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Byron York: Who killed Bolton? Not the Dems — the GOP, that’s who
The Hill ^ | 12/07/06 | Byron York

Posted on 12/07/2006 3:57:40 PM PST by Jean S

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1 posted on 12/07/2006 3:57:43 PM PST by Jean S
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Chafee can rot in Hell.


2 posted on 12/07/2006 4:00:31 PM PST by dfwgator
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Chafee can rot in Hell.

He will and he'll have plenty of company.

3 posted on 12/07/2006 4:04:35 PM PST by facedown (Armed in the Heartland)
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Voinovich should be voted out of office on the first upcoming opportunity. The people of Ohio should be disgusted by this man -- this former governor who helped put the state on the path that is has been on. But his worst offense was in his weepy rejection of this great patriot's nomination to the stupid UN post. We needed a Bolton -- now who knows what kind of idiot we'll get as a replacement thanks to Senator Voinovich and weeny Lincoln Chafee. SHAME on your both. Neither of you could carry John Bolton's jock-strap, just to borrow an old phrase that seems very appropriate in this case.


4 posted on 12/07/2006 4:04:40 PM PST by ReleaseTheHounds
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They should have done the right thing when they had the chance.

Yep...yet another reason the pubbies are losers.

5 posted on 12/07/2006 4:04:52 PM PST by Chani (Life is fatal. The 100% statistic is compelling.)
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SO why didn't Bush press to have Bolton confirmed this month? The GOP still has 55 seats. Chafee no longer has anything to lose. I don't get it. What's the holdup?


6 posted on 12/07/2006 4:10:57 PM PST by montag813
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Why didn't Joe (memtum) help out to offset Linc?


7 posted on 12/07/2006 4:14:58 PM PST by Paladin2 (Islam is the religion of violins, NOT peas.)
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The article was right on target. The other point is the Dem's party discipline. Other way around, (a) there would have been no defectors, and (b) about half the losers would have been there for who the heck ever the Dems nominated.


8 posted on 12/07/2006 4:17:09 PM PST by return to sender
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I remember the blubbering Voinavich did in regard to Bolton. What a piece of crap.

Total melt-down of the GOP. Time for some fresh faces.

9 posted on 12/07/2006 4:19:20 PM PST by CT
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He can take voinovich and dewine with him. Useless, worthless and mindless.


10 posted on 12/07/2006 4:19:24 PM PST by mrmargaritaville
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To: JeanS
They should have done the right thing when they had the chance.
11 posted on 12/07/2006 4:21:17 PM PST by Logophile
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There is another Republican that goes un named here and it should be named.

Bill Frist....worse leader of the Senate I have ever seen....no guts billy boy....when is he leaving? Or has he already gone?


12 posted on 12/07/2006 4:23:37 PM PST by HarleyLady27 (My ? to libs: "Do they ever shut up on your planet?" "Grow your own DOPE: Plant a LIB!")
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But then soon-to-be-former Sen. Lincoln Chafee (R-R.I.) stepped in to stop Bolton.

No matter how my day is going, I break out into a smile every time I remember he's going.


13 posted on 12/07/2006 4:23:44 PM PST by freedomfiter2
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To: JeanS

This is the fault of the "symbolic majority" we HAD.
RINOS got Conservatives nowhere.

How do you suppose the 'Rats will use their Majority?
I'm guessing with more spine than the alleged Republicans did.
ANWR? Off-Shore Drilling? Permanent tax cuts? Marriage defined? Immigration Reform?

Don't fear, the "rat Majority will be short lived.

We just have to run CONSERVATIVES again!


14 posted on 12/07/2006 4:25:20 PM PST by dave48170
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Uh huh, guess who backed Linc. over a more Conservative challenger?
Yep, same guy who backed Specter.

Sometimes you get what you asked for.


15 posted on 12/07/2006 4:25:23 PM PST by dave48170
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To: montag813

Bush did push to have Bolton confirmed, but Chafee's on the committee and announced he would vote no. Therefore, the committee was deadlocked at 9-9, and Bolton was not voted out to the Senate floor. Nomination - DOA.

I expect Chafee to announce he's switching to the democrat party very soon, and he'll try to get the Dim nomination. If he can get that, he's a shoe-in to get his Senate seat back. Blocking Bolton is groundwork for this.


16 posted on 12/07/2006 4:27:22 PM PST by CFC__VRWC (AIDS, abortion, euthanasia - Don't liberals just kill ya?)
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Bush should have fought harder for Bolton. More proof that his selection of Bolton was just a bone thrown to conservatives.

That famous Bush loyalty seems to be missing when it comes to people like Ashcroft, Bolton, and Rumsfeld.

17 posted on 12/07/2006 4:27:43 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Why can't Republicans stand up to Democrats like they do to terrorists?)
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Bush did push to have Bolton confirmed, but Chafee's on the committee and announced he would vote no

Chafee said that before the election. There did not seem to be any major push since then.

18 posted on 12/07/2006 4:31:05 PM PST by montag813
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To: JeanS

We need a new republican party. Or a new conservative party. Or something.


19 posted on 12/07/2006 4:31:17 PM PST by Asclepius (protectionists would outsource our dignity and prosperity in return for illusory job security)
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That famous Bush loyalty seems to be missing when it comes to people like Ashcroft, Bolton, and Rumsfeld.

I agree. He dumped people who where very dedicated to him and I am angry about it.

20 posted on 12/07/2006 4:31:57 PM PST by Jean S
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