- Sen. John Kerry is the Democratic point man in Foreign Relations for this administration’s messed-up Honduras policy. He is, in fact, the Foreign Relations chair… which tells you how seriously the Democrats take this committee (i.e., they don’t).
- Sen. Jim DeMint is the Republican determined to wreck Sen. Kerry’s day - both on this administration’s messed-up Honduras policy, and on general principles.
- This administration has a messed-up Honduras policy.
- DeMint therefore slaps a couple of Senatorial holds on some State Department appointments until the administration stops messing up on Honduras policy.
- Kerry responds by denying DeMint the plane that he’d need to go down to Honduras and see for himself how messed up our Honduras policy is. This is one of those steps that prudent Senate chairs usually don’t take, because it makes it easier for it to happen again, and nobody controls Congress forever.
- DeMint talks to Senate Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell.
- McConnell talks to the Pentagon.
- The Pentagon is, of course, filled with people who didn’t come back from Vietnam and promptly announce that we were worse than the Mongol Horde. Which is to say, people not like Kerry.
- The Pentagon gives Kerry the Hawaiian good-luck symbol, and DeMint a plane. DeMint may now go to Honduras and see how messed up our policy is down there.
- DeMint then links this mess to the State Department.
- The State Department promptly disavows themselves of this mess.
- So: Kerry establishes a precedent, doesn’t accomplish his goal of keeping our messed-up Honduras policy off the radar, and doesn’t even get the State Department backing him up. For a Democrat, that takes skill.
Sen. DeMint will be teaching both a lesson.
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DeMint is wrong, and his holding up the appointments of two representives to that region is wrong also. Frankly, DeMint knows nothing about foreign policy he is on that committee for nothing else but to cause trouble. In this case, he is wrong to interfer with the US policy.It is treasoness. Oh, and did I mention that most of the world leaders back the US policy- not DeMint's and few wayward Republicans views? And, for the record, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is one of the most influential commitees in Congress, but leave it to a Right wing post to just blow it off as nothing. DeMint will get what he deserves sooner or later- you can take that to the bank.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is a bunch of tired old men whose idea of foreign relations is an Argentine hooker. It's meaningless and DeMint is showing it's value for what it is - nothing.
"...most of the world leaders back US policy."
So Anon, if everyone was jumping off a cliff, would you jump too? Most of the planet's leaders are greedy despots or cowardly appeasers; and I for one, would be glad if America was not following in their footsteps.
Also you can't accuse a person of treason unless we've "declared" war and that person is trying to overthrow his government. Dissent is NOT treason. Look it up.
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