Bush resubmits Bolton’s nomination to Senate; Update: Chafee will oppose Bolton
posted at 2:27 pm on November 9, 2006 by Allahpundit
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I don’t get it. The plan supposedly is to try to push him through the lame-duck Republican-controlled Congress, but the Democrats have already filibustered him once before. They’re not going to let him sail through now when they kill the nomination in committee in January.
I think Newsmax had it right this morning. He’s DOA. Presumably Bush sent the nomination back up as a sop to the base, to force the Dems to shoot him down; after having handed them Rumsfeld’s scalp yesterday, he must know that we wouldn’t look kindly on Bolton getting thrown under the bus too. According to Andrea Koppel, reporting on this about a half hour ago for CNN, an aide to Biden is already expressing disappointment that Bush hasn’t embraced the new spirit of bipartisan yadda yadda.
Exit question: could he keep Bolton on with a second recess appointment? I heard someone on Fox say the other day that such a move would probably be legal — but that they might not be allowed to pay him a salary(!).
Update: Good ol’ Linc, dicking us over ’til the bitter end. I’m glad to see him go. But alas, Bolton is done:
Sen. Lincoln Chafee, R-R.I., who was defeated by Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse on Tuesday, told reporters in Rhode Island on Thursday that he would continue opposing Bolton. That would deny Republicans the votes they would need to move Bolton’s nomination from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to the full Senate.
Democrats indicated that even should the Senate try debating Bolton’s nomination when lawmakers reconvene next week — still under Republican control — they would stretch out debate on Bolton with the aim of killing it.
“I see no point in considering Mr. Bolton’s nomination again in the Foreign Relations Committee because regardless of what happens there, he is unlikely to be considered by the full Senate,” said Sen. Joseph Biden of Delaware, top Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee.
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Bravo!
Bush didn’t betray us on this one. Bolton is the best guy for the job. He is a badass. The UN needs him to clean their crap up.
Now I have some faith in Bush. Don’t be afraid of those liberals.
msipes on November 9, 2006 at 2:28 PM
Hot DAMN!
Editor on November 9, 2006 at 2:29 PM
Those remianing rinos better have learned their lessions
William Amos on November 9, 2006 at 2:31 PM
According to Andrea Koppel, reporting on this about a half hour ago for CNN, an aide to Biden is already expressing disappointment that Bush hasn’t embraced the new spirit of bipartisan yadda yadda.
And filibustering him isn’t? Biden is such a maroon.
And let’s face it, Delaware isn’t even a real state.
Slublog on November 9, 2006 at 2:31 PM
Bolton has been doing a hell of a job.
These will be great hearings. Filibuster goes both ways, and the Dems are about to take control. If the WH releases whatever docs they’re supposedly sitting on, what’s the argument against him?
Pablo on November 9, 2006 at 2:32 PM
by the way, it could be that it’s part of the “compromise”. You give us Rummy, we’ll pass through Bolton…. wait for it. Wait for it.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Right – compromise by the Dems.
Editor on November 9, 2006 at 2:33 PM
“Not pay him a salary”???
Hell,it’s the UN,plenty of slush funds around there.Perfect mole cover methinks.
bbz123 on November 9, 2006 at 2:33 PM
i’m sure that the democrats want to send someone that they approve & will agree with the U.N. all the time.
Starblazer on November 9, 2006 at 2:34 PM
I like Bolton…the UN is a cesspool, and he seems to call them on it. Aren’t Democrats the ones who talk about honesty and full visibility and accountability (unless of course Harry Reid is involved). This is the Conservative equivelant of the Market Crash of 1929…to much marginal trading with regard to political capital (stretch of an analogy I know…but in my head it’s brilliant).
StoutRepublican on November 9, 2006 at 2:34 PM
Wouldn’t it be great if they instituted the nuclear option now as a big FU to the left on the way out?
Too bad. We can count on the RINOs…to never exhibit any guts–or do what’s right as opposed to expedient.
urbancenturion on November 9, 2006 at 2:35 PM
Bipartisan? BIPARTISAN?!! TO HELL WITH BIPARTISAN!!! WE’VE HAD SIX YEARS OF “BIPARTISAN!” GRIND CONGRESS TO A HALT!!!
