Reuters: "Cheney says confident of Bolton UN confirmation"

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=8642954

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate will confirm John Bolton as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations when it returns from a weeklong recess and Democratic requests for more information are "just an excuse" to further delay, Vice President Dick Cheney said on Monday.

In an interview on CNN's "Larry King Live," Cheney said he was confident Senate Republican leaders would gather the votes to end debate on the contested nomination. Republican efforts to do so last week ended four votes shy of the 60 needed. Two senators did not vote.

"We've got the votes to confirm him. I'm convinced we will get him confirmed," Cheney said. "We just need three more and I think we'll get those when they come back."

"And I think the United Nations, and the president believes the United Nations badly needs to be reformed. We need a good, tough ambassador up there," Cheney said. "Somebody who will go up and not get captured by the international diplomatic crowd, if you will, but is there as America's representative to the U.N."

[mcscajun]

1. So did he just insult all the previous UN Ambassadors?

I think so.

Expect a few 'guest columnist' and LTTE's from living former ambassadors to the UN in the next several days.

[gkhouston]

4. why yes, and the "international diplomatic crowd" as well.

But we already knew they were a bad influence on us good murkins, so no harm done, right?

[CityDem]

2. I am confident

I am confident that Cheney is an asshole and is running the white house while AWOL is off crashing his bike.

[gkhouston]

3. snort.

I'm surprised they didn't report whether his head was spinning clockwise or counter-clockwise at the time. They may get the votes for Bolton, but I'm doubtful.

[hatrack]

5. "Bush confident of insurgents' defeat" "Powell confident on WMD locations"

"Saudis confident of increased production, growing reserves"

"Military confident of bin Laden capture"

"FBI confident of anthrax mailer's identity"

"Lee confident of frontal assault plan at Gettysburg"

"Napoleon confident of Waterloo outcome"

"Thag confident of wooly mammoth spear plan"

[zippy890]

6. HAHA !

Cheney IS Thag

although that is insulting prehistoric humans

[tsuki]

7. SOMEBODY EXPLAIN THIS TO ME!

I can understand why the Nestle's scandal does not stick. According to the White Religious Right, brown people don't have souls, so you can kill them with impunity.

I can understand why brow-beating and firing subordinates for refusing to agree with him is okay. According to the White Religious Right, the subordinates are just lazy, good-for-nothing union members who need to have their benefits, salaries cut and be taught to toe the line.

BUT, how can the White Religious Right of Dobson, Falwell and Robertson, the epitome of all things MORAL and FAMILY ORIENTED, the annointed of God, condone his whoring out his wife at the Plato Club?

[Mz Pip]

8. Hate the sin

Love the sinner.

They are experts at that when it suits their agenda.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[mcscajun]

9. They can forgive any sexual sin so long as the REST of his

thoughts are in the "Right" place.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

10. "Bolton is reconstituting his nominatation process."

This man is a liar.