Boltons' head on the chopping block next?

[akarunway 1]

Gets better ever day>http://apnews.myway.com/article/20061109/D8L9RE900.html

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Apparently he has a similar management style with his subordinates...

[sundevil777 102]

A few months ago, I remember some Dem senator, I think the woman on the intelligence committee (don't remember her name), saying that she was surprisingly impressed with him, that he was quite reasonable, not an extremist as he had been described by others.

So much for 'working together'.

People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

[kallend 2,151]

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So much for 'working together'.

Right, you'd think Bush would have figured it out after the poll results that he can't just ram his buddies into top jobs any more, he has to work WITH the Congress.

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So much for 'working together'.

Right, you'd think Bush would have figured it out after the poll results that he can't just ram his buddies into top jobs any more, he has to work WITH the Congress.

You actually believe the Congress is going to work with Bush? All this pink cloud, group hug, BS will be gone as soon as the Libs start trying to shove this country into a Marxist Dreamland as they always do.

Better wise up and get ready for the bare-knucked partisan bickering that always results.

I'm not saying that's the way I want it to be. Just saying that's they way it's been for a long time and I see no reason why it's going to change anytime soon. So get used to it.

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[billvon 3,120]

>as soon as the Libs start trying to shove this country into a
>Marxist Dreamland as they always do.

Well, you've got the dems doing that, and Bush trying to turn the US into a dictatorial corporation-centered empire - at least they _both_ have to move towards the center to get anything done now.

[billvon 3,120]

>So much for 'working together'.

Yep. Recess appointments probably aren't going to fly any more. Bush will actually have to talk to congress to get his guys approved.

[happythoughts 0]

Hmmm... I don't really like the UN and neither does Bolton. I think he is perfect for the job.

[sundevil777 102]

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>So much for 'working together'.

Yep. Recess appointments probably aren't going to fly any more. Bush will actually have to talk to congress to get his guys approved.

I realize that the recess appointment was an insult to the Dems, I'm just saying that I thought he had surprised them by doing a good job, not being what they had feared he would be. I can't remember him being criticized for anything he had done since his appointment. Perhaps I just missed it. If all this is true, then the Senate Dems just want to get revenge for the insult of the recess appointment, and that is really crappy.

People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

[Skyrad 0]

GOOD! Can't stand Michael Bolton, and whats with that hair?

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[crwtom 0]

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So much for 'working together'.

they are working together with Repub Sen Chafee, who said he
will block the Bolton nomination, or Repub Sen Voinovich who
strongly opposed him before.

There is bipartispanship - just not the one that Bush would like.

Cheers, T

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[sundevil777 102]

Quite right, 2 repubs opposed him, and at least Chafee still does.

Since you mentioned Voinovich, I thought he also had conceded that Bolton was doing well. Perhaps I'm wrong.

Since he has been in office for a while during some contentious times at the UN, I'd like to know what exactly what part of his performance to which they object. They no longer have to just predict how he will do his job, so what is the problem, what did I miss?

People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

[crwtom 0]

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Quite right, 2 repubs opposed him, and at least Chafee still does.

Since you mentioned Voinovich, I thought he also had conceded that Bolton was doing well. Perhaps I'm wrong.

Since he has been in office for a while during some contentious times at the UN, I'd like to know what exactly what part of his performance they object to. They no longer have to just predict how he will do his job, so what is the problem, what did I miss?

The fact is that Bolton is by no measure a straight forward
nomination, and there are many questions that need to be
answered.

Is he (still) the "quintesential kiss up kick down guy" (as the former
official of this admin C Ford called him) who has a deeply hostile
attitude towards the institution he's supposed to work with, or is a
transformed and effective diplomat.

If he seemd to work well in the last few months was that because he
knew he was "on probabtion" or will you expect him to operate this
way in the future too.

Senators from both sides have points of views on both sides of the
nomination as well as many questions. (There are also dems that
have signaled an open to mildly positive position)

There is a process in place to sort this out. I'd say give that process
some credit and wait for it to take it's course.

Cheers, T

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