April 11, 2005
THESE GUYS ARE HOPELESS:
Democrats Grill U.N. Nominee John Bolton (BARRY SCHWEID, 4/11/05, AP)
Republicans control the Foreign Relations Committee by 10-8, but most if not all panel Democrats are expected to oppose the nomination. One of them, Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., said Bolton has not been an effective arms negotiator and speaks to people in a condescending, inflammatory way."That's not the kind of representative of America that we want in the United Nations," Nelson said.
Americans don't feel condescension towards the UN? Does Mr. Nelson know any Americans outside his caucus? Posted by Orrin Judd at April 11, 2005 12:12 PM
The UN is now the butt of jokes on SNL, and there is today no greater indicator of Middle American disdain than that. In Florida, a pro-UN position is certainly going to appeal to the elderly Jews from NYC living in the condos. NOT!
I guess Nelson is going through the motions of running for re-election, and will then settle down to lobbying for the Fanjuls after his defeat.
Posted by: bart at April 11, 2005 12:15 PMThe way the democrats are hammering John Bolton, you just know that they would like to nominate the best of their best - Ramsey Clark - for the UN post if they were in control.
And, yeah, Bart, when SNL as well as Leno and Letterman start slamming the UN, you know the game is over.
Posted by: John J. Coupal at April 11, 2005 12:26 PMAre there any American's in his caucus?
Posted by: Luciferous at April 11, 2005 1:19 PMI don't care who's named ambassador to the UN, so long as he or she has instructions on day one to stand up in the General Assembly and say, "We quit, and by the way, there are 5,000 New York City traffic cops ouside writing tickets for your cars."
Posted by: Axel Kassel at April 11, 2005 3:40 PM