WaPo on Bolton: Democrat obstructionists
the old cliche that there's a sucker born every minute certainly applies in the washington post's lead article today on the failure of the bolton nomination to achieve cloture in the senate yesterday... their headline, Democrats Block Vote On Bolton, could probably have been written by karl rove and perhaps was... steve clemons speculated yesterday...
reading that headline certainly doesn't indicate they "get the reality" of anything... the body of the article, thank goodness, is a bit more "balanced" (that term is becoming more odious by the day) but, if there's a slant, and there is, it's definitely toward sucking up to the white house by making the dems look like whiny little crybabies who only want to gum up the works while playing down the fact that bush is the real obstructionist who wants his way and his way only...
senator joseph biden, who has also announced his candidacy for the democratic presidential nomination, did his own piece of grandstanding...
my best guess...? a recess appointment... such a move would be fully in keeping with the arrogant, unscrupulous, unrestrained mis-use of power demonstrated each and every day by the most malevolent presidential administration in u.s. history...
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Frist wants to try and paint Democrats opposing John Bolton as obstructionists, but the media covering the Bolton nomination are clearly not letting Frist have his way on that claim. The major media do get the reality that the White House has FAILED TO BUDGE on any of the three outstanding, legitimate document requests made by Senators of the Executive Branch.
reading that headline certainly doesn't indicate they "get the reality" of anything... the body of the article, thank goodness, is a bit more "balanced" (that term is becoming more odious by the day) but, if there's a slant, and there is, it's definitely toward sucking up to the white house by making the dems look like whiny little crybabies who only want to gum up the works while playing down the fact that bush is the real obstructionist who wants his way and his way only...
A senior White House official said last night that Bush will still press for a confirmation vote but has no plans for further compromises on documents and is considering a recess appointment.
senator joseph biden, who has also announced his candidacy for the democratic presidential nomination, did his own piece of grandstanding...
"It is totally unacceptable for the president of the United States . . . to try to dictate to the Senate how he, the president, thinks the Senate should proceed. . . . It is somewhat presumptuous, to say the least."
my best guess...? a recess appointment... such a move would be fully in keeping with the arrogant, unscrupulous, unrestrained mis-use of power demonstrated each and every day by the most malevolent presidential administration in u.s. history...
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posted by profmarcus at
6/21/2005
