Breaking on CNN Bolton resigns

[malaise]

after recess appointment. Good riddance.

[Kelly Rupert]

1. Well, yeah.

No way he was going to be confirmed by the 110th.

[LaurenG]

2. Wow, that was unexpected though wasn't it? nt

[Zodiak]

3. Good-bye to a bad apple

But I am not a fool enough to think that * won't replace him with another ideologue (in a recess apppointment, of course).

[Skidmore]

4. Now that's interesting. Spending more time with his family, eh?

Wonder if * has been bottom trawling for some more scum to take his place? Expect a press conference soon.

[HeeBGBz]

26. He has a new job lined up

The Ice Capades are doing Tennessee Tuxedo and Bolton got the job as "Chumley".

[mindfulNJ]

5. good riddance indeed

:hi: Don't let the door hit ya on the way out!

[wicket]

13. Good riddance to smelly rubbish!

:D

[HearMeRoar]

14. Bu-Bye

and good riddance..

[NMDemDist2]

6. good, now which fascist idiot will chimpie nominate?

but i'm thinking chimpie didn't want the questions coming up in the confirmation hearings

[bluestateguy]

He was never duly confirmed. He did not hold that office legitimately.

So as far as I'm concerned, he never was the real ambassador of anything.

Don't celebrate too much: guess who gets to appoint the new ambassador.

[Anthony Soprano]

7. Nice "Breaking" banner on MSNBC, too...no story yet...

"John Bolton resigns as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/

Dear Ambassador Bolton: Don't let the door hit ya where the good Lord split ya.

:party:

[Anthony Soprano]

12. And on Fox, "Breaking News: President Bush Accepts Resignation of U.N. Ambassador John Bolton"

...also no story yet.

:patriot:

http://www.foxnews.com/

[malaise]

23. The spin is BS

He did not have the votes for reconfirmation and Bushco spent the weekend trying to manipulate votes. Apparently no one told them the Dems control Congress now and many Rethugs are not supporting lame fugging ducks.

[AnnInLa]

8. Lefty bloggers think that he will be appointed

to some position in the State Dept, then appointed by bush as "Acting" UN amb, which bolton can keep for as long as bush is in office. yuck

[Skidmore]

17. Do you suppose in all that diplomacy stuff * and Condi and Baker

were trying last week, that perhaps Bolton being taken out of the process at the UN was a demand? Just a thought.

[HereSince1628]

18. considering how these criminals never go away, that seems reasonable.

[HughBeaumont]

9. Rats jumping the sinking ship.

Yosemite Bolton was yet another chapter in Bewsh bad politics.

Let's hope this leads to more Repuke vacating.

[Nimrod2005]

10. Fuck YYYYYYYEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSS!!! When will Dick resign?

[DoYouEverWonder]

25. Not until January

and the he has to resign at the same time at Bush.

Patience grasshopper.

[magellan]

11. Praise the Lord

Pass the subpoenas.

[NNN0LHI]

15. Rice will be next. She won't be able to take being questioned under oath either

See ya.

Don

[ChairmanAgnostic]

28. yeah, she probably thinks the kid glove stuff she got earlier will be the

status quo.
Sorry, you aimless, feckless, talentless piano player, you.

Just wait until Leahy gets you under oath.

Bolton gone - merry x-mas to US merry x-mas to US, merry x-mas to AMERICA, merry x-mas to US.

[H2O Man]

16. That is great news!

It is another in a growing line of defeats for George W & Co.

[lpbk2713]

19. Something like this usually is announced on Friday afternoons.

Evidently nobody ran this one by the Monkey-Boy brain trust.

[malaise]

24. See my post

The spin is BS.

[marmar]

20. Good riddance to bad rubbish....

Now he should do humanity a favor and trim his silly-ass moustache.

[rockymountaindem]

21. Thanks for nothing, Senator Voinovich. n/t

[NewJeffCT]

22. Who is going to replace him - Poppy Bush?

Somebody on here a while back proposed Poppy as a good alternative to Bolton (I'm sure it's not going to be Bill Clinton...)

When folks were originally thinking of alternatives, Poppy seemed like the best of a bad lot, as I'm pretty sure that a Democrat won't be put up for nomination by the White House.

[Missy M]

27. Poppy Bush is every bit as bad and evil as his son.....

if Bush were smart, something we know he isn't, he would nominate Bill Clinton.

[NewJeffCT]

33. Clinton would be ideal, but it's also unrealistic

as is Jimmy Carter, or anybody left of the far right.

[spanone]

29. And not a fucking minute too soon.

[annabanana]

30. Don't let tha Door Hit Ya. . .. !

. . . . so much for that particular p.o.s!

[malaise]

32. The recess appointment ends

this Friday - Yipeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

[AlCzervik]

31. "To spend more time with my mustache"

[flordehinojos]

34. going out with his ass caught in the revolving door!

}(

[MoonRiver]

35. Farewell to the absolutely worst choice for U.N. ambassador.

Another sign that DEMS are in control now! :D

No matter how much bloviating, smirking, sneering, and finger shaking * and Cheney do, they/re in the hot seat/we're in the cat bird seat, and everyone knows it.
:bounce:

[malaise]

36. Bush is pissed

Can't wait to see this release. They didn't have the votes and Bushco is really angry. They're now attacking the confirmation process. Hahahahahhaha:rofl: :rofl:

[MoonRiver]

39. I'm actually starting to enjoy his press conferences!

Watching all the squirming and desperate spin is a real treat!

I'm so bad! :spank: }(

[malaise]

40. You're not alone

:rofl: :popcorn:
http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/blogs/politicalticker/2006/12/bush-deeply-disappointed-by-bolton.html
So he's pissed with his own Rethugs now - hahahahaha
Add link

[BlackVelvet04]

37. Link to story on Yahoo....

Bolton to exit as U.N. ambassador

22 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Facing opposition from key senators, U.S. Ambassador to the
United Nations John Bolton will leave office in a matter of days, the White House announced on Monday.


Spokeswoman Dana Perino said President George W. Bush had reluctantly accepted Bolton's decision to leave the U.N. post when the current session of the U.S. Congress ends, possibly at the end of the week.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061204/pl_nm/bush_bolton_dc_3

[TlalocW]

38. I'll miss seeing footage of him walking into the UN Chambers

Taking out two six shooters and firing them so rapidly into the floor that he's lifted off the ground while yelling, "OOOOOH, I HATES THAT VARMINT!"

TlalocW

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

41. Fuckin A Awesome! Viva La Democrats! What Awesome News. Just Refreshed DU And Saw This.

Talk about putting a big smile on my sick as shit today face!

Might of taken over a year, but we finally got the motherfucker!

:bounce:

:toast: