WH Chuckles as It Stabs Dems in Back: More on the John Bolton Nomination Story

[kpete]

White House Chuckles as It Stabs Dems in Back: More on the John Bolton Nomination Story

Something strange is cooking on the John Bolton nomination. . .

First of all, John Bolton's nomination was formally sent to the U.S. Senate yesterday, Thursday, between 10:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. when the Senate was called to order for a pro forma session designed just to exhange letters and paperwork between the various branches of government.

In other words, correspondence from the White House to the Senate was received during this time.
Remarkably, House Speaker-elect Nancy Pelosi was caught off guard by the Bolton nomination. The nomination is a Senate matter -- but it is also a political matter -- particularly when the theme of the President's lunch yesterday with Pelosi was "trust-building behavior" and "bipartisanship."

However, Pelosi's office did confirm that (a) the President mentioned nothing about re-starting the Bolton process again and (b) Speaker Pelosi opposes him firmly -- arguing that his brand of diplomacy has seriously undermined America's interests and our ability to achieve our national security and foreign policy objectives in the United Nations.

The President's office released word of the Bolton nomination at 1:22 p.m. to the public -- about 7 minutes after Nancy Pelosi actually left the Oval Office.

more at:
http://www.thewashingtonnote.com/archives/001764.php

[acmavm]

1. Okay, now EVERYBODY WHO BELIEVED THAT BLIVET

learned anything from this election had better wise up.

You can't teach an old dog (OR G.W. BUSH**) new tricks.

[madokie]

8. that little basturd has only dug his heels in, He's going to give a fight to the end

thats the only way people like him do things. If they can get the 67 votes they should ignor him and his henchmen as much as possible, just appear to be in total control, make him irrelevant.

[gratuitous]

2. The folks at the Washington Note seem surprised by this

Why would it be strange to them that the Bush administration would try to dick around with things just because they got the most crushing electoral rebuke in living memory? They know one way to govern, and that's by the shiv.

[fooj]

3. Chaffee is going to block the nomination...

Who's chuckling now, assholes? One of their own is set to screw them on this one. LOL!

[Horse with no Name]

6. Can they strip his committee away from him?

I think they can.
It would be ugly but they could achieve what they wanted.
Chafee should have voted his conscience the first time around.
He may not get another chance.

[fooj]

10. Ugh. Say it 'aint so...

[kansasblue]

4. The fricken honeymoon is over.... Let's FIGHT for what's right!

[11 Bravo]

5. I beg to differ.

I have an old dog (14 year old golden retriever). He is still learning tricks. Bush, on the other hand was too fucking dumb to learn ANY tricks, even when he was young.

[buddysmellgood]

7. And so it goes. This is what Bush means by working together.

[Blackhatjack]

9. In This New Spirit of BiPartisanship Nancy Pelosi Needs to....

.... call a press conference and point out that regrets the President failed to mention that he had resubmitted John Bolton's nomination as UN Ambassador.

She needs to ask publicly "Is there anything else, in the new spirit of bipartisanship, that you Mr. President think I would be interested in knowing, which you have not yet told me?"

We need to stand up to the 'Pretender' and let him know the old way of doing things won't pass muster with this new Democratic Majority in charge of Congress.

[Old and In the Way]

11. No upside for Bush....all downside.

Chaffee has already said he's against the nomination, so it doesn't get out of committee. And it's just more proof that Bush has no plans to work with the Democrats. There will be no pressure for Democrats to nominate the walrus for UN Ambassador.