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Two US Representatives Push GOP's Leach As Envoy To UN
Associated Press (excerpt) ^ | November 14, 2006

Posted on 11/14/2006 2:34:06 PM PST by HAL9000

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WASHINGTON (AP)--A House Republican and Democrat, in the new spirit of bipartisanship, are urging President George W. Bush to name defeated Republican Rep. Jim Leach to be the next U.S. ambassador to the U.N.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: Iowa
KEYWORDS: bolton; jimleach; johnbolton; leach; rino; statedepartment; un; unambassador; unitednations
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To: Joe Boucher
Rewind to 1995. Pull a Bill Clinton on the demorats.

If Bolton's nomination does not make it to the Senate floor I hope President Bush just leaves the post vacant. Let the rats explain why we do not have an ambassador at the UN.
21 posted on 11/14/2006 2:59:58 PM PST by Jacquerie (All Muslims are suspect.)
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To: HAL9000

PUKE


22 posted on 11/14/2006 3:01:17 PM PST by OldFriend (WEAKNESS IS A PROVOCATION, AN INVITATION TO OUR FOES TO CONFRONT US)
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To: Jacquerie

The U.N.?
What a waste.


23 posted on 11/14/2006 3:02:22 PM PST by Joe Boucher (an enemy of islam)
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To: HAL9000
in the new spirit of bipartisanship

Geez.

24 posted on 11/14/2006 3:03:59 PM PST by Crawdad (Is this thing on?)
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To: HAL9000

Forget it!


25 posted on 11/14/2006 3:15:00 PM PST by San Jacinto
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To: Crawdad

Can we say Linguini?


26 posted on 11/14/2006 3:15:38 PM PST by tom paine 2
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To: motife

The guy wasn't smart or observant enough to realize that his seat was in jeopardy (despite warnings from the national party apparatus). In no way is he smart enough to represent this country's interests at the UN.


27 posted on 11/14/2006 3:15:56 PM PST by Steve_Stifler
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To: Jacquerie

And add to your brilliant idea (I actually mean that!) that GW could issue an executive order to stop ALL funding to the UN and ALL UN activities until Bolton gets his vote.


28 posted on 11/14/2006 3:38:53 PM PST by TheBattman (I've got TWO QUESTIONS for you....)
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To: Buck W.

Is Jesse Helms still around? lol


29 posted on 11/14/2006 3:39:44 PM PST by Constantine XIII
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To: TheBattman

We're already withholding funding. Their receiving funds is tied to their effort to clean up the un.


30 posted on 11/14/2006 3:45:33 PM PST by monkeywrench (Deut. 27:17 Cursed be he that removeth his neighbor's landmark)
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To: hubbubhubbub

I'm not a big fan of this new trend among us to enforce "ideological purity" on the Republican Party, but Jim Leach really was a disaster. He was truly wrong on a host of really important issues. He was a spineless moderate when he should have been a Conservative, and he was an Authoritarian quasi-fascist when he should have taken more moderate positions. This guy was just flat out wrong about nearly everything.


31 posted on 11/14/2006 4:01:04 PM PST by MarkDel
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To: TheBattman
Yeah, stop funding until the demorats give an up or down vote. We forget that Reagan went over the heads of the old media to sell his ideas. It can be done again, President Bush can do it and conservatives in Congress, talk radio, etc can support him. It is only a matter of will.
32 posted on 11/14/2006 4:04:47 PM PST by Jacquerie (All Muslims are suspect.)
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To: Omega Man II

Leach has never been the same since the Whitewater hearings.....if memory serves, people were going through his garbage, and leaving him threats on the phone, etc. (ala Kathleen Willey's dead cat). The real Jim Leach then disappeared, never to be heard from again.


33 posted on 11/14/2006 4:05:12 PM PST by MamaLucci (God Bless Our Troops)
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To: MamaLucci
Leach has never been the same since the Whitewater hearings.....

Hillary's FBI files just keep on giving.

34 posted on 11/14/2006 4:06:56 PM PST by Jacquerie (All Muslims are suspect.)
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To: HAL9000

It'd make more sense to have him head up the DNC, frankly.


35 posted on 11/14/2006 4:07:52 PM PST by elhombrelibre (Bush underestimated the Democrats ability to rewrite their history with MSM help.)
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To: Dane
Santorum for Supreme Court. Why waste him in a job that's essentially a side show for freaks and weirdos?
36 posted on 11/14/2006 4:09:01 PM PST by elhombrelibre (Bush underestimated the Democrats ability to rewrite their history with MSM help.)
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To: HAL9000

Not

Gonna

Happen


37 posted on 11/14/2006 4:12:27 PM PST by Bean Counter (Stout Hearts!!)
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To: HAL9000

What a joke! We're going to replace the testosterone endowed Mr. Bolton with this soggy piece of limp toast? Jim Leach is a spineless, ball-less limp wristed girly man. God help us!


38 posted on 11/14/2006 4:15:44 PM PST by pgkdan
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To: Constantine XIII
Is Jesse Helms still around? lol

Don't I wish! Little did we know that Jesse Helms owned the only set of balls in the GOP Senate Caucus.

39 posted on 11/14/2006 4:17:36 PM PST by pgkdan
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To: pgkdan

That speech where he went and told the UN how much they suck was priceless. XD


40 posted on 11/14/2006 4:37:23 PM PST by Constantine XIII
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