Re: Bolton, is Bush brain dead?
oralloy wrote:blatham wrote:oralloy wrote:Just give Bolton another recess appointment. No problem.
can't be done.
Sure it can. All Bush has to do is wait for the first recess.
You're right. Of course, he'll have to hold the post without pay. Not a tough workaround, as lots of "golly, war is such fun!" types could chip in.
But my guess is that he's gone. His support has rested with the neoconservative crowd centered around Cheney/Rummy and they've just had their nuts cut off. State doesn't like him. The "realist" crowd don't like him or any of his friends. I don't like him.
And I think your deluding yourself rather seriously as regards how the RNC post-election calculations are going to re-weight Iraq, general war-mongering, arrogant unilateralism, and industrial-strength-arsehole bragadoccio - all previously considered the finest achievements of the WH and party.