Is Bolton an asshat? Is Bush doing the unthinkable? Will it rain tomorrow?

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Yeah the title is stupid, but this thread will probably cover a couple of things, so it is appropriate.

the hacks on Air America are just as insane and idiotic as LImbaugh/Hannity & Co.


1) I was listening to Rhodes/Roads/Rhoads(sp) yesterday, and she is a freaking loon. i get it - GWB is the antichrist. oh wait, we don't believe in that, so he is a bad bad man. ok, got that. but she was going on and on about Bolton. I don't know a lot about Bolton, but what little i do know suggests he may not be the MOST qualified for that position. duh. but she was going on about how GWB had crossed the line with a recess appointment - on a guy who had been struck down twice. correct me if i'm wrong, but he never made it up for an up/down vote so that statement is a fallacy. she also was ranting about how clinton or any other reasonable, fairminded president wouldn't have forced a recess appointment on the country. but wait - didn't Clinton have upwards of 100 recess appointments? probably not as UN ambassador, i'm sure there were some positions that Reps felt were very important.

2) Again on Air America this week a couple of them have been railing on John Roberts. ok, he is fair game. but they weren't talking about him. they were ranting about his wife and her affiliations. they were ranting about the fact that he is catholic. i even heard them talking about the possibility that his son MIGHT be GAY! *gasp* the kid is 5. literally.
A) he is up for confirmation - not his wife.
B) he's catholic. that is no more relevant today than it was when Republicans were whispering about JFK's allegiance to Rome.
C) even if the 5 year old IS gay (how would we know) who cares? so is Cheney's kid, Gingrich's sister, Limbaugh's sister... yep, conservatives have gay family members too. they probably still love 'em too. maybe.

why the hell are these the issues we are focusing on? is there nothing else that we can dig up on the guy to fill the airwaves? isn't his view on States Rights, Privacy, eminent domain, the proper Philly Cheesesteak more important than these peripheral items?