Troy Rasmussen on November 9, 2006 at 2:35 PM
Unless they cut some kind of deal. Let the “Demitude” begin.
jasnell on November 9, 2006 at 2:35 PM
Don’t stand in his way! Fear the ’stache!
frankj on November 9, 2006 at 2:36 PM
I am reminded of a Churchill quote that I heard a few weeks ago: The Americans will always do the right thing–after every other option has been exhausted.
urbancenturion on November 9, 2006 at 2:37 PM
Hey, Bush already embraced the new spirit of bipartisan yadda yadda by abandoning Rummmy.
Maybe it’s time for Biden to embraced the new spirit of bipartisan yadda yadda.
ahem on November 9, 2006 at 2:37 PM
If we all sent him $10 > $100 a week…
SouthernGent on November 9, 2006 at 2:38 PM
FrankJ is right…fear “Fierce”, Bolton’s stache. In fact, Bush should simply nominate the stache, not the whole body.
Bellicose Muse on November 9, 2006 at 2:38 PM
The Dem’s compromise Like the Iranians, the North Koreans, the Russians, and the Chineese compromise!
Dread Pirate Roberts VI on November 9, 2006 at 2:38 PM
I think it’s a smart move either way. He gave them Rumsfeld, now we will get to see if they can be “bipartisan” and magnanimous in their victory and refrain from a filibuster. If they don’t filibuster, Bolton gets through without a recess appointment this time. If they do (which I think they will, for the record), it will be an early revelation that, as usual, democratic “bipartisanship” is a one-way street.
thirteen28 on November 9, 2006 at 2:44 PM
They’re always a day late and a dollar short. If they make a rule change now (nuclear option) then they will be without the fillibuster when the Dems take over. If they go all out to win this one then they’ll become toothles slaves for at least the next two years.
rplat on November 9, 2006 at 2:44 PM
Damn. You beat me to it.
REGIS! REGIS! REGIS! REGIS!
At Regis’ Confirment Hearing, he could saunter across the room, back-hand pimp slap Biden, pinch Pelosi on the ass, then light up a Lucky Strike.
Off Topic but, who would win a cage fight between Regis the ‘Stach and Chuck Norris?
natesnake on November 9, 2006 at 2:46 PM
It’s a good move. Bolton has been quite visible on TV and has been shown performing well, so that any filibustering will be seen as a partisan attack.
tommuck on November 9, 2006 at 2:47 PM
My first preference would be to disband the UN alltogether (at the very least send them packing to a new home far, far away and let someone else foot the bill). But as that is obviously not going to happen, trying to keep Bolton there is a good move.
jman on November 9, 2006 at 2:50 PM
Well it’s the first state so real would seem to be implied. I rather like Bolton but what’s the story with his hair? Very Captain Kangaroo.
honora on November 9, 2006 at 2:50 PM
I’ll throw in a sawbuck, if he doesn’t get a salary. Anyone else with me? Recess appt, paid for by the base – for the last good thing the president has going for him :)
lorien1973 on November 9, 2006 at 2:51 PM
Pah. I’ve been there.
You can’t fool me.
Slublog on November 9, 2006 at 2:51 PM
Zkkkkkkkckkkkkkk! Krraaaaaackkkkkkk!….Ok the bait is in place…..let the wackos get real close before you open up…..hold it……..hold it…..hold it…….FIRE!!!!!!!
This filibuster is the best move Bush could have made! Kudos POTUS!
Limerick on November 9, 2006 at 2:53 PM
I mean, really. Delaware is the result of some cartographers who got drunk and decided to pick on Maryland.
Slublog on November 9, 2006 at 2:54 PM
You better watch it or you will never be able to get your corporation registered.
Do you think there are cartographers anymore? Don’t answer that, I want to think there are.
honora on November 9, 2006 at 2:56 PM
I think we should divide up the southern and mountain states into the size of the northern states. Imagine a republican majority that could never be defeated. Hell, Idaho could get us like 500 senate seats alone.
lorien1973 on November 9, 2006 at 2:56 PM
The same thing happened with term limits after FDR, but I still think it’s better that we have them; and unltimately what is right must prevail.
urbancenturion on November 9, 2006 at 2:57 PM
Delaware.
Official state motto?
You can always pay it off later.
Slublog on November 9, 2006 at 2:58 PM
This gave me a good chuckle. A staff member of our office recently went on vacation to Delaware. I’m all like, Delaware? Who goes on vacation to Delaware?
SWLiP on November 9, 2006 at 3:01 PM
I can do anything you want with Delaware with MapInfo ;) (its a GIS program).
One time I was flying back on the shuttle from Reagan to LaGuardia and who should be walking by, was the dumbest guy in the Senate himself. I prayed that he would not sit next to me so I don’t have to be nice to him.
