Will the President Still Bush Through Bolton's Appointment to the U.N.

Even the most casual observers must have noticed how frequently John Bolton's name has come up in conversations about Karl Rove, the State Department, leaks, and the outing of Valerie Plame. To those paying more attention, it must be cause for speculation that some of the mountains of paperwork and paper trail regarding Bolton that has been held back from the Senate investigating committee may show that it was Bolton who raced to Rove and Libby with the delightful news that Valerie Plame was a CIA covert operative working on WMD.

The last few weeks, as Bolton's name keeps burping up like a tender esophagus forever "retasting" the spicy salsa it processed over lunch, I've read time and again that Bolton's nomination is dead. The Senators don't want to pass him through and even Bush doesn't have enough nerve now to force him upon us through a recess appointment (the kind Bush promised not to do again but, like many of his promises, fell short).

But honestly, I don't think Bush would let his conscience or even propriety stand in the way of appointing Bolton. Bush has no shame, no capability to admit he's wrong or any capacity to acknowledge the painful truth once it has been sent his way. Bolton is who Bush wants and if the president isn't going to pay attention to up to 80% of American voters saying they feel Boston is the wrongman for the job, he's not going to let a little scandal he refuses to recognize spoil his fun.

So yeah, I would definitely plan to see Bolton's appointment to the UN made during the recess. I also expect that the MSM will largely pretend it's no big thing (or paradoxically, hail it as a wonderful move forward).

It sucketh mightily but what about the Bushies doesn't?