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question everything Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-05-06 01:12 PM
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I think that Bolton has gained from the recent battles
he had a lot of exposure and did not generate the image of a raving lunatics that he was portrayed during the failed confirmation

I don't remember whether his confirmation ha become final, since it started as a "recess one" (or whatever the correct term is).

(And, please, do not comment that any one defending Israel is a raving lunatic... unless you want to lock this thread at the bud which is your prerogative, of course).
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Cooley Hurd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-05-06 01:14 PM
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1. Any one defending Israel is a raving lunatic!
Sorry, but I just HAD to do it!:rofl:
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Jim Sagle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-05-06 01:37 PM
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3. How could you be so mean to me?
;(
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Cooley Hurd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-05-06 01:40 PM
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4. Of course, I was just funnin'!
;) :hi:
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ChairmanAgnostic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-05-06 01:15 PM
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2. he has improved, but only in comparison to the other wingnuts
in the administration.

Look at Gonzales. a smile, a shrug, and boom, another constitutional protection goes up in smoke.
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bemildred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-05-06 01:44 PM
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5. I don't see it.
Looks like the same old Dolton to me. It may be that he looks better by comparison with some of the other loons that have come out of the woodwork of late, Krauthammer for example, Dolton sticks to his script better than most.
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MissWaverly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-05-06 02:32 PM
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6. he is not a positive force at all
it reminds me of wrestler that wins on size alone, he pontificates and does not negotiate, it's
like an amateurish imitation of Conde, she shrugs but at least has some savvy, a small amount,
neither one are adequate to the task.
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spindrifter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-05-06 02:40 PM
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7. He does not have the capacity to "improve"--
but he is wily and probably has been ordered to keep some of his evil trickery under control. He probably has some instinctual will to survive--the hearings. And he probably thinks he needs to keep this job at least for now so he can go back to business as usual when things are not so heated up.
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unhappycamper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-05-06 03:20 PM
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8. IIRC, his recess appointment is over when the next Congress
convenes on January 3, 2007. The pubs are pushing the confirmation now in case they lose Senate seats.
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blm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-05-06 03:27 PM
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9. Shows you how well the media kept the FACTS of the Bolton hearings from
the public.

Kerry called out Bolton on his lies, and Bolton was clearly agitated. That should have been the story.

What did the media report? There was a leak in the ceiling.
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IndianaGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-05-06 03:37 PM
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10. Oh, please! Bolton is an enabler of war crimes and is a neocon lunatic!
This piece of shit deserves the gallows, much less the UN ambassadorship.
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leesa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-05-06 04:00 PM
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11. How's that? His goal is still to prod Iran and Syria into war and to block
the UN at every turn. How has he improved? Because he enables Israel?
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ncteechur Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-05-06 04:18 PM
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12. This is only because it is "trial" run.
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OzarkDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-05-06 04:21 PM
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13. The high cost of marginalizing the UN
is the message the public needs to understand.

Bolton's insistence in not working with the UN and other allies is putting a staggering debt on US taxpayers for years to come.

Its criminal and unnecessary to ask voters to keep paying for all these costs. The news media should be harping on this constantly.
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alvarezadams Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-05-06 04:27 PM
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14. They figure
that the ever-expanding debt that the US has with the UN outweighs any other consideration.
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