StuLongIsland on November 9, 2006 at 3:08 PM
http://delaware.gov/
I can you boys are not well acquainted with the lovely little state of Delaware. See above, there will be a quiz tomorrow.
The Delaware state beverage is milk, it turns out. Fancy that.
honora on November 9, 2006 at 3:13 PM
Interesting move…
Could be another Iraq type strategy… get your enemies to attack you on the ground of your choosing…
Bolton has done a good job, and gotten pretty good press. This will show whether the Dems are the party of attack, or as they are trying to NOW potray themselves, a bipartisan party…
Romeo13 on November 9, 2006 at 3:18 PM
I know I send a lot of checks to Delaware.
Slublog on November 9, 2006 at 3:20 PM
…I couldn’t agree more. The Dems are out for scalps, determined to settle scores within *DAYS* of victory….
…in the space of two days, Bush has turned a defeat into a *ROUT*…and is losing, not as a trickle but as a flood, those who stuck up for him for the previous six years. Medicare drug coverage, his partisans dance and excuse. Soft as pudding on the border, his partisans dance and excuse. Fights the war like a Sunday outing, his partisans dance and excuse.
…and I was firmly in that camp. No more.
The Republicans are on their backs, offering their bellies to the Democrats. It’s not enough for them to lose. They have to be submissive.
There *IS* no bipartisanship with the champions defeat and surrender. You can’t “look presidential” when you’re being made the “prison b*tch” of traitors.
Organize and fight. The Republicans should never again expect to take *ANYTHING* for granted. By emboldening the likes of Pelosi, Biden and the Party of bin Laden, they will have to earn their way back. In the meantime, I plan to ignore (R)’s after names…I will assume nothing, and expect less than nothing. The Republicans are infamous, by their own hand.
Conservative or nothing. The die is cast.
Puritan1648 on November 9, 2006 at 3:21 PM
…nonsense…been there…the whole state is backed by a doily…an afterthought…people too dim to be taken as Marylanders and Virginians.
Puritan1648 on November 9, 2006 at 3:24 PM
Filibuster! Filibuster! If Jorge plays the filibuster card now, after all the opportunities he’s had to force the Dems to go to the mattresses over the past 6 years and show themselves for what they are, he’s a bigger jerk than I take him for.
If he wants to do something constructive, he’d better forget the filibuster and take that veto pen out of his butt crack and see if the ink’s still wet from the last time Daddy used it!
Dread Pirate Roberts VI on November 9, 2006 at 3:44 PM
Well? Do they have any maps on their state website, Honora?
No I didnt look thru, but I was a cartographer for a valuation consultant not so long ago….
shooter on November 9, 2006 at 3:46 PM
It’s old, but you asked for it. Separated at birth.
Attila (Pillage Idiot) on November 9, 2006 at 3:51 PM
I think renominating Bolton could be a smart move.
Bolton has been very pro-active in pressing American’s interests at the UN.
So now Bush gives them a choice: Support or oppose a strong US guy at the UN.
If the Democrats support him, we all win. Bolton goes back to the UN, and the democratic party takes it’s first step towards maturity.
If the Democrats oppose him, they will open themselves to Republican counter attacks of being partisan about all of this. That makes the democrats the bad guys.
EFG on November 9, 2006 at 3:56 PM
Yes, to normal people. But it makes them heroes to the nutroots and dinosaur media and themselves!
SouthernGent on November 9, 2006 at 3:58 PM
They’ll be toothless slaves for at least the next 2 years anyway. Further, don’t doubt for a second that if the ‘Rats feel they need the nuclear option, they’ll use it.
steveegg on November 9, 2006 at 3:58 PM
If we win the votes of the normal people, and lose the votes of the nutroots and dinosaur media, I’d say we come out ahead in that exchange.
EFG on November 9, 2006 at 4:02 PM
Chafee is such a dirt bag. Stab us in the back one more time, on your way out, jerk.
Bolton has been the best thing for the UN since they got to put their headquarters on our soil and make us pay for the whole thing. They don’t know what they need, like children. Nuking Bolton is surely in the Dhims playbook, but if anyone’s paying attention anymore they’ll make some enemies.
NTWR on November 9, 2006 at 4:10 PM
Who in the “normal people” even know or care who Bolton is. Be real. Democrats know this. No one will care, especially after the Media frames the debate over what an extremist he is.
This is what the democrats live by. People’s ignorance and not paying attention to what is going on. And democrats know that no one pays attention, so no one will care.
