DEMS, BOLTON AND FILIBUSTER WAR IN THE SENATE
J. Grant Swank, Jr.
Connecticut Senator Christopher J. Dodd is ready for war.
You see, once the Senate cut the deal on the filibuster, the Dems adrenaline shot off the charts. They think they are in the power clutch now and the renegade seven Republicans who sided with the devil are the major cause.
It’s time that the Republican Senators closed forces as one body to put the Dem minority to flight. Any time spared is time wasted. On with the showdown.
Now we’re back to John R. Bolton as US President George W. Bush’s nominee to the ambassadorship at the United Nations. The Dems say that they want to put their hands on two precious documents and if they don’t get those papers in hand, war! Filibuster war. Dodd declares it. The press has been informed.
"’If the administration doesn't give us this information, then I want a 60-vote requirement here so that senators can express their views on this issue of the documentation that we need,’ said Sen. Christopher J. Dodd, a member of the Foreign Relations Committee who has been among Mr. Bolton's strongest critics.”
Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times reports that “Mr. Dodd said he actually supports an up-or-down vote on Mr. Bolton, but is being forced into a filibuster as a protest against the administration.”
There you have it.
Dem Dodd is stating that his own demand is irrational — that is, for a filibuster regarding Bolton’s approval — but that he’s going to do what’s irrational anyhow. Why? To be mean. To “protest against the administration.”
Is that not a typical unreasonable blowhard Dem for you??
Now isn’t that patriotic? Isn’t that doing the people’s business wisely? Isn’t that reaching across the aisle to make for a united Congress? Isn’t that being high class? Isn’t that intelligentsia at its most fashionable? Isn’t that being high-minded and in gear for the best and showing the world how to behave in the US Congress?
Not!
Dodd knows better. But there are certain Dems now in Congress who are getting just a bit heady over this so-called deal made concerning the filibuster.
It’s a deal that should have been damned before it started to breathe. But of course we had to witness seven Republican Judases who showed up to fight off sensibility and party unity, siding in with the deplorable Dems. With that, America was served up the so-called “deal.”
Now it’s moving back to the worn out dialogue focusing on Bolton. We’re all tired of hearing any more about Bolton. We know Bolton. He’s the man for the job. Just because he has a temperament and convictions-bound loyalty as Mr. Bush does not mean that he should not be in the UN.
If anybody should be in the UN it’s somebody like Bolton who can put the Manhattan thugs in their places — and that quite early.
But no, Dodd has to ask for two documents or he’s going to break hell loose. Figures. Typical Dem dumbery.
“Republicans say there are enough votes to confirm Mr. Bolton once those objections are overcome, but they first must win a cloture vote set for this evening to stop the filibuster.”
Well, as far as this one American citizen is concerned, the Republicans had better quit fooling around and put aside their fancy verbiage and their so-called conciliatory attitudes toward the Dems to get on with the major issues facing their body.
Now as if Dodd is not enough to make a fool of his own party, we have Joseph R. Biden, Jr. of Delaware getting into the act. One might imagine. Biden has to be center stage if there’s any ruckus going on. So there the little fellow is, right alongside little fellow Dodd. The two of them are pulling out their guns to blow away.
“Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. of Delaware, the top Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee, is seeking e-mails and other documents that would answer whether Mr. Bolton tried to influence intelligence analysts who were working on congressional testimony about Syria's weapons programs.”
This is called pussyfooting around with bombs in hand. And it’s something that should shut down both Dodd’s and Biden’s Congressional offices. It’s time they take a hiatus.
It’s time they pack their bags to head home for an early Christmas recess.
Connecticut Senator Christopher J. Dodd is ready for war.
You see, once the Senate cut the deal on the filibuster, the Dems adrenaline shot off the charts. They think they are in the power clutch now and the renegade seven Republicans who sided with the devil are the major cause.
It’s time that the Republican Senators closed forces as one body to put the Dem minority to flight. Any time spared is time wasted. On with the showdown.
Now we’re back to John R. Bolton as US President George W. Bush’s nominee to the ambassadorship at the United Nations. The Dems say that they want to put their hands on two precious documents and if they don’t get those papers in hand, war! Filibuster war. Dodd declares it. The press has been informed.
"’If the administration doesn't give us this information, then I want a 60-vote requirement here so that senators can express their views on this issue of the documentation that we need,’ said Sen. Christopher J. Dodd, a member of the Foreign Relations Committee who has been among Mr. Bolton's strongest critics.”
Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times reports that “Mr. Dodd said he actually supports an up-or-down vote on Mr. Bolton, but is being forced into a filibuster as a protest against the administration.”
There you have it.
Dem Dodd is stating that his own demand is irrational — that is, for a filibuster regarding Bolton’s approval — but that he’s going to do what’s irrational anyhow. Why? To be mean. To “protest against the administration.”
Is that not a typical unreasonable blowhard Dem for you??
Now isn’t that patriotic? Isn’t that doing the people’s business wisely? Isn’t that reaching across the aisle to make for a united Congress? Isn’t that being high class? Isn’t that intelligentsia at its most fashionable? Isn’t that being high-minded and in gear for the best and showing the world how to behave in the US Congress?
Not!
Dodd knows better. But there are certain Dems now in Congress who are getting just a bit heady over this so-called deal made concerning the filibuster.
It’s a deal that should have been damned before it started to breathe. But of course we had to witness seven Republican Judases who showed up to fight off sensibility and party unity, siding in with the deplorable Dems. With that, America was served up the so-called “deal.”
Now it’s moving back to the worn out dialogue focusing on Bolton. We’re all tired of hearing any more about Bolton. We know Bolton. He’s the man for the job. Just because he has a temperament and convictions-bound loyalty as Mr. Bush does not mean that he should not be in the UN.
If anybody should be in the UN it’s somebody like Bolton who can put the Manhattan thugs in their places — and that quite early.
But no, Dodd has to ask for two documents or he’s going to break hell loose. Figures. Typical Dem dumbery.
“Republicans say there are enough votes to confirm Mr. Bolton once those objections are overcome, but they first must win a cloture vote set for this evening to stop the filibuster.”
Well, as far as this one American citizen is concerned, the Republicans had better quit fooling around and put aside their fancy verbiage and their so-called conciliatory attitudes toward the Dems to get on with the major issues facing their body.
Now as if Dodd is not enough to make a fool of his own party, we have Joseph R. Biden, Jr. of Delaware getting into the act. One might imagine. Biden has to be center stage if there’s any ruckus going on. So there the little fellow is, right alongside little fellow Dodd. The two of them are pulling out their guns to blow away.
“Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. of Delaware, the top Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee, is seeking e-mails and other documents that would answer whether Mr. Bolton tried to influence intelligence analysts who were working on congressional testimony about Syria's weapons programs.”
This is called pussyfooting around with bombs in hand. And it’s something that should shut down both Dodd’s and Biden’s Congressional offices. It’s time they take a hiatus.
It’s time they pack their bags to head home for an early Christmas recess.
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