Back Door Bolton vs. Ryno

Isn't it interesting that Bush sneaks Bolton into the UN through the service entrance one day after Ryne Sandberg is enshrined into the Baseball Hall of Fame? Could the contrast between two people be bigger? In Cooperstown, you have a man who humbly does everything right over his career and never caused anyone to seriously criticize his actions. In New York, we will have a man who even his supporters acknowledge doesn't have the basic skill of the job - diplomacy. Ryno talks of his deep respect for the game and how he always felt the game was bigger than him or any other single player. Bolton talks of blowing up the UN building and no doubt will carry out the neo-cons warped view that a world body that strives for world peace is a hindrance to their goal of the US as the world's bully and generator of maximum benefits to their friends (Halliburton recently announced that its war profit division, KBR, had a profit increase of 284%) . Sandberg was voted into the Hall in only his third year of eligibility. Bolton had to be snuck in under a recess appointment as he couldn't make Senate approval, even with the Republicans controlling 55 seats. It used to be that a President wouldn't even consider trying to get Senate approval for someone so obviously unqualified. No one considered trying to squeak through an appointment with 51 votes. Presidents looked for candidates who could command universal respect because their qualifications were outstanding, and the confirmation process was almost always perfunctory and candidates were approved by unanimous voice votes. Now, we have an administration that appoints stealth candidates with small paper trails as Supreme Court Judges with a hope of squeezing them through the Senate, and where an appointee fails to meet that incredibly low standard, they use the recess appointment to circumvent the will of the American people and to insult the representatives of the rest of the world.