April 23, 2005
The Bolton Witch Hunt
Dredging up
someone's prom date, or a co-worker from ten years ago - come on!
The Washinton Dispatch carries a solid post on the "John Bolton Witch Hunt." Yet, many denizens of the left do not see it as such, much as the residents of Salem did not, and truly innocent people were hounded, sometimes to death.
Bolton's persecutors on the Senate's Committee on Foreign Relations include Boxer, Hagel and Voinovich. Voinovich? Yeppers, he of the lion heart (kitty heart is more like it...ed.) waited 'til he saw which way the wind blew before he voiced reservations. Brave man that Senator.
Boxer, well, what can I say about anyone who dredges up the kind of calumny that she is famous for.
Good people on the left (what, there are good people on the left?...ed) are salivating at the prospect of damaging Bush through the process of attacking Bolton. A real circus folks, a real circus.
In a previous post (immediately below) Tish of The World According To Tish took a light hearted look at this sad state of affairs and noted:
"Whether you are a Democrat or Republican, Libertarian or Green Party, the direction of these proceedings has taken a ridiculous turn, wouldn't you agree? Dredging up someone's prom date, or a co-worker from ten years ago - come on! Who doesn't have those types of skeletons in their closet? Mother Teresa, maybe, but I am sure someone would bash her for the whole 'poverty' thing."
Those attacking Bolton on anything besides policy or interpretation of policy are no better than poodles to the left. If you don't like Bolton's policies fine, argue that. Arguing something said (or not...ed.) from ten years ago is infantile. But that is what the Senate has devolved into.
Groucho Marx once said, "Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it, misdiagnosing it, and then misapplying the wrong remedies." It is too bad that in order to have democracy, we have to contend with petty politicians.
Posted by HB at April 23, 2005 05:55 PM
On Marc's site I ended my rant: Opposition to Bolton is opposition to reform at the UN is support for more genocide in Sudan.
http://tomgrey.motime.com/1114424913#446460
Posted by Tom Grey - Liberty Dad at April 25, 2005 06:23 AM