If you think otherwise, you are blind to reality.
lorien1973 on November 9, 2006 at 4:11 PM
Yeah, if that is correct about Bolton being able to be recess appointed again, but without salary, I’d sure kick in $$ monthly to keep Bolton on the job.
He can have the money that I USED to send to the RNC and other RINO causes/candidates.
LegendHasIt on November 9, 2006 at 4:11 PM
What is Lincoln’s problem? Does he not understand why he lost?
I’m so glad he’s gone.
Esthier on November 9, 2006 at 4:14 PM
Obviously not.
So long and good riddance Linc, you f—ing loser.
thirteen28 on November 9, 2006 at 4:19 PM
*shrug* If I were booted out of office, I’d vote against everything too. And take a bunch of bribes, too boot. Why be honest with 2 months left? :)
lorien1973 on November 9, 2006 at 4:21 PM
Chafee’s loss is no loss at all.
Rush Limbaugh got it correct when he said that dumping Rumsfeld would just embolden the Democrats to go after more scalps.
It is a good idea to submit Bolton’s nomination again.
1. It tests whether Pelosi and Reid really mean it.
2. It does give heart to the “base” that he hasn’t rolled over on his back, tail between his legs, and pee-ed on his belly as a result of the election. We’ll see….
3. It puts the Democrats on record.
One of the things I most admired about Bork is when he insisted on the confirmation vote anyway, knowing that he probably didn’t have the votes for confirmation.
If I were Bolton, I’d want the same.
georgej on November 9, 2006 at 4:21 PM
What are the odds that Linc will flip to the Dems and we see him again in a couple of years or terms?
urbancenturion on November 9, 2006 at 4:23 PM
EAT THAT, LIBS.
seejanemom on November 9, 2006 at 4:28 PM
…Chafee…a leftist Republican from Rhode Island….
While I’m sure that he’s hoping to position himself as a man of principle, he has to wake up to the inevitable fact that nobody *cares* if he’s a man of principle. He’s a bastard from a defeated party, in the only state you can cross long-ways on a quarter tank of gas. Rhode Island is made up of the parts of eastern Connecticut folks in Hartford thought was too swampy to incorporate. When the toilets in Massachusetts flush, the water level in Providence raises.
Chafee had no business in the Senate in the first place…Rhode Island shouldn’t be allotted a senator…an alderman, yes…maybe someone who could sit with the “observer” from DC…but a *senator*?
Thirteen colonies be damned…if Rhode Island is due a senator, give one to Houston, one to Atlanta, and two to LA.
I cannot bring myself to compare Chafee to any of the normal vermin one sees when gardening…one could easily turn over any rock or dig though any dog dropping in the yard and find a more deserving life form than this elitist whack-job.
Puritan1648 on November 9, 2006 at 4:31 PM
What are we eating jane? The fact Bolton isn’t going to make it out of committee? We like that.
JaHerer22 on November 9, 2006 at 4:34 PM
I don’t know, maybe the normal people who read newspapers? Like me?* Which is how I first found out about Bolton in the first place. After all, his confirmation strugles were on the front page of newspapers.
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*I’m defining myself as “normal” here. Well maybe sightly sub-normal here, but certainly within one standard deviation…I hope.
EFG on November 9, 2006 at 4:36 PM
Hey, is your handle short for Jack Herer? The pot dude? Awesome…
NTWR on November 9, 2006 at 4:39 PM
Men of principle don’t care what other people think of them. That’s what makes them men of principle.
EFG on November 9, 2006 at 4:42 PM
Ask 100 people on the street who John Bolton is. Who are they gonna say? A singer or the guy at the UN?
If you tell them that he’s our ambassador at the UN, they’ll look at you blankly and say “Why did a singer take a job at the UN”
I’ll guarantee it!
lorien1973 on November 9, 2006 at 4:45 PM
Thank God the useless idiot Chafee is gone. May as well be a democrat in there with the way he votes.
zerodamage on November 9, 2006 at 4:46 PM
There is a pot dude named after me? ( well almost, Jake, not Jack) But exciting nonetheless…who is he and what does he have to do with pot?
JaHerer22 on November 9, 2006 at 4:46 PM
…yes…but they must first be men….
Puritan1648 on November 9, 2006 at 4:47 PM
I’m all for W sending Bolton back with a second recess appointment. Who says it has to be pro bono? W should treat the Senate re: Bolton just as he treated the UN re: Iraq. If he gets filibustered, ask us to pay him directly. It’s all possible with Paypal. 15,000 supporters x $10 each sounds good to me.
