The limp sister, pretending to enjoy her moment with W.
Posted on 04/22/2005 3:44:52 PM PDT by Crackingham
President Bush's nomination of John Bolton as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations was put in further peril Friday when a fourth Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee expressed concern about him and a former Bush ambassador called his behavior "undiplomatic."
A spokeswoman for Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska said the senator felt the committee “did the right thing delaying the vote on Bolton in light of the recent information presented to the committee.”
Asked if Bolton had Murkowski’s support, spokeswoman Kristin Pugh said, “I can’t speculate on how she would vote.”
She said Murkowski was traveling and could not be reached.
Before the recent allegations that Bolton threatened and bullied subordinates and sought to influence U.S. intelligence assessments improperly, Pugh said Murkowski had met with Bolton and expressed support. But since then, she said, Murkowski decided the accusations merit further examination.
Pugh said Murkowski has discussed the nomination with Sen. George Voinovich, the Ohio Republican who stunned lawmakers when he said he was not prepared to support Bolton as Republicans were set to muscle the nomination through the committee on a party-line vote. Republican Sens. Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island and Chuck Hagel of Nebraska also said they wanted more information on the accusations before they made up their minds.
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They're not called "The Stupid Party" for nothing.
I think Bush needs to do some whip cracking here and let them know that he is in charge of the Party.
Well if he doesn't the Washington Post won't write an nice editorial about him. What's he supposed to do? /sarcasm
Just yank them off any comittee they are on.
Tell them *mabye* they'll get it back with repeated good behavior.
Pubbies are revolting.
This sort of thing happens frequently throughout the federal bureaucracy. The big boss has two obvious things he can do ~ the first is to let it happen, and the staffers go elsewhere. The second is to discipline the boss.
Well, that's what it would seem like, but in the federal government, even in State Department, the boss has a third option ~ forget about it!
And that's apparantly what Powell did up until the New York Times and a couple of their bought and paid-for Senators bothered him.
Now the Internet and the Blogsphere click in and Powell is rapidly finding out that he'd never before been on such a public stage.
Isn't this the same situation Powell got into over Mei Lei? ~ he just kinda' tried to forget about it.
You'd think he'd know better by now.
Stevens is getting up there in years. He looks fine, though, and is sharp as a tack. But, when he retires, Alaska is going to be in big trouble without the pork. Murkowski, who knows, she is still creating her senateness.
The GOP won't have a true majority in the senate until they have over 50 non-RINO's.
This secret plan is to then hold democrats to the new requirements they have set forth. Yeah, that's the ticket, a secret plan. Our side is so friggin' smart.
But...but...but then the MSM will attack the President!
I just called the Anchorage office. Im under the impression, based on the conversation I just had, that she will vote against it..
My mistake! I see the name and think of her father.
The limp sister, pretending to enjoy her moment with W.
Voinovich is starting to take too much heat...so the 'boys' need another freshman senator to 'take one for the team'... play bad cop....and take up the slack.
Looks like a whole herd of rinos is headed our way.
Looks like a whole herd of rinos is headed our way.
Honest question:
If the GOp refuses to stand up and not kowtow to political pressures from non-GOPers then why should I vote for the GOP in November?
The Lemming mentality infects all who govern without conviction.
Guess what? The sicko libs running the Slimes and the ComPost still want to see them lose!
This party is so danged ignorant they're now taking election advice from the Democrats!
Unbelievable. We ought to put bibs around their necks and pin their mittens to their jackets.
It's like herding cats.
The republicans are making a fatal mistake by letting themselves be intimidated by a pack of lying deceiving democRATS. I can't believe it.
Roll over and it's over. The dems will rule soon.
Bush should send Attila the Hun to represent the US in the REPULSIVE UN.
As in the same UN that lowered it's flag when Arafat died, but did not lower it's flag when Reagan died.
As in GET THE UN OUT OF THE US, AND THE US OUT OF THE UN.
President Bush: I've voted straight Republican since voting for Goldwater. If something isn't done about these wayward (so-called) Republicans soon I will never vote Republican again! Time to get some Texas cojones and crack the whip. You have many ways to punish these turncoats. Do it.
( I hope W reads this)
Wow. I was having lunch at the table next to her in Anch during her campaign. If this picture is recent, she's lost a lot of weight and she didn't have that much to lose.
All RINOs must go.
These people are worse than the dems...at least the dems don't try to hide the fact that they are our ememies politically.
Can anyone say "Democratic Senate Majority"? Thanks for nothing, RINOs. It takes a special kind of stupid to be outmanuevered by a lightweight like Harry Reid.
Consider the alternative? Always works for me.
As a Republican for over 30 years, I have to admit I have no answer to your question, other than maybe you shouldn't. I'm losing patience.
I heard that. I re-registered "Decline to State". After what happened to Terri Schindler, I don't trust any of 'em anymore . . . with the possible exception of Tom DeLay.
You are sooooo correct. To all FReepers, my wish is that you see just how hollow this so-called republican party is. It is only the other faction in the "Two-Party Cartel". No true conservative issues are going to get passed that make a real difference because the handlers/special interests elites won't allow it. You can call it in braille.
No illegal immigration enforcement(post 9/11), much more federal spending, increased size and scope of the federal government, Medicaid spending--after withholding accurate figures from GOP congress, steel tariffs and increased farm subsidies.
All in the past five years.
I would say the party is far past on its way to sucking.
We did it in Pennsylvania (with Pat Toomey) and very nearly weeded out the entrenched Arlen Specter. In the meantime, the conservative Toomey is waiting in the wings and his political future is only looking up. More states need to try likewise.
In the meantime, my checkbook remains closed until the GOP does SOMETHING....
"It's the judges and the borders, stupid."
I didn't vote for Specter BUT it's not the party but the person.
I didn't vote for Specter BUT it's not the party but the person
Don't forget, Bush and the GOP endorsed Specter.
Bush nominated Bolton and most of the GOP supports him.
Well, freepers may not believe her, but Hillary has moved to the right of the GOP on stopping illegal immigration and the unified dems along with a minority of Republicans just voted a big increase in border and internal enforcement agents along with funding. The dems are going to look much more in touch with the voters than the GOP on this hot button issue.
Am I missing something? Besides not having a hard-on for the U.N., What are the sins of this man?
Hillary lies.
re#19
same question I am asking myself. Why vote GOP? I want leadership, not a party more concerned with what the media thinks. A GOP majority is a freakin' joke.
This is why we cant control the borders.
This is why our government is spending like drunken sailors.
This is why the Judiciary is out of control and legislating from the bench.
A GOP majority... whoop-de-doo
Until I see some guts on the judicial nominees, some guts on Bolton and some cuts in gov. spending. Not one dime pubbies, not one dime... and you are working on not getting my vote in '06.
Sure she does, but some will believe her, particularly if real money and fte's are appropriated. Also, a key point in all of this is that the Democrats are unified, while the Republicans can't get out of their own way.
Looks more like a media stampede. "Need more time to listen to crap" is not the same as "I'm against."
The next committee meetings will be more indicative of where this will end up. I think Bolton will be voted out of committee on party line.
Well...haven't you heard? HE put his hands on his hips & LOOKED at someone. Can you believe it???
And, and, you know what else...................I think he just might have been upset with someone's incompetence. shhhh, don't tell.
We have to remember this, as in Christopher Shays, Chafee, Specter et pukes who could care less about principles, but only about power.
We are on the edge of an abyss as a Constitutional Republic unless we can put several more US Senators from the (so called red states).
May God Bless America.
A pox on both their houses.
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