From the dictionary:
As a noun:
- The use of obstructionist tactics, especially prolonged speechmaking, for the purpose of delaying legislative action.
- An instance of the use of this delaying tactic.
Despite making this deal on Tuesday, and saying they wouldn’t filibuster Bolton on Wednesday, the Dems did just that, starting with, who else, Boxer.
"We should delay this until we see that information; it’s a matter of right and wrong," Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., maintained at the start of a second day of Senate debate over Bolton’s fitness and qualifications. "It is right for us to get that information, it is wrong for the administration to withhold it."
And that information, the names of people Bolton asked for from an NSA transcript, means what? Why must you have it? It will give you what information? If that information is released, the Dems will find something else to delay the vote over. We see that their deals are worth less then a $5 hooker. But it’s not about Bolton (snicker(:
"We want to make clear that this is not a filibuster. It is a vote to protect the Senate’s constitutional power to advise and consent to nominations," they(Sen’s Biden and Dodd) wrote.
Excuse me, but BS. Delay agrees:
"John Bolton, the very first issue we turned to, we got what looks to me like a filibuster," Frist said. "It certainly sounds like a filibuster … it quacks like a filibuster."
Yup. And, is there anyone else out there who thinks Voinovich might just be gone during his next election? Whiny little puke.
You need to consider the fact that what has happened with Bolton is that Democrats and enough Republicans want more information released on Bolton… Information they have asked for. When that is fortthcoming there will be a vote. Pushing this through the memorial day recess took more then the minority number of Democrats in the Senate.
I would also suggest that many of the moderate members of the GOP who brokered this deal last week have legitimate concerns about John Bolton’s fitness for the post. Quite frankly, I few this nomination as important or more important that a Supreme Court nominee. I believe the President can do much better than John Bolton.