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Wednesday, May 04, 2005
POLITICAL WISDOM - Asininity in action
By Ryan Walsh
For about a month now, Senate Democrats, with the tacit cooperation of a few affectedly moderate Republicans, have mounted incessant attacks on John Bolton, Bushs nominee for ambassador to the UN.
Lets always put moderate in parentheses when it describes Republicans. We all know, like Ryan, that there is no such thing as a moderate Republican. Thats why we call them ReThuglians. Tell it like it is, Ryan. Asininity in action, or not.
Just when it seemed like the Senate Foreign Relations Committee would approve him and move the nomination to a floor vote, the pro-Bolton alliance of ten Republican Senators crumbled.
Out of nowhere, committee member George Voinovich, R-Ohio, dropped his support and insisted that an exhaustive investigation of Boltons record take place before a formal vote.
Richard Lugar, the committee chairman, looked as though he had just been hit by a charter bus but had miraculously survived. I guess he didnt take the time before the meeting to ensure that all ten Republicans would vote Bolton out of committee. To put it bluntly, the Republicans looked like a bunch of amateurs.
The ReThugs looked like amateurs because one of their number had an attack of conscience? My, my. Ryan is right about how it came out of nowhere, ReThugs rarely have an attack of conscience. In fact, they're amateurs at it. Just hope you are not around a bunch of ReThugs if there is a charter bus in the vicinity.
So what is it about John Bolton that has spawned some Republican concern and rallied Democrats in staunch, unanimous opposition?
Good grief, John Bolton is the son of Spawn? I never knew.
To them, its Boltons pattern of behavior, which thoroughly documented and impenetrable to charges of error repeatedly demonstrates instance after instance in which Bolton has exposed his unscrupulous, headstrong, impudent, and megalomaniac tendencies.
If its thoroughly documented, what the hell are you complaining about, Ryan? I'd be worried about those impenetrable charges, though. They sound, well, electrical, if you know what I mean. If this is your idea of sarcasm, try harder next time, OK?
From this allegation, the Democrats then make the case that each of these characteristics, when packed together in one mans persona, constitutes a much more appalling flaw that makes Bolton unworthy of his appointed position.
If its thoroughly documented...see above. That reference to persona sounds vaguely European to me. Shame on you Ryan.
Indeed, according to Democratic Senator Chris Dodd, it makes him almost indictable.
Almost is good enough for me.
It is, ladies and gentlemen, his meanness. Democrats are apparently implementing a new litmus test on nominations: if you want the job, you have to be a nice, pleasant fellow.
Heaven help us if Bush appointed a nice, pleasant fellow. Everything would be destroyed. Mars would invade. Bass would rule the world. I need my meds.
Lets look at the case against Bolton: His critics claim that Bolton once intimidated and threatened to fire a State Department official that disagreed with him. Heres the real story. Bolton was preparing a draft speech that, among other things, would mention that certain intelligence had suggested that Cuba was looking into biological weapon program a position consistent with the State Departments conclusions. Yet, immediately before Boltons speech was sent to the CIA for review, State Department analyst Christian Westermann attached a cover letter deceitfully stating that the Bureau of Intelligence and Research disagreed with Boltons findings. When Bolton finally heard about what had happened, he had Westermann brought in his office to explain himself. Westermann then lied straight to Boltons face, denying that he had attached the cover letter. Understandably, Bolton was a little ticked off. To paraphrase what Brit Hume noted on Fox News Sunday, most of us would have thrown Westermann out the window.
Anything Brit Hume says must be the truth, its Fox News after all. Ryan also has his story almost right. Bolton wanted to change the intelligence to fit the story from the State Department. The analyst stated that Bolton was wrong. It seems that Ryan & the ReThugs have a problem with a little things called facts. Oh, Bolton tailoring intelligence to fit his ideology is not deceitful according to Ryan, the analysts facts are deceitful.
After this story hit the presses, all sorts of other bureaucrats who claimed Bolton had once bullied them came forward. Someone named Lynne Finney says that Bolton once yelled at her, too. But one look at her website would persuade even the most sanguine minds that Finney is a certifiable weirdo.
Hey Ryan, provide some facts about Lynne Finneys weirdnesses, OK. I can't just accept things like you do. I haven't had the kool-aid. Of course, when one brave person comes forward, others may follow, but Ryan doesn't like that. & of course, being yelled at is a good thing. It builds character or something.
