much about this other than keeping an eye on it and al ittle pressure.

I wasn;'t thrilled with Bolton's nomination but he has done an excellent job of representing the President's policies without causing undue problems. He may get some votes against him but the Dems would have to be stupid to filibuster.
4 posted on 07/25/2006 3:57:55 PM PDT by gondramB (The options on the table have been there from the beginning. Withdraw and fail or commit and succeed)
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To: msnimje
Senator Dayton


5 posted on 07/25/2006 3:58:18 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Carry Daily. Apply Sparingly.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Political pussyism at its best.


6 posted on 07/25/2006 3:59:14 PM PDT by toddlintown
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"He may get some votes against him but the Dems would have to be stupid to filibuster."

And what part of that statement is supposed to make us feel better? ;)


7 posted on 07/25/2006 4:01:04 PM PDT by Hazcat
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

John Bolton needs to run for president. The man has balls and says what's on his mind.


8 posted on 07/25/2006 4:02:39 PM PDT by Normal4me
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To: Hazcat

>>And what part of that statement is supposed to make us feel better? ;)<<


Good point... :)
I should have said that they would lose that publicity war so badly even Harry Reid should know better....

Actually that's not that encouraging either..I think I'll be quiet now. :)


9 posted on 07/25/2006 4:04:03 PM PDT by gondramB (The options on the table have been there from the beginning. Withdraw and fail or commit and succeed)
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To: gondramB
...but the Dems would have to be stupid to filibuster.

I think that issue has been settled, they are beyond stupid. Stupid is in fact an ever diminishing dot in their rearview mirror.
10 posted on 07/25/2006 4:04:58 PM PDT by CoolPapaBoze
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To: CoolPapaBoze

Yeah, I already had to correct that post.... :(


11 posted on 07/25/2006 4:06:27 PM PDT by gondramB (The options on the table have been there from the beginning. Withdraw and fail or commit and succeed)
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I wasn;'t thrilled with Bolton's nomination....

Just curious; why?

12 posted on 07/25/2006 4:06:53 PM PDT by Chuck54 (Ann Coulter was right: Liberals - Born to Run)
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It's HARD to come uo with a "They wouldn't be so supid....." when your talking about Dems and lefties. :)


13 posted on 07/25/2006 4:07:10 PM PDT by Hazcat
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

"But Dayton said he was concerned about a recent New York Times story, which reported that foreign diplomats said that Bolton had alienated traditional allies with a combative style."

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More than a few of our so-called "traditional allies" should have been alienated a long time ago.


14 posted on 07/25/2006 4:07:16 PM PDT by fatnotlazy
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
As a Minnesotan, I would like to apologize to the entire world for the grotesque idiocy of our senior Senator Marky Dayton.
15 posted on 07/25/2006 4:08:00 PM PDT by WorkingClassFilth (Yeah, I've got an axe to grind...what else would you use on Leftists?)
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To: Chuck54

I didn't say that.


16 posted on 07/25/2006 4:08:22 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Carry Daily. Apply Sparingly.)
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>>It's HARD to come uo with a "They wouldn't be so supid....." when your talking about Dems and lefties. :)<<

Yep, far more people identified as Dems than Republicans through the 70's and 80's and yet they managed to lose nearly every Presidential election - that said, they have shown some skill as minority obstructionists.


17 posted on 07/25/2006 4:11:20 PM PDT by gondramB (The options on the table have been there from the beginning. Withdraw and fail or commit and succeed)
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To: WorkingClassFilth

As a Minnesotan, I would like to apologize to the entire world for the grotesque idiocy of our senior Senator Marky Dayton.

***

I forgive you...if you'll forgive me and my fellow Pennsylvanians for Senator Arlen Sphincter.


18 posted on 07/25/2006 4:11:53 PM PDT by fatnotlazy
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Bolton has accomplished more since he's been at the UN than the democratic party has in decades.


19 posted on 07/25/2006 4:12:41 PM PDT by Proud_USA_Republican (We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. - Hillary Clinton)
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To: WorkingClassFilth; ButThreeLeftsDo

LOL. What a burden to have to deliver that apology. Dayton is a piece of work.

"I'm willing to look anew at what he's done," Dayton, D-Minn., said in a telephone interview. "I want to let the committee hearing fill the record on those pros and cons."

Translation =
I have already made up my mind but want to look even more like a nebbish.


20 posted on 07/25/2006 4:13:24 PM PDT by bwteim (bwteim = Begin With The End In Mind)
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