April 21, 2005
Fucking Liberal Republicans
President Bush's choice for U.N. ambassador received a serious setback yesterday when the Senate Foreign Relations Committee agreed to delay a vote on his nomination to investigate fresh allegations of improper conduct.
The decision came after Sen. George Voinovich, R-Ohio, shocked fellow Republicans by saying he wanted more time to study the charges against John Bolton, the State Department's top arms-control official.
"I've heard enough today to give me some real concern," Voinovich said. "I don't feel comfortable voting today."
Update, 4/23/05: President Bush's nomination of John Bolton as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations was put in further peril Friday when a fourth Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee expressed concern about him and a former Bush ambassador called his behavior "undiplomatic".
General Powell has let it be known through aides that he did not instigate contacts with the two senators -- Chuck Hagel of Nebraska and Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island -- and merely responded to their inquiries.
His views still carry much weight among Republican moderates, and he has sent two clear signals of how he feels. The first was his failure to sign a letter from former Republican secretaries of state and defence endorsing the nominee; the second was a statement by his former chief-of-staff Lawrence Wilkerson that Mr Bolton would make an "abysmal" ambassador to the UN.
Posted by Eddie Tews at April 21, 2005 05:10 PM
Comments