5/27/2005

Blocking Bolton

By a vote of 56-42 the Senate failed to move forward on the confirmation of John Bolton to be ambassador to the United Nations. The claim of wanting still more information appears to be the left's "new" delaying tactic. Senator Joseph Biden(D-DE) said Democrats do not want to postpone an up-or-down vote indefinitely but conditions their willingness to vote on the administration providing the classified information regarding government intelligence on Syria, and instances in which Bolton asked for names of fellow U.S. officials whose communications were secretly picked up by a spy agency.

It sounds very reasonable, but let's call it what it really is: another way for the minority to thwart the will of the President, the Majority, and the people who elected both. You will see the truth in that statement unless you believe that additional documents, testimony, hearings, questions, or debate will change even one vote. Let alone six. Like a magician, the minority left tries to use misdirection to keep us from seeing what they are really doing. Sadly a significant portion of the population is going, "ooohh, aaaah". I can almost here the left saying, "Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain." Well, we need to expose the fraud for what it is, and point out every instance where the left tries to behave as if they are still in control.