Frist: Dems 'were playing politics' with Bolton nomination

[sabra]

http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/blogs/politicalticker/2006/12/frist-dems-were-playing-politics-with.html

Frist: Dems 'were playing politics' with Bolton nomination

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tennessee, lashed out at Democrats Monday for their role in blocking President Bush's nomination of John Bolton for U.N. ambassador.

"While Ambassador Bolton was vigorously advancing America's interests at the United Nations, the Democrats were playing politics with his nomination," Frist said in a statement. "Ambassador Bolton and the American people deserve better."

[Me.]

1. Two Words For Frist

Terry Schaivo

[trotsky]

6. Snap! n/t

[Tesha]

25. Wow! I had two completely different words in mind! (NT)

[CatWoman]

39. that cat killing cocksucker

who gives a fuck what he thinks? :grr:

[0007]

41. Can't wait for that fucking skunk to get out of town

The most despicable asholes around. :grr:

[JNelson6563]

55. My first thought too!

Hypocrite thy name is Rethug! :toast:

[LynnTheDem]

2. And what were the REPUBLICANS doing who said hell no to Bolton?

Playing at being Dems playing politics?

:rofl:

[Binka]

23. Yep! Bring In The High Hard Stinkin Cheese To Go With Bill's Whine!

Go play with yourself Bill, although he is the kind of jerk who couldn't even get a dtae with Rosie.

[Richardo]

3. Dear Bill: Shattup and siddown...

"Your times is over. Don't you get that?"

[SAXMAR]

4. Not playing, Very Serious!

We were not playing politics, we were very serious about blocking Bolton's nomination. As were a few Republican Senators.

[wisteria]

21. Exactly. Too bad Frist seems to want to pass along this misinformation.

Bolton was not the right person for this job and he could of done even more damage than Bush, although that is hard to believe.

[IWantAChange]

5. Sen Frist is dillusional if he thinks anyone cares about what he thinks.....

These politicians who pandered so hard to the Religous Right will hopefully all just dry up and blow away.

[Donnachaidh]

7. Back of the bus Frist --

sit down and shut up like a good MINORITY member. :sarcasm:

[n2doc]

8. So...what are politicians SUPPOSED to do?

if not POLITICS? Bolton sure wasn't advancing MY interests nor those of the majority of Americans who REJECTED Bushco a month ago. Whiner! Loser! Go back to your 1 room hospital, bozo.

[Renew Deal]

9. Yes, Democrats Voinovich and Chaffey were playing politics

:rofl:

[EFerrari]

10. What's that lovely sound?

Republicans WHINING.

:rofl:

[VegasWolf]

42. They are all crying and soaking up their WalMart beer. nt

[Deep13]

11. Just ask Ambassador to Mexico William Weld.

Oh, that's right, when Clinton appointed the former MA-R governor, Helms refused to bring him before the foreign relations committee for an "up or down" vote. Apparently, he did not like Weld's criticism of the extreme right of the R party.

[Deep13]

30. oops, wrong place

[DinahMoeHum]

12. Wassa matta, Frist? Don't like what Lady Karma is doing?

Sucks, don't it?

:nopity:

[iconoclastic cat]

13. And Frist is relevant to politics in America how, exactly? nt

[quiet.american]

14. Frist, change the record, why don't you. Surprise us. n/t

[Blaze Diem]

15. Takes one to know one Firtsy! ROFLMAO

Bolton is a freak from the darkest side of Bush's evil empire.
Go eff yourself Frist..you're now invisible.
No one is listening to you. You have no power so shut up and stop making an ass of yourself. Do the Country a favor, crawl back under your rock you Bush slut.

[sarge43]

16. I love the sound of Repugs whining in the morning

:nopity::rofl:

[seafan]

17. So, it's the DEMOCRATS who played politics with this nomination???????

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/16161295.htm">Bush accepts Bolton's U.N. resignation

Dec. 04, 2006

Bush gave Bolton the job temporarily in August 2005, while Congress was in recess. Under that process, the appointment expires when Congress formally adjourns, no later than early January.

snip

While Bush could not give Bolton another recess appointment, the White House was believed to be exploring other ways of keeping him in the job, perhaps by giving him a title other than ambassador.

For a timely review of Bush's in-your-face bullying with this nominee:

December 4, 2006

"I am deeply disappointed that a handful of United States Senators prevented Ambassador Bolton from receiving the up or down vote he deserved in the Senate," Bush added. "They chose to obstruct his confirmation, even though he enjoys majority support in the Senate, and even though their tactics will disrupt our diplomatic work at a sensitive and important time. This stubborn obstructionism ill serves our country, and discourages men and women of talent from serving their nation."

Bush nominated Bolton in March 2005 for the U.N. post, but the choice quickly ran into opposition from Democrats and a few Republicans over allegations that he tried to spin intelligence to support his political views and bullied subordinates who disagreed with him. Some critics also made an issue of his sometimes prickly personality, arguing that he was too combative for international diplomacy.

After opponents succeeded in blocking the nomination, Bush circumvented the confirmation process by appointing Bolton on a temporary basis during a congressional recess on Aug. 1, 2005.

