WSJ: Bolton to the U.N. - Washington gets the ambassador it needs--and so does Turtle Bay.

...The post had been vacant for six months. Senate Democrats, under the "leadership" of Joe Biden and Chris Dodd, have prolonged and thwarted every attempt to hold a vote on Mr. Bolton.... No wild accusation was ever proved, other than that he sought the removal of two intelligence analysts for incompetence and insubordination. Notably, both the 9/11 Commission and Robb-Silberman Commission said policy makers have a responsibility to question and challenge intelligence analysts.

Senators Biden and Dodd ostentatiously demanded that the Administration let them see confidential intelligence intercepts relating to Mr. Bolton's testimony on Syrian weapons of mass destruction. These same Senators agreed that Mr. Bolton's testimony was accurate. And they knew that intercepts had been reviewed by the Intelligence Committee's two ranking Senators, who said they showed nothing of import. But this reality check didn't stop them from pressing a filibuster.

Mr. Bush now faces crocodile shouts of outrage for having bypassed the Senate, but the appointment is an entirely appropriate use of his constitutional authority to staff the government. Nor has he shown himself willing to abuse the appointment power, unlike the most recent Democratic President.

The most bitterly fought case of the Clinton years was the nomination of Bill Lann Lee as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights. Mr. Lee was given a hearing. But when it became clear that he would be defeated on the floor of the Republican-controlled Senate, it was Democrats who blocked a vote.

In response, Mr. Clinton decided against a recess appointment that would expire at the end of that Congress. Instead, he named Mr. Lee as "acting" Assistant Attorney General, which allowed him to serve until the end of Mr. Clinton's term. Democratic Senator Robert Byrd protested, and even Mr. Clinton admitted this wasn't "entirely constitutional."...

Moreover, the recess appointment is prescribed by the Constitution; filibusters are not. The obstructionist Dems were given an opportunity to advise and consent, not the power to veto presidential nominees. In 2006, they should go the way of their erstwhile leader, Tom "Deeply, Deeply Saddened" Daschle.

Ambassador Bolton said yesterday that he is committed to making the U.N. "a stronger, more effective organization."

2 posted on 08/02/2005 5:28:53 AM PDT by Maceman (Pro Se Defendant from Hell)

Dumb Dingy Harry called President Bush's use of his Constitutional power to appoint Bolton an "abuse of power".

3 posted on 08/02/2005 5:31:00 AM PDT by Carolinamom (Life is a journey, not a destination.)

Another thread, monitoring the antics on the Today Show over the Bolton nomination

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1455232/posts?page=1,50

4 posted on 08/02/2005 5:31:03 AM PDT by saveliberty (Liberal= in need of therapy, but would rather ruin lives of those less fortunate to feel good)

LOL! Yet when a Dem does something illegal, what is it that we hear?

"Everyone does it."

Some people remain at the psychological age of 13 for their entire adult lives.

5 posted on 08/02/2005 5:33:00 AM PDT by saveliberty (Liberal= in need of therapy, but would rather ruin lives of those less fortunate to feel good)

Dodd was on the tube this morning whining. They can dish it out but sure cannot take it. They are all a bunch of baby's and sore losers.

6 posted on 08/02/2005 5:37:58 AM PDT by Piquaboy (22 year veteran of the Army, Air Force and Navy, Pray for all our military .)

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