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Politics : I Will Continue to Continue, to Pretend....
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To: Sully- who wrote (9087)4/19/2005 10:15:43 PM
From: Sully-   of 35834
 
Senate Slanderfest to Continue

Power Line

This is bad news: Senator George Voinovich broke ranks today, along with Chuck Hagel, and forced his Republican colleagues to agree to an indefinite postponement in the vote on John Bolton's nomination as U.N. Ambassador. This means the Democrats will have more time, probably around two weeks, to continue slandering Bolton and dredge up more dubious "witnesses" to accuse him of wrongdoing. Like looking at them with his hands on his hips.

The most ludicrous comment of the day came from Voinovich: "The passion on the other side on this, I don't think is political."

The Democrats' assault on Bolton is reminiscent of their attack on Clarence Thomas. They say they have more "witnesses" ready to come out of the weeds and say that Bolton wasn't nice to them. The moral of the story may be that it is career suicide for a Republican to take a front-line appointment in a deeply hostile environment like the State Department.

My instinct is to say that Bolton's nomination is finished. But that might not be right. I had the same reaction when the slanders mounted against Thomas. But someone on the Foreign Relations Committee needs to get tough with the Democrats and their "witnesses." Whether that will happen remains to be seen.

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