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Stop Bolton Now! Oppose John Bolton's Nomination to UN

Target: U.S. Senate
Sponsored by: Citizens For Global Solutions
UPDATE: They're listening to us! On April 19th, Senators put principles over politics and agreed serious allegations against Bolton deserve a thorough investigation. Opposition to Bolton's nomination is growing! We need your continued support to defeat this terrible nominee - please sign today!
On March 7, President Bush shocked the world by nominating John Bolton, who's dedicated his life to undermining the United Nations, to be our UN Ambassador. Bolton has made a career of ridiculing our work with other nations to achieve our goals. If Bolton is confirmed by the Senate, he will isolate America in the world, leaving us without partners to work with to keep us safe. In fact, 59 former American diplomats, from both Democratic and Republican administrations, have written a letter urging the Senate to oppose Bolton's nomination.

Just who is John Bolton?
Throughout his career in the Departments of Justice and State and in his personal writings, John R. Bolton has repeatedly belittled international institutions and undermined global cooperation. Let Bolton tell you in his own words how he feels about the United Nations:
  • "If the UN secretary building in New York lost 10 stories, it wouldn't make a bit of difference."
  • "There is no such thing as the United Nations. There is an international community that occasionally can be led by the only real power left in the world and that is the United States when it suits our interest and we can get others to go along." (both from: 1994 Global Structures Convocation, Washington, DC.)

    • Bolton's nomination is a serious threat to America's time-honored tradition of working with other nations to solve global problems. His obvious and well-known contempt for global cooperation could prove disastrous to U.S. national security. Sign this petition today to tell your Senators to oppose Bolton's nomination to the United Nations.

    deadline: 3-31-2006
    goal: 20,000
     
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    Dear Senator,

    I am writing to urge you to oppose the nomination of John Bolton as US Ambassador to the United Nations. Working with the United Nations and our allies is critical, and John Bolton has spent his whole life trying to undo that work. Bolton is not the man for the job.

    A more effective UN and a productive U.S.-UN relationship are essential for a successful American foreign policy. But John Bolton would rather retire the United Nations than reform it.

    Bolton has made his contempt for the UN all too clear, arguing that "nothing more should be paid to the U.N. system." (The Washington Times, 1998), and proudly declaring, "The secretariat building in New York has 38 stories. If you lost ten stories today it wouldn't make a bit of difference." ( Feb 1994 Global Structures Convocation, Washington, DC.)

    I urge you, for the sake of our national security and our relationships with the international community, to oppose John Bolton's nomination.

    Thank you.
    We signed the “Stop Bolton Now! Oppose John Bolton's Nomination to UN” petition!
    # 150:
    9:01 am PST, Apr 1, Judith Schneider, New York
    # 149:
    9:01 am PST, Apr 1, Candace Pinaud, Michigan
    # 148:
    9:01 am PST, Apr 1, Erika Parker, Texas
    # 147:
    9:01 am PST, Apr 1, Linda Linderman, Florida
    # 146:
    9:01 am PST, Apr 1, Lanie Costeas, Illinois
    # 145:
    9:00 am PST, Apr 1, Sarah Fanthorpe-white, California
    # 144:
    9:00 am PST, Apr 1, Brenda Yanni, New Jersey
    # 143:
    9:00 am PST, Apr 1, Sandra McMahon, Illinois
    # 142:
    9:00 am PST, Apr 1, Maria Butler, Oman
    This country's political picture looks ever dimmer with each nomination to critical "seats." This MUST STOP!! OPPOSE JOHN BOLTON'S NOMINATION TO THE UN.
    # 141:
    9:00 am PST, Apr 1, Katie McGee, Minnesota
    # 140:
    8:59 am PST, Apr 1