John Bolton out

[Uncle Remus]

Hey Doctor, I see now that you've
learned how to post pictures
the sky's the limit!!

 

[TheDoctor]

Hey Doctor, I see now that you've
learned how to post pictures
the sky's the limit!!

You can blame Mugg Man. He sent me a PM with instructions so simple that even I could not mess up.

 

[richiebaseball]

And yes...anyone as "gung ho" as some of the people here would have gained a whole lot of credibility had they at least served. It's awfully easy to advocate "shock and awe" from behind your keyboard. A little tougher when it is you or yours in harm's way.

Wow, instant credibility. I'm honored.

I think it's nothing more than lip service, but I'm honored anyway.

 

[richiebaseball]

It's a slap at all the chickenhawks who love this war and talk up a great war, but aren't willing to fight in it ......... or pay for it. That's the 101st keyboard division.

Ah, so it's just used as a cheap slur for effect. Well that's par for the course I guess.

 

[DancingBear]

that is exactly what it was. he couldn't get the bill out of committee for an up or down vote before the senate. that is as plain as day. with rinos like lincoln chaffe, there was more of it to come. so john bolton decided that it wasn't worth it, not the prez. unfortunate for the country.

Yeah, I felt the same way when the Republicans wouldn't vote Clinton's judicial nominations out of committee. That darn advise AND consent thing.

 

[eclectics]

You can blame Mugg Man. He sent me a PM with instructions so simple that even I could not mess up.

He's such a troublemaker!

 

[shrubber]

I for one am not surprised by his retirement.
He has not had a hit in years and the easy listening genre is so passe'.

 

[LuvDuke]

Ah, so it's just used as a cheap slur for effect. Well that's par for the course I guess.

It begs the question: Did you actually think there was such a thing as the 101st keyboard division?

 

[TheDoctor]

I found these excepts about Bolton to be interesting. http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=35708

Particularly damaging was a Jul. 23 New York Times article based on interviews with dozens of other countries' U.N. ambassadors. "(M)any diplomats say they see Mr. Bolton as a stand-in for the arrogance of the administration itself," it reported. Instead of furthering his mission of U.N. reform, the report noted, "(e)nvoys say he has in fact endangered that effort by alienating traditional allies."

In the last several months, State Department and White House lawyers considered a number of different ways that Bolton might legally stay on -- such as appointing him to a post that did not require Senate confirmation and then making him "acting ambassador" -- but eventually concluded that such manoeuvres were likely to create more ill will, not just among Democrats, who will take over the Senate next month, but also among Republicans who increasingly see Bush's stubbornness as a major political liability..

It appears that under the bush administration, the job of the ambassador to the UN is to alienate our allies.

 

[Mugg Mann]

You can blame Mugg Man. He sent me a PM with instructions so simple that even I could not mess up.

Mea Culpa.

Of course, why not give more ammunition to the one person who posts more facts on this board than seemingly the rest of us combined. It's been downright humorous watching the number of people as of late who, unable to refute with facts what TheDoctor has posted, have taken to decrying his MO of posting them in the first place.

 

[Mugg Mann]

He's such a troublemaker!

Geez, another post like that and people are gonna think we belong on all of those Tigger & Belle inside joke threads......

(DISCLAIMER: I, Mugg Mann, to the best of my recollection, have never actually conversed with Tigger & Belle on these boards and only cite that name because she's seemingly in the middle of every thread that goes like that.

As they say in the Godfather, nothing personal T & B, just business... )

 

[Mugg Mann]

Hey Doctor, I see now that you've
learned how to post pictures
the sky's the limit!!

Rest easy, Uncle. You still own the smiley market lock, stock and barrel!

 

[Mugg Mann]

neither. it is those who are still agonizing over the 2000 and 2004 election who are polarizing.

Dawn, I must admit that I never cease to be amazed at your ability to perceive reality through a conservative prism that warps every fact regardless of it's origin into a "Bush Good-Liberals Bad" mentality.

After 9/11, every major poll in this country showed that the President had the support of 90% of the country. Since that time, depending on which poll one believes, he has lost anywhere from 50-60% of that support.

How has he managed to lose the support of well over half the country, and how do you not consider that polarizing?

I await your answer. This should be classic......

 

[shortbun]

Dawn, I must admit that I never cease to be amazed at your ability to perceive reality through a conservative prism that warps every fact regardless of it's origin into a "Bush Good-Liberals Bad" mentality.

After 9/11, every major poll in this country showed that the President had the support of 90% of the country. Since that time, depending on which poll one believes, he has lost anywhere from 50-60% of that support.

How has he managed to lose the support of well over half the country, and how do you not consider that polarizing?

I await your answer. This should be classic......

 

[TheDoctor]

neither. it is those who are still agonizing over the 2000 and 2004 election who are polarizing.

You are ignoring the results of the 2006 mid terms.

The major issue in these issues was the Iraq war and bush. The results speak for themselves.

 

[Uncle Remus]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/john-bolton-tv-star_b_35599.html

Now that John Bolton has been kicked to the curb... I mean, decided to step down as UN Ambassador, people have been speculating what his next career move might be (some early suggestions: mustache model, professional backseat driver, Cranky Guy Who Tells Other People How to Raise Their Kids When They're Just at the Mall Minding Their Own Business).

I hear that he's going the more traditional route, seeking a high-profile presence in the media. In fact, my sources tell me that Bolton has a morning meeting (11:30 ET to be precise) in New York with Headline Media Management, a talent management firm that, according to its website "represents anchors, reporters and producers, in news and sports broadcasting, syndication and entertainment, employed by broadcast and cable networks, local stations, producers/syndicators, cable and video-stream internet entities." Along with Meredith Vieira, HMM's site touts the following "Headliner" clients: New CBS Sunday Evening News anchor Russ Mitchell; Local DC anchor Tracey Neale; ESPN college football color analyst Ed Cunningham; and OLN hockey analyst Brian Englblom.

So get ready for it: John Bolton, TV Star. Who knows, maybe he'll want to knock 10 stories off the Time Warner Building or 30 Rock.

 

[eclectics]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/john-bolton-tv-star_b_35599.html

Now that John Bolton has been kicked to the curb... I mean, decided to step down as UN Ambassador, people have been speculating what his next career move might be (some early suggestions: mustache model, professional backseat driver, Cranky Guy Who Tells Other People How to Raise Their Kids When They're Just at the Mall Minding Their Own Business).

I hear that he's going the more traditional route, seeking a high-profile presence in the media. In fact, my sources tell me that Bolton has a morning meeting (11:30 ET to be precise) in New York with Headline Media Management, a talent management firm that, according to its website "represents anchors, reporters and producers, in news and sports broadcasting, syndication and entertainment, employed by broadcast and cable networks, local stations, producers/syndicators, cable and video-stream internet entities." Along with Meredith Vieira, HMM's site touts the following "Headliner" clients: New CBS Sunday Evening News anchor Russ Mitchell; Local DC anchor Tracey Neale; ESPN college football color analyst Ed Cunningham; and OLN hockey analyst Brian Englblom.

So get ready for it: John Bolton, TV Star. Who knows, maybe he'll want to knock 10 stories off the Time Warner Building or 30 Rock.

Fox will love him! He could follow Geraldo.

 

[TheDoctor]

So get ready for it: John Bolton, TV Star. Who knows, maybe he'll want to knock 10 stories off the Time Warner Building or 30 Rock.

Bolton would love the Fox. He was a bad Ambassador and would carry this lack of professionalism to the one place that would appreciate such a quality.

 

[Mugg Mann]

Fox will love him! He could follow Geraldo.

Uggggg......now there's a visual..........

 

[LuvDuke]

Uggggg......now there's a visual..........

Bolton at Plato's Retreat .............. that's a visual.