George Mitchell for Ambassador to the U.N.?

[cali]

Yeah, I know it's unlikely, but idot drudge says he's on the short list. Freeps, of course, are a-freakin', and I do mean really freaking out about an unsubstantiated drudge rumor. They're horror knows no bounds. Unlikely as it is, I'd love to see Mitchell as the nominee.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1748235/posts

*I'm not bothering to link to drudge because there's not even a story, just a one liner saying that Mitchell is on the short list.

[Penndems]

1. Former Senator Mitchell would be an excellent choice

He's got the diplomacy Bolton lacked, plus he'd win an easy confirmation from the 110th Congress.

[whistle]

2. That could work, George Mitchell is a democrat...

<snip>
MITCHELL, George John, a Senator from Maine; born in Waterville, Kennebec County, Maine, August 20, 1933; attended the public schools; graduated, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, 1954; graduated, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C., 1960; served in the United States Army Counter Intelligence Corps, Berlin, Germany, 1954-1956; admitted to the District of Columbia and Maine bars in 1960 and commenced practice in Portland, Maine, 1965; trial attorney, Antitrust Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., 1960-1962; executive assistant to Senator Edmund S. Muskie 1962-1965; practiced law, Portland, 1965-1977; assistant county attorney for Cumberland County, Maine, 1971; unsuccessful candidate for governor of Maine in 1974; United States Attorney for Maine 1977-1979; United States District Judge for Maine 1979-1980; appointed on May 17, 1980, as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Edmund S. Muskie for the term ending January 3, 1983; sworn in May 19, 1980; reelected in 1982 and again in 1988 and served from May 19, 1980 to January 3, 1995; not a candidate for reelection in 1994; chairman, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (Ninety-ninth Congress); co-chairman, Democratic Policy Committee, Democratic Conference (One Hundredth through One Hundred Third Congresses); majority leader (1989-1995); Special Advisor to the President and the Secretary of State for Economic Initiatives in Ireland (1995-2000); chairman, Sharm el-Sheikh International Fact-Finding Committee to examine crisis in Middle East (2000-2001); engaged in the practice of law in Washington, D.C. (1995-); awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on March 17, 1999.

<also snip>
George J. Mitchell
Disney Company Director since 1995
George J. Mitchell, 72, has served as Chairman of the Board of the Company since March 2004 and is Chairman of the law firm of DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary LLP. He previously served as Chairman of the law firm of Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson & Hand in Washington, D.C., which merged with Piper Rudnick in October 2002. He served as a United States Senator from 1980 to 1995, and was Senate Majority Leader from 1989 to 1995. He is a director of Staples, Inc., an office supply company. He has also served as Chairman of the Peace Negotiations in Northern Ireland and the International Fact-Finding Committee on Violence in the Middle East.

[aquart]

4. Mitchell is acceptable. Bush will never do it.

[cali]

5. Damned straight it could work.

He's one of the best negotiators in the world. Would georgie ever have the good sense to see that Mitchell would be a brilliant pick? Nah.

[Freddie Stubbs]

7. Democrat Norm Mineta served for six years in the Bush Cabinet

as Sec. of Transportation.

[cali]

8. Yes, but he's hardly of the stature that

Mitchell is. I don't think bush is about to nominate a dem as prominent as Mitchell to anything.

[Penndems]

10. We need a career diplomat in that position, or someone with extensive

foreign policy experience who knows the nomenclature of the U.N. backwards and forwards.

Unfortunately, former Secretary Mineta doesn't have the qualifications.
:(

[cali]

11. I don't think anyone was suggesting Norm Mineta

should be the nominee, but George Mitchell fits all the requirements. He's more than qualified, even if he's not a career diplomat.

[Penndems]

13. Former Senator Mitchell was U.S. Envoy to Northern Ireland and

headed up the Dayton Peace Accords Commission. He's certainly well-liked and respected by his colleagues in the Senate.

Now, the question is: Assuming he's offered the U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. position, would he take it?

[dipsydoodle]

3. Misread that at first

thought it said George Michael. :rofl:

[Jack Rabbit]

6. It's a great idea but . . .

. . . Bush is doing the nominating, so we;re more likely going to be reacting to the nomination of Rush Limbaugh than George Mitchell.

[endarkenment]

9. George Michael would be the first openly gay UN ambassador!

That would be great! I'm astonished that the loathsome hate-mongering fundaloon pandering creeps in the white house would consider such a move.

What? Oh you said George Mitchell? Nevermind.
E. Latella, RIP.

[LeftishBrit]

12. That would be really good!

I respect him a lot, not just as an American politician, but for the good contribution he made to the Northern Ireland peace process.

But Bush is never going to appoint anyone decent.

ETA: George Michael might also be an idea!

[WI_DEM]

14. He'd be fine, but why would he want to join an administration with

only two years left?

[cali]

15. More to the point, why would he want to join

an administration whose policy is antithetical to his beliefs- as I suspect they are.

[Old and In the Way]

16. George Mitchell would be an excellent choice.

That's why Bush will not nominate him.