Monday, July 31, 2006

No Bolton Filibuster

New York Democrat Senator Charles Schumer says there will be no filibuster against UN Ambassador John Bolton.

5 comments:

Rick Ballard said...

DT,

You're right about it being uncomplicated. This is an instance of the administration showing a better sense of political timing than they have done for some time.

As the UNSC begins the process of choosing a new Chief Thief to head the looting it is nice to know that Bolton will have to sign off on the selection. Hopefully someone will be picked who limits himself to stealing what he can carry in both hands.

MeaninglessHotAir said...

at least 33% of all Democrats consider the Israelis as victimizers of the Palestinians and other Arabs in the Middle East.

Unfortunately, that number may be as high as 50% among American Jews, so the Democratic party doesn't really lose with its anti-Israeli stance.

Barry Dauphin said...

Also, Bolton has been in the job for a while, and the earth hasn't exploded. He has presented, even to many of his critics, as forceful and reasonable in pursuit of US policy. Bolton seems to have shown to some what a bunch of losers there are at the UN. The ones who don't support Bolton now are unpersuadable, so why worry about it.

Unknown said...

I like Bolton. I know that he is a popular guy here in the midwest where the UN is generally thought of as a den of thieves.

cf said...

But Dodd romised a "bruising fight". Is Bianca Jagger no longer the chief international adviser for the Dem party?