With the appointment nearing its expiration, Bush resubmitted the nomination Nov. 9. But Democrats remained opposed to the choice, and Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D-Del.), the incoming chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, labeled it a nonstarter. Sen. Lincoln D. Chafee (R-R.I.), a moderate Republican who lost his reelection bid in the Nov. 7 elections, also expressed opposition to the new appointment.

Bush nominates Bolton as U.N. ambassador

March 8, 2005

Bolton drew fire from Democrats in 1994 when he said at a Federalist Society forum that "there is no such thing as the United Nations."

"If the U.N. secretary building in New York lost 10 stories, it wouldn't make a bit of difference," he said.

Several officials from U.N. Security Council member states expressed astonishment that Bush would name someone they believed had a known antipathy toward the United Nations, according to a Reuters report.

But one senior council envoy, speaking to Reuters on condition of anonymity, also spoke of the value of Bolton's high standing in the administration. "It's like the Palestinians having to negotiate with Ariel Sharon. If you have a deal, you know you have a deal," he told Reuters.

[Peace Patriot]

18. It kind of reminds me of the war profiteering corporate news monopolies

(Reuters, AP) this morning attributing Hugo Chavez's landslide victory (61% of the vote) to his government "handouts" (schools, medical clinics, low cost housing, adult literacy programs, small business loans) of oil revenues to the poor. And the poor VOTED FOR HIM, the scum!

[leftofcool]

19. Yo, Frist!

Want some cheese with that whine? Just shutup asshole! Take it like a man.

Left of cool

[Say_What]

20. WAH, WAH, WAH, WHINE, WHINE, WHINE

shut the fuck up you idiot. Repukes are such poor losers.

[LiberalFighter]

43. That guy to Frist's left doesn't look right in his suit.

[myrna minx]

54. Poor, Poor Dr. Cat Killer,

He was under the impression that the unwashed masses were to be either kept in debtor's jail or at least 100 feet away from him. What's this "Freedom of Assembly" his assistant Tad keeps referring to? :rofl:

[yellowcanine]

22. Bill "video doc" Frist pot calls the Democratic kettle black.

Two words, Billy. "Terry Schiavo"

[Tesha]

24. How tragic! (NT)

[Roland99]

26. Well, Bolton and his fellow PNAC fvcks were playing GOD with our military!

[classysassy]

27. Dr Bill

go home.

[Lurking Dem]

28. Why do people who chose politics as a career

always act surprised when what happens in their workplace is....political?

[La Lioness Priyanka]

32. this is what i often think: yes, ofcourse politicians are playing politics

its their profession...what do you think the should do? weave baskets?

[Gemini Cat]

29. Oh WAH!

Playing politics indeed.
What a stupid statement.
Shut-up and go home Frist.

[Deep13]

31. This just in: Frist to Cry Us a River. n/t

[onehandle]

33. Frist: 'got any extra cats lying around?' nt

[sarge43]

34. Hey Frist. You lost. Get over it. n/t

[Lone_Star_Dem]

35. Politics are not a game, but rather an art

Having said that, his appointment was a political one and subject to the rules of politics. The Democrats chose to create their political art where it was most needed, rather than squander it on fundamentalist extremist.

Frist has exhibited the artistic ability of a rat wielding a paint brush. I'm sure he's quite jealous of those with more talent.

[bluestateguy]

36. The Bolton nomination was the rare example of the Democrats playing hardball

and they won.

[MODemocrat]

37. Re: Bill Frist: Thankfully, we do have better as of November 7.

Politics my foot; Bill Frist is the one who politicizes everything, not the Democrats.
:dem:

[Joe Chi Minh]

38. No. Dems don't "play" politics anymore. It's their profession. And they're

going to be extreeeeemely professional in the discharge of their professional duties.

Next question, whine, grizzle, maunder?

[AlCzervik]

40. i'm not a professional video diagnoser like Frist but after seeing him on

the cspan many times i'd say he is in a persistent vegetative state.

[Yavin4]

44. Who Is Senator First?

The name doesn't ring a bell.

[Raine]

45. STFU cat killer

you're irrelevant now, your opinion is worth shit! :evilgrin:

[MasonJar]

46. Thank God you will be gone in a week or two, Frist. You can go

back to treating other doctors" patients by video.

[dennis00]

47. The Leaves Of Winter

My little brother once wondered why leaves are called leaves. They don't leave. We have to rake them up and get rid of them. When I look out the window this time of year I see Republicans dried out and useless, scurrying around wherever the wind blows them, still trying to look important. By January we wiil have them all raked up and gone. Bye Bye Frist Santorum etal.

[PittPoliSci]

48. that's noted bill.

now if you don't mind, we'd like to govern the country as we see fit now. so you can feel free to keep the pathetic psychobabble to a minimum, nobody's listening any more.

[rman]

49. A UN nomination *IS* politics

It's what politicians do: play politics.

[pinniped]

50. Call it whatever, one less nut around.

.

[krispos42]

51. Sign of the times

The William Frist Whinery

"Creating Great Whines Since 1952"

[sakabatou]

52. Hypocrite!

[samsingh]

53. go away cat killer