In effort to keep up with the times and their actions it has been suggested that the Republican Party change its name from the Grand Old Party to the Grand Old Party of Hypocrites.
After using their minions to pummel Sen. John Kerry last fall with questionable accusations that apparently had a small, but effective, impact on the voting public (enough to win Ohio, Iowa, and New Mexico) the GOPH is now upset that the Democrats and turned the table on them and may have a a small, but effective, impact on the Foreign Relations Committee (enough to change votes in Ohio, Nebraska, and Rhode Island) which could send John Bolton's nomination down to defeat.
Of course, the GOPH would say that the situations are very different, and they probably are. For example, most of the Swift Vets accusations have proven untrue, yet on Bolton most of the accusations have not been disproved. (For extra hypocrisy credit, read White House press secretary Scott McClellan's refusal to disprove the allegations, only saying that they are "unsubstantiated allegations." Probably just a bunch of Democrats complaining, I'm sure.
On Friday, the Washington Post reported that former secretary of state Colin L. Powell has weighed in on the matter.
"On two occasions, he has let it be known that the Bolton nomination is a bad one, to put it mildly," a Democratic congressional aide said.
In addition, the Los Angeles Times reported that A former U.S. ambassador to South Korea said yesterday that John R. Bolton, President Bush's choice for U.N. ambassador, might have misled the Senate Foreign Relations Committee about a provocative and controversial 2003 speech on North Korea.
One might wonder why the White House is sticking by Bolton and why they would want him around. But considering the cast of characters at the White House (Bush, Cheney, Rice), Bolton is just another crybaby who believes in the mantra "it's my way or the highway." The idea that one is working for the general good is unimaginable to these people.
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