Bolton Hearing On Now

Guest Post by hilzoy

On CSPAN 3. George Voinovich has stated that he will not vote in favor of Bolton's nomination, but will vote to report it out of the Committee, without recommendation, so that it can have an up or down vote. From the Washington Post:

"In a tense atmosphere, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee debated John Bolton's fitness to be United Nations ambassador on Thursday. A critical Republican senator, George Voinovich of Ohio, agreed to let the nomination go to the full Senate but he called the diplomat "arrogant" and "bullying."

"This administration can do better than that," Voinovich said in the first big battle of President Bush's second term

Voinovich said he could not vote for the nomination, but would agree to send it to the floor without a recommendation of approval or disapproval.

"We owe it to the president to give Mr. Bolton an up-or-down vote on the floor of the U.S. Senate," Voinovich said.

Despite Voinovich's sharp criticism of Bolton, who now serves as the top arms-control diplomat at the State Department, the White House was clearly relieved that the Ohio senator had agreed to let the full Senate decide.

Bush spokesman Scott McClellan said the White House is confident Bolton will be confirmed by the full Senate.

Voinovich called Bolton "the poster child of what someone in the diplomatic corps should not be."

He said Bolton would be fired if he was in the private sector.

"That being said, Mr. Chairman, I am not so arrogant to think that I should impose my judgment and perspective of the U.S. position in the world community on the rest of my colleagues," he added."

Laura Rozen has tried to take down what he said here.

Comments

[Ol Cranky]

"arrogant" and "bullying" now there are two qualities I want in a diplomat

[mudkitty]

"President" Bush called him "blunt." Now if I'm not mistaken, I grew up thinking that blunt was the opposit of diplomatic.

[mudkitty]

"President" Bush called him "blunt." Now if I'm not mistaken, I grew up thinking that blunt was the opposit of diplomatic.

[John Gamble]

Let's face reality.

Was George Allen forgiven for his violently systematic and continuous racist and sexist comments and actions, over a 30 year span of history, because he is a Jew that insulted a silly little Indian-American?

Will Mel Gibson be unforgiven, and remain unforgiven for the rest of eternity, because he is a non-Jew that dared to say a few bad things about Jews during a fifteen minute drunken tirade?

If this is not proof that Jews control this country, its media, and its money, then I really don't know what is.

I try not to judge anyone.

But the double standard here in these two episodes is so obvious that it is sickening.

[Alfonso Chen]

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