A third complaint came from Melody Townsel, a self-described liberal Democrat and founder of a chapter of Mothers Opposing Bush. She claims Bolton once lost his cool and threw a file at her.
Of course, Im sure no one in Washington could relate to dealing with his or her subordinates in such a manner.
Ryan is a self-described conservative Republican (OK, I changed it, he's young.) & a founding member of Grantsburgians Against Goose Crap. I made that up, but it was fun. & of course, Ryan, if everyone else was jumping off the Washington Monument, all of us should.
While the Democrats case against Bolton may appear to focus only on his personality, it really centers on Boltons attitude toward the UN.
He believes, more than anything else, that the UN needs reform. Considering the Oil-for-Food scandal, Paul Volckers independent investigations (highly critical of Kofi Annan), the Security Councils failure to intervene in the Sudan slaughter, the reprehensible behavior of UN peacekeepers in the Congo and Morocco, and countless other disgraces, most of us would agree with Bolton.
O, contraire Ryan, he wants to blow the top floors off the U.N building. Very Tim McVeigh you & Mr. Bolton.
Bolton, to his credit, isnt about pleasing the foreign policy establishment.
That's right, the hell with the educated classes. The hell with the experienced foreign service people. They aren't ideological enough. They don't lie or bend the intelligence enough to fit the Bush plan.
In 1992, he successfully marshaled an effort to repeal the UNs notoriously hateful Zionism is Racism resolution. Around 10 years later, he assembled a multilateral coalition behind the Proliferation Security Initiative, a treaty responsible for the capturing of Libyan WMDs.
Captured? I dont think so.
For his attitude, his accomplishments, and his policies, Bolton ought to be approved. If someones feelings get hurt as a result, oh well.
That's right, we must support his attitude & not care about anyone's feelings, because they're stupid & weak. So, here's an attitude - shut up & grow up Ryan. Get a job & support a family on your attitude. Wait a minute, that's the nuclear option I think. OK, then, I have an attitude so I must be right. But I'm not a ReThug (I changed back, OK? & if you don't like it I'm going to chase you down the hall of a motel & throw things at you). So I can't be right. But I want to be write, no right, no I want to be Ryan, shut the hell up, where are your, eh, my, meds? Good night Gracie.
Wednesday, May 04, 2005
POLITICAL WISDOM - Asininity in action
By Ryan Walsh
For about a month now, Senate Democrats, with the tacit cooperation of a few affectedly moderate Republicans, have mounted incessant attacks on John Bolton, Bushs nominee for ambassador to the UN.
Lets always put moderate in parentheses when it describes Republicans. We all know, like Ryan, that there is no such thing as a moderate Republican. Thats why we call them ReThuglians. Tell it like it is, Ryan. Asininity in action, or not.
Just when it seemed like the Senate Foreign Relations Committee would approve him and move the nomination to a floor vote, the pro-Bolton alliance of ten Republican Senators crumbled.
Out of nowhere, committee member George Voinovich, R-Ohio, dropped his support and insisted that an exhaustive investigation of Boltons record take place before a formal vote.
Richard Lugar, the committee chairman, looked as though he had just been hit by a charter bus but had miraculously survived. I guess he didnt take the time before the meeting to ensure that all ten Republicans would vote Bolton out of committee. To put it bluntly, the Republicans looked like a bunch of amateurs.
The ReThugs looked like amateurs because one of their number had an attack of conscience? My, my. Ryan is right about how it came out of nowhere, ReThugs rarely have an attack of conscience. In fact, they're amateurs at it. Just hope you are not around a bunch of ReThugs if there is a charter bus in the vicinity.
So what is it about John Bolton that has spawned some Republican concern and rallied Democrats in staunch, unanimous opposition?
Good grief, John Bolton is the son of Spawn? I never knew.
To them, its Boltons pattern of behavior, which thoroughly documented and impenetrable to charges of error repeatedly demonstrates instance after instance in which Bolton has exposed his unscrupulous, headstrong, impudent, and megalomaniac tendencies.
If its thoroughly documented, what the hell are you complaining about, Ryan? I'd be worried about those impenetrable charges, though. They sound, well, electrical, if you know what I mean. If this is your idea of sarcasm, try harder next time, OK?
From this allegation, the Democrats then make the case that each of these characteristics, when packed together in one mans persona, constitutes a much more appalling flaw that makes Bolton unworthy of his appointed position.
If its thoroughly documented...see above. That reference to persona sounds vaguely European to me. Shame on you Ryan.
