Posted on 05/26/2005 9:05:27 PM PDT by Jeff Head
Today, May 26, 2005, the American public and people all over the world witnessed a spectacle on the floor of the US Senate. A US Senator from Ohio, Senator Voinovich, broke down on the floor of the Senate and cried as he expressed his opposition to President Bush's nomination for UN Ambassador, John Bolton. In his impassioned and (apparently) sincere plea, he cried and told America and the world how he was unwilling to "risk" our representation at the UN to Mr. Bolton, and how he, Senator Voinovich feared for his children and grandchildren.
Apparently in considering Mr. Bolton, Senator Voinovich was not present at the confirmation hearings where Bolton testafied and has not met with Mr. Bolton. This alone makes one suspicious of the true nature of today's spectacle.
But, a grandfather fearing for his children and grandchildren is not something to take lightly or cavalierly dismiss. As the father of five children, and the grandfather of three grandchildren with a fourth on the way, I know this to be true. So, I wanted, grandfather to grandfather...father to father...to respond to Senator Voinovich.
I understand his feelings. I too fear for my children and grandchildren.
But I do not fear having a man such as John Bolton as our Ambassador...I fear NOT having a man such as Mr. Bolton as our Ambassador to the UN.
(Excerpt) Read more at spaces.msn.com ...
...like the day before it was formed.
You mean he was crying as though his life really did depend on it? Could be, knowing what the international mafia can do.
Jeff, well-said, friend.
Thank you my friend...God's speed and His best to you and yours!
Watching too many M*A*S*H re-runs ?
Thank you for the link. He certainly got MY opinion. I wasn't sure what category to select; I almost hit "postal" cuz that is a great description of the senator.
Actually, I did too.
LOL!! You should have!! Someone in his office would have had a good laugh :) (or maybe not)
Yeah...that false sense of security we had before 9/11 came to a crashing stop...pardon the tragic pun. I don't know what the future holds, but I know we can't keep making the same mistakes with regards to the UN that led to 9/11.
Kerry Outs Undercover Intelligence Agent in Bolton Hearing
C-SPAN 04/11/2005
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1381586/posts
There are only 99 legal US Senators,
and one illegal one, Hanoi Kerry
Don't be like the Silent Majority in the 60's and 70's
Demand Kerry be ousted from the US Senate!
There is no need to impeach Hanoi Kerry from the US Senate
He is there illegally!
WAKEUP AMERICA!
For those who "forgot" what Hanoi Kerry
did in the past read on and learn the truth.
Hanoi Kerry was still a USNR officer while he:
gave false hearsay testimony to Congress
negotiated with the enemy
helped the US lose a war
abetted in the deaths of millions
created a hostile environment for all servicemen
Why is Kerry still in the US Senate?
This is in violation of
U.S. Constitution Amendment 14 Sec 3
http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.amendmentxiv.html
And the FBI has proof of his treason.
Hanoi Kerry Timeline of a traitor
includes FBI files
May 1970
Kerry and Julia traveled to Paris, France and met with Madame Nguyen Thi Binh, the Foreign Minister of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of Vietnam (PRG), the political wing of the Vietcong, and other Viet Cong and Communist Vietnamese representatives to the Paris peace talks, a trip he now calls a "fact-finding" mission.
(U.S. code 18 U.S.C. 953, declares it illegal for a U.S. citizen to go abroad and negotiate with a foreign power.)
http://www.archive-news.net/Kerry/JK_timeline.html
a) A person charged with absence without leave or missing movement in time of war,
or with any offense punishable by death,
may be tried at any time without limitation.
http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/ucmj.htm#*%20843.%20ART.%2043.%20STATUTE%20OF%20LIMITATIONS
Voiobich embarrassed himself with that little scene. Oops. I never could type. LOL
Voinovich appears to be a man under some duress, like maybe he would like to crawl out of his skin. Some internal struggle of some kind maybe. He seems to be very near the edge doesn't he? Or maybe he deserves an Oscar for his performance. Just from my brief obversations I'd place my bet on the former.
FGS
Did you hear some of the nonsense spewed by Barbara Boxer today. She was blabbing something about Bolton chasing after a woman and beating on her door in a Moscow hotel or something. The dems will stop at nothing! Nothing! My husband called and talked to someone in Boxer's office. He had it out with the guy who answered the phone. I apologize for California.
What's this about Voinovich entering into no-fly zone when Pres Clinton was in the air? And acting like an out-of-control loonie tune?
I saw some of Voinovich's nonsensical speech today. Is he having a breakdown or something? We tried to get through to his office but the lines were all busy. Keep up the pressure. Maybe we can push him right over the edge.
Actually, I agree with him. After watching him for a few minutes, I worried for his children and grandchildren, too. :-)
I have a new title for Harry Reid - MINO (Mormon In Name Only).
By the way, what's this about Hatch voting FOR embryonic stem cell research?!!!!!!!!!
I fear for America with Mr. Voinovich as a senator in my country.
HH: We'll see. We'll see if there aren't others that go weak in the knees. That's what I'm afraid of, John. Now let's play George Voinovich on the floor of the Senate today for John Podhoretz.
Voinovich.mp3
HH: John Podhoretz, your reaction to that little bit of drama.
JP: Cuckoo. I hadn't heard that. I am beyond belief, except for this one thing that cannot be stated too many times. In 1995, George Voinovich, when he was governor of Ohio, he was at the Cleveland airport. The President of the United States was in Cleveland, so there was a no-fly zone declared for the airport. And he insisted that his pilot take off, his personal pilot take off, despite the fact that there was a no-fly zone declared. And he got on the phone with the air traffic controller and said, what are you going to do? Shoot me down?
HH: I didn't know that story.
JP: As a result of that, in 1995, the Federal Aviation Administration fined George Voinovich $20,000 dollars for interfering with the good agency and, you know, the good order of the American aviation system. And for that man to claim that any other human being does not have the temperament to serve in a senior job, when he behaved that way...
HH: I didn't know that. We're out of time. It's the Hugh Hewitt Show.
I was thinking more in terms of the Democrat Party dirt machine. Terry Lenzner & Co.
There were 2 women who complained Bolton yelled at them or some such nonsense. They lost credibility before the Dems could get any mileage from them.
One (Melody Townsel) admitted she plagiarized when working on 2 different college newspapers. Coincidentally, she's a "Mother Against Bush".
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1392284/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1392237/posts
The other accuser, Lynne D. Finney, turns out to be a New Age type of gal.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1390862/posts
I don't know about Hatch, but Arlen Specter is quite outspoken about overriding a Bush veto on embryonic stem cell funding:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1411254/posts
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