Mr. Bolton Resigns (According to the NYT)

New York Times ^ | 5 December 2006 | Pinch?

[shrinkermd]

John Bolton’s decision to resign as America’s envoy to the United Nations was a wise move. He averted a distracting and divisive fight at a time when both Congress and the Bush administration have better things to do. He has also provided President Bush with an opportunity to show the kind of bipartisan leadership he talks about so frequently and exercises so seldom.

This page opposed Mr. Bolton’s nomination in the first place, arguing that at the very minimum, an ambassador to the United Nations should be someone who believed the organization deserved to exist. Mr. Bolton has always been hostile to the U.N., and to the whole spirit of consensus-seeking diplomacy it embodies. When Democrats and moderate Republicans kept the nomination tied up in the Senate, Mr. Bush characteristically insisted on having his own way by giving Mr. Bolton an interim appointment while Congress was out of session.

[andy58-in-nh]

I haven't read the Times in ages -- not since I found out they don't have a comics section. :)

Of course they have a comics section: they just call it the "Editorial Page".

[fatnotlazy]

"I haven't read the Times in ages -- not since I found out they don't have a comics section. :)"

"Of course they have a comics section: they just call it the "Editorial Page"."

ROFL. You got it. Thanks for the laugh.

[Trueblackman]

If I were Bush I would leave the spot vacant and the UN is nothing more than an Arabic Appeasement Club.