Indeed, according to Democratic Senator Chris Dodd, it makes him almost indictable.
Almost is good enough for me.
It is, ladies and gentlemen, his meanness. Democrats are apparently implementing a new litmus test on nominations: if you want the job, you have to be a nice, pleasant fellow.
Heaven help us if Bush appointed a nice, pleasant fellow. Everything would be destroyed. Mars would invade. Bass would rule the world. I need my meds.
Lets look at the case against Bolton: His critics claim that Bolton once intimidated and threatened to fire a State Department official that disagreed with him. Heres the real story. Bolton was preparing a draft speech that, among other things, would mention that certain intelligence had suggested that Cuba was looking into biological weapon program a position consistent with the State Departments conclusions. Yet, immediately before Boltons speech was sent to the CIA for review, State Department analyst Christian Westermann attached a cover letter deceitfully stating that the Bureau of Intelligence and Research disagreed with Boltons findings. When Bolton finally heard about what had happened, he had Westermann brought in his office to explain himself. Westermann then lied straight to Boltons face, denying that he had attached the cover letter. Understandably, Bolton was a little ticked off. To paraphrase what Brit Hume noted on Fox News Sunday, most of us would have thrown Westermann out the window.
Anything Brit Hume says must be the truth, its Fox News after all. Ryan also has his story almost right. Bolton wanted to change the intelligence to fit the story from the State Department. The analyst stated that Bolton was wrong. It seems that Ryan & the ReThugs have a problem with a little things called facts. Oh, Bolton tailoring intelligence to fit his ideology is not deceitful according to Ryan, the analysts facts are deceitful.
After this story hit the presses, all sorts of other bureaucrats who claimed Bolton had once bullied them came forward. Someone named Lynne Finney says that Bolton once yelled at her, too. But one look at her website would persuade even the most sanguine minds that Finney is a certifiable weirdo.
Hey Ryan, provide some facts about Lynne Finneys weirdnesses, OK. I can't just accept things like you do. I haven't had the kool-aid. Of course, when one brave person comes forward, others may follow, but Ryan doesn't like that. & of course, being yelled at is a good thing. It builds character or something.
A third complaint came from Melody Townsel, a self-described liberal Democrat and founder of a chapter of Mothers Opposing Bush. She claims Bolton once lost his cool and threw a file at her.
Of course, Im sure no one in Washington could relate to dealing with his or her subordinates in such a manner.
Ryan is a self-described conservative Republican (OK, I changed it, he's young.) & a founding member of Grantsburgians Against Goose Crap. I made that up, but it was fun. & of course, Ryan, if everyone else was jumping off the Washington Monument, all of us should.
While the Democrats case against Bolton may appear to focus only on his personality, it really centers on Boltons attitude toward the UN.
He believes, more than anything else, that the UN needs reform. Considering the Oil-for-Food scandal, Paul Volckers independent investigations (highly critical of Kofi Annan), the Security Councils failure to intervene in the Sudan slaughter, the reprehensible behavior of UN peacekeepers in the Congo and Morocco, and countless other disgraces, most of us would agree with Bolton.
O, contraire Ryan, he wants to blow the top floors off the U.N building. Very Tim McVeigh you & Mr. Bolton.
Bolton, to his credit, isnt about pleasing the foreign policy establishment.
That's right, the hell with the educated classes. The hell with the experienced foreign service people. They aren't ideological enough. They don't lie or bend the intelligence enough to fit the Bush plan.
In 1992, he successfully marshaled an effort to repeal the UNs notoriously hateful Zionism is Racism resolution. Around 10 years later, he assembled a multilateral coalition behind the Proliferation Security Initiative, a treaty responsible for the capturing of Libyan WMDs.
Captured? I dont think so.
For his attitude, his accomplishments, and his policies, Bolton ought to be approved. If someones feelings get hurt as a result, oh well.
That's right, we must support his attitude & not care about anyone's feelings, because they're stupid & weak. So, here's an attitude - shut up & grow up Ryan. Get a job & support a family on your attitude. Wait a minute, that's the nuclear option I think. OK, then, I have an attitude so I must be right. But I'm not a ReThug (I changed back, OK? & if you don't like it I'm going to chase you down the hall of a motel & throw things at you). So I can't be right. But I want to be write, no right, no I want to be Ryan, shut the hell up, where are your, eh, my, meds? Good night Gracie.
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