A better man

Ohio Republican Senator George Voinovich showed himself to be a better man when he stood up yesterday to the lock-step marchers in his party and proclaimed John Bolton to be "the poster child of what someone in the diplomatic corps should not be." Link

John Bolton came to his confirmation hearings with a hefty record of bullying staff, manipulating intelligence, threatening CIA agents who disagreed with him, and generally wreaking havoc in sensitive situations during his tenure in the State Department. If none of that were relevant we still have his statement that “There is no United Nations. There is an international community that occasionally can be led by the only real power left in the world, and that's the United States, when it suits our interests and when we can get others to go along.”

Yet he told the committee considering his nomination that “If confirmed, I look forward to working closely with this committee to forge a stronger relationship between the United States and the United Nations, which depends critically on American leadership.” Link

Yeah.

If you remember, the White House was going to visit with Sen. Voinovich on the topic after he delayed the hearing a couple of weeks ago; now the White House is spinning, spinning...

They say they are pleased that Mr. Voinovich has said he won't block the nomination from reaching the Senate floor. Sort of not mentioning that Mr. Voinovich has said he absolutely positively will not vote for the man.

The president needs to nominate a better man.