Bush is a fool... Who knew...? :) [UPDATE]

President Bush criticized Senate Democrats on Tuesday for "stalling" a vote on John R. Bolton's nomination as ambassador to the United Nations, and indicated that he would not grant them access to intelligence documents they have demanded to see before allowing the confirmation to go ahead.

fine... be my guest... go ahead, declare war on congress and see where it leads... nowhere good, i can tell you... blaming it on the democrats completely ignores that you are also flipping off the r's that have serious doubts about bolton and, in the advise and consent role of the senate, are not only entitled but OBLIGATED to review ALL relevant information before making a decision... the more of a fool you let yourself appear (and you're really working hard on it at the moment), the clearer the picture we all have of the monstrosity we have elected as president of the united states...

just caught steve clemons' thoughts over at the washington note... seems we share the same strong reaction... i'm not going to add bold to any of it cuz it's all good...

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President Bush has the gall to suggest that it is Senate Democrats who are stalling the Bolton vote.

With all due respect, Mr. President, it is time that you start reading again -- and read (occasionally) this blog. You will learn that not only have your staff not provided routine information and materials that the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations is required to ask of the administration in fulfilling its oversight function, but some on your staff have allowed the Bolton fiasco to become enormously important to your stature and that of your administration.

How did that happen?

Had you recognized early on that Bolton just was not right for the job, that the push-back was going to be more serious than anticipated, that the calculation that Bolton's obscurity as a relatively unknown bureaucrat was blown apart when his behavior and views became subjects of kitchen-table discussion, then you could have just offered him the Ambassadorship to France or Germany (many apologies to my French and German friends) or a position in Dick Cheney's office -- maybe something akin to "Mini-Me" to Dick Cheney's Dr. . .well, you get it.

It is the White House that has stalled this process -- and rather than Senate moderates on both sides of the aisle being forced by intimidation-prone bullies in the White House to choke down a nomination that undermines American interests -- it is the White House that is now choking on John Bolton.

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