Keep John Bolton in the U.N.!

* Updated: 1) Bush will stick by his nominee; 2) The beginnings of a thread... *

Word has it that the White House, in another capitulation to the incoming Democratic Congressional leadership, will withdraw John Bolton's nomination from consideration for Senate confirmation as U.N. Ambassador (via Atlas Shrugs). To keep him nominated and to get him confirmed would be one hell of a fight, but a fight worth every ounce of sweat.  For starters, you can email the White House and tell them to keep John Bolton in the U.N.! Send your message to comments@whitehouse.gov. Here's what I sent earlier today:

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Dear Mr. President,

  I am alarmed to hear that you may withdraw John Bolton's nomination from consideration before the Senate. Ambassador Bolton is one of the most effective and persuasive proponents of the "Bush Doctrine" your administration has presented - a foreign policy principle which is now under heavy assault by the new Democratic Congressional leadership. He is irreplaceable. My confidence in your leadership - and the confidence of many, many Americans - will suffer a blow if you let the threat of Democratic opposition deter you from standing up for your choice.

  During the pivotal weeks leading up the commencement of the 110th Congress, please take to heart the moderate but also forceful and principled words of Senator Tom Coburn:

We do not need to govern from the center as much as we need to govern from conscience. When politicians have the courage to argue their convictions and lose their political lives in an honest battle of ideas the best policies will prevail.
(from a statement the Senator issued yesterday)

  Mr. President, I urge you to do everything in your power to see that Ambassador Bolton's nomination prevails.

Truly Yours,
JMK

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The 110th Congress is going to be the longest two years of the Bush presidency. Beat the 11/7 blues by getting a head start on those Congressional battles now!

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Update: Fellow "9/11 Neocon" Dave told the White House what he thinks of John Bolton, and with eloquence (below). Isn't it time you did, too? Email the White Hosue now, then tell your friends to do so:  comments@whitehouse.gov

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President Bush and Vice President Cheney:

 

I've had a hard time the last several years as a Republican in liberal San Francisco. Our Ambassador at the United Nations has been a silver lining in a sky often filled with bad news or inarticulate but well-intentioned blunders.

 

I believe the Administration's appointment and support of John Bolton has been among its finest hours-- and allowing Bolton to leave the United Nations without a fight is an humiliating defeat for both this presidency and America.

 

His presence in those halls of corruption is a daily victory for both the Free World and the much maligned voices of neoconservatism. He has been the staunchest ally of the special US-Israel relationship and a bulwark against poisonous anti-Zionism. As a voice of clarity against today's totalitarianism and its duplicitous enablers, Bolton's words sting from the bully pulpit like Churchill's.

 

Please bring yourselves to support John Bolton with even half as much vigor as he brings to his office every day.

 

David Reaboi

San Francisco, CA

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So, who's next?