Regarding Lincoln Chafee, a chain is only as strong as its weakest link. By allowing him to be called a Republican, the party weakens itself. Could someone please tell me why Chafee hasn’t been removed from this committee and replaced with someone who is at least Republican enough to vote for W?
flutejpl on November 9, 2006 at 4:50 PM
…he’s not gone yet…he still has this last betrayal to get out of his craw….
The notion of running hard on Bolton now, trying to ramrod it through a lame-duck Congress, would work…if not for a zero like Chafee…and for other ambitious losers from a party of losers, who will lukewarmly take up the issue, I expect.
John Bolton has done a good job, and I have yet to see during his short tenure where he’s manifested any of the “extremist” tendencies he’s accused of harboring.
He’s styled an extremist by his opponents — most of them extremists out on the other fringe of the political spectrum from where he’s supposed to reside — for pointing out that the UN is anti-American (which it’s been since the Soviets and their satellites introduced 4 out of 5 UN initiatives), is corrupt (which Kofi and his minions have shown us with crystal clarity is most certainly the case), and all the rest. He’s compotent to fill the position and represent a sovereign nation in a collection of nations…which is probably the *ONE* thing of which he’s most blackly guilty in the minds of his internationalist opposition.
He stands up for the US. For that, he’s as good as crucified.
Puritan1648 on November 9, 2006 at 4:52 PM
All the people asking Biden to show some bipartisanship don’t understand the meaning of the word:
bi·par’·ti·zn adj compromising to placate Democrats
He can’t compromise with himself!
The Monster on November 9, 2006 at 4:53 PM
Well, shit. Why change now?
Kid from Brooklyn on November 9, 2006 at 5:08 PM
I’m with flutejpl….the Paypal button works just fine from here in texico…
thebookkeeper on November 9, 2006 at 5:18 PM
Chafee is a dirtbag. I am so glad he got beat even if it means losing the senate for 2 years. I worked hard to get him defeated in RI. The shame is the Republicans had a good conservative candidate who ran against Chafee in the primary’s but the RNC backed Chafee, now the RNC reaps what they sowed. You can not trust a RINO!
Wade on November 9, 2006 at 5:23 PM
flutejpl,
It’s the same reason the RNC supported him over Steve Laffey, but I don’t know what the hell it is.
Pablo on November 9, 2006 at 5:35 PM
Bolton rules.
David O on November 9, 2006 at 5:48 PM
Re: “He gave them Rumsfeld..”
Actually, he did ALL OF US a big favor getting rid of Rumsfeld. If he’d done it two months ago we could’ve held onto the Senate. All my conservative friends have been calling for his head for a long time, it’s not just Dems and libs. The sad fact is Donald Rumsfeld as been a failure. The Iraq War was supposed to be done quick, on the cheap, with a small force. Strike Three.
lincolnesque on November 9, 2006 at 6:20 PM
On the bright side, consider this last election a cleansing. Ridding us of the low rent RINOs who should have switched parties years ago, now if we could get rid of Arlen the Specter we could have a fresh start.
Zorro on November 9, 2006 at 7:20 PM
What I said about Delaware?
Double for Rhode Island.
(kidding…)
Slublog on November 9, 2006 at 7:28 PM
The man’s nominated for his efforts at the UN, because he’s the only SOB trying to fix the place, why wouldn’t the Dems filibuster.
Mark V. on November 9, 2006 at 8:04 PM
I dunno…call me crazy, but the policy wonks tell us that 87% of America’s Jews voted Dem this time: Bolton not only stands up for this country (almost unique in that respect), but he also stands up for Israel in the U.N.
Maybe Dem Jews will demand that he stay as well as we evil Christian righties.
What are they gonna say to Bork him? “He puts his hands on his hips when he gets mad?”
Jen the Neocon on November 9, 2006 at 8:35 PM
I think I’m the only conservative living in Delaware. Delaware does suck but let me give you all a quick lesson. 90% of all corporations are incorpated there> There is no sales tax> I’m one hour from 1.5 hours from NYC, Atlantic City, DC. Delware is famous for inventing Nylon, Kevlar, and Liquid Body Armor, ClearCoat paints, CarbonNano Tubes, and Neoprene. It was the first state to sign and ratify the US Constituion.
The entire state is completely liberal. Carper won with a 65% landslide. The Governoer Ruth Ann Minor is a lesbian. You can’t smoke anywhere in the state. Yes Delaware does suck.
Egfrow on November 9, 2006 at 9:13 PM
…no…”Is it true, Mr. Bolton, that your mustache was once a member of the exclusionary Augusta National Country Club in the 1970’s?”
“No, Senator…my mustache does not play golf. It plays squash.”
…the mustache is then sworn in, retains its own legal counsel and promptly pleads the 5th….
Puritan1648 on November 9, 2006 at 9:42 PM
Bolton mustache update:
John Bolton’s mustache was taken into custody today after an altercation in a waterfront bar in south Manhattan. It is alleged that Mr. Bolton’s mustache took exception to a remark made by Geraldo Rivera’s mustache, and a fist-fight broke out. Mr. Rivera’s mustache had its…er…nose broken.
Puritan1648 on November 9, 2006 at 9:46 PM
Bolton mustache update:
(Entertainment Tonight) It has been announced that the engagement of John Bolton’s mustache and the mustache of Rosie O’Donnell, popular commedienne and television personality (the mustache, not the woman), has been called off.
It has been reported that Ms. O’Donnell’s mustache has been cited by NYPD undercover police mustaches for allegedly offering “rides” to local Catholic schoolgirls.
More as this story develops….
Puritan1648 on November 9, 2006 at 9:49 PM
The jews that voted dhimmicr@p will soon find out, I fear, that there are very few countrys that will welcome them(george soros)to live(try france).
linc chafee needs to move to france.
Mr. Bolton deserves a chance to be rejected by the dhimmicr@p controlled senate as another strike against them, remembered and voiced in ‘08.
tormod on November 9, 2006 at 9:58 PM
Bolton mustache update:
(National Geographic): It has been reported that John Bolton’s mustache is organizing an expedition, in conjunction with the National Geographic Society, to explore various islands in the central Pacific.
Also involved in the expedition will be John Travolta’s chest hair, Paris Hilton’s plastic smile, several of Lindsey Lohan’s freckles, and Charlie Sheen’s left testicle.
Insiders report that Bill Maher’s soul was asked to accompany the expedition, but it was nowhere to be found.
The expedition is scheduled to leave no later than 1 January. The object of the expedition will be to locate Amelia Earhart’s a$$.
More as this story develops.
Puritan1648 on November 9, 2006 at 10:01 PM
Jen, I don’t believe that 87% of Jews voted Dem. If it’s true, I personally know all the Jews who voted Republican. Or close.
But whatever the correct figure is, it’s still appalling.
Attila (Pillage Idiot) on November 9, 2006 at 10:05 PM
I shall miss Lincoln Chaffee like I missed that boil on my ass the first time I took a three week hiking trip without showering.
Christoph on November 9, 2006 at 10:21 PM
Zorro is definitely onto something. Specter was a complete no-show for Santorum despite Rick sticking his neck out, and subsequently getting it chopped off, by siding with Specter against Toomey. Chaffee shows how similarly unappreciative he is by going completely RINO by opposing the Bolton nomination (re-nomination?), after the GOP backed Chaffee for no principled reason in the primary. If conservatives learn anything, please let it be that RINOs are the cancer (with all due respect to Mr. Specter, sincerely) of the Republican party.
cms on November 9, 2006 at 10:24 PM
Christoph, amen–it was one of the few GOP losses on Tuesday I was actually happy about!
TV:”…and the Dem guy wins the Senate in RI…”
Me: “Again? Chaffee? Oh, it’s official. It’s a real Democrat.”
The *ssclown voted on their side anyway. So I consider this one a draw for our side and not a Dem pickup.
Jen the Neocon on November 9, 2006 at 10:34 PM
Ya know, Attila, I wonder if that “87% of Jews voted Dem” stat is accurate myself. You don’t think the media would LIE to us, do you?
Just like the other canard they’re floating around this week that the electorate hates the GOP’s “racist” stance on immigration and border control and so they all voted Dem, too.
Jen the Neocon on November 9, 2006 at 10:37 PM
Hahaha, we got Bolton too. Sounds great.
Apparently Chaffee is now on the verge of changing parties, just to spite you weasels for the last months in office. Hopefully on his way out he’ll help kill Bolton’s nomination. After this session of congress ends, all of your big names in Congress and the administration are gone.
No more Santorum.
No more J.D. Hayworth.
No more Tom Delay.
No more Donald Rumsfeld.
No more Bolton.
No more Bill Frist.
OUCH.
Grebrook on November 10, 2006 at 7:40 AM
Grebrook=assclown
cms on November 10, 2006 at 9:08 AM
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