April 25, 2005

Filiblustering

It would be funny if there weren't serious and responsible adults involved.

    ''He yelled that if I didn't obey him, he would fire me," [former Bolton employee and accuser Lynne Finney] wrote. ''I said I could not live with myself if even one baby died because of something I did. . . . He screamed that I was fired."

    Bolton has declined to comment on allegations during the confirmation process.

    The State Department would not comment last night. But Friday, spokesman Adam Ereli said once the allegations are explored, it will lead to the ''inescapable conclusion that Mr. Bolton would be an excellent ambassador."

    Finney, a therapist who has written about ''recovered memories" in childhood sex-abuse cases, said Bolton was not allowed to fire her, but he moved her to a basement office in retaliation. She said that the top USAID administrator at the time, Peter McPherson, came by after the clash to assure her that her career wasn't over.


That event happened in 1982 or 1983!

In related news, in 1974, Hillary Rodham Clinton allegedly called a campaign worker "a f*cking Jew b*astard."

Like the Bolton-Finney allegation, there are also a number of witnesses to that event. There was also an alleged First Lady lamp-throwing incident early in the Clinton White House.

House Majority Whip Senator Mitch McConnell (R - Kentucky) counted the votes, and thinks that they can end the filibuster, and miraculously Senator Joe Biden (D-Delaware) thinks the Senate can to make a deal.
    Biden, appearing on ABC's "This Week," said, "I think we should compromise and say to them that we're willing to -- of the seven judges -- we'll let a number of them go through, the two most extreme not go through and put off this vote" to end the filibuster.
Astute readers may recall that in November of 2003, Senator Kennedy (D - Tanqueray) called these nominees (when the President last submitted them)neanderthals.

Apparently, all but two have evolved into human beings, with only two remaining in their pre-historic non-evolved form.

Second Bush Administration Posted by AlexC at April 25, 2005 3:00 PM

I don't quite get the segue but this is two, two, two great blogs in one. And all for absolutely NO CHARGE! This is obviously the greatest blog in the world. Brilliant!

On the Bolton half of the post, I notice that when Hitlary's trasgression became a public allegation her response was very sensible, and entirely applicable in Bolton's case. "She went on to say, "I just find it really pathetic and very sad that this is the way that people are attempting to influence politics, and I don't think we should stand for it."

As for the fillibuster/judicial nominees issue, it will be a dark day for the Republic if the fillibuster provision is modified as is being discussed. That procedural measure is a major factor in preventing the bogeyman of democracy - tyranny of the majority. If it is a divisive enough issue to engage in fillibuster then let the Senate sit on their hands until fair (choking up my lunch) 'compromise' is reached. One change I will endorse is to go back to the original procedure for fillibuster, i.e. hold the floor continuously, 24/7 for as long as it takes. Then we can trust that they REALLY mean it. No more drive-thru fillibusters!

Posted by: johngalt at April 25, 2005 8:51 PM

Thanks.. yeah should have been two posts... i put the horizontal bar in... now it's a little more separate.

Posted by: AlexC at April 25, 2005 10:25 PM | What do you think? [2]