Blogging For Bolton

Here's a blog dedicated to getting John Bolton confirmed as an ambassador to the United Nations.
ConfirmBolton.com

The Democrats strategy on blocking Bolton is an interesting one, only because it's stunningly weak.

Step one was to block him because he's got beef with the UN.
That's like saying our ambassadors to the Soviet Union should have been pro-Communist.

No. They should be pro-American interests.

Maybe chemotherapy is what the United Nations needs. From his rhetoric, John Bolton appears to be the guy to give it.

That strategy didn't seem to work. So on to plan B.

Step two is to block him because he's allegedly mean to his subordinates. Which is pretty weak. But currently it's all they got.

As brought up on Powerline thursday,

"With all the huffing and puffing of Democrats over whether John Bolton threatened a civil servant's job, I have to ask...What exactly happened with Hillary Clinton and the White House travel office a few years ago? Does this disqualify Bill and/or Hillary from ever working @ the U.N.?"

And the answer...

There is one obvious difference between what Hillary (with help from Bill) undoubtedly did, and what John Bolton allegedly did: Hillary actually got someone fired. Seven people, if my memory is correct.

Well, I guess there is another difference, too. Bolton had reason to be upset with under-performing employees. Hillary just wanted to install her own cronies.

Put him in.

Maybe someone will then say, "Hey.. Libya shouldn't be on the human rights commission."
or "Where's all that oil for food money go?"

The question to ask now is, will step two work? Well, it's appears to sticking right now. Senator Voinovich came out of nowhere to hold things up. I guess we'll see.

It's funny that during the Condi Rice hearings, the argument from the Democrats was that the Secretary of State should question the President's policies. That a Secretary of State should not tow the line... Suddenly, here's a candidate for an office that will *question* the status-quo and question the direction of the United Nations, yet somehow this is not a good thing.

The Democrats are not a party of ideas and positive direction. The Democrats have become a party of "We're not George Bush, and we'll do the opposite."

It's a shame.

Second Bush Administration Posted by AlexC at April 23, 2005 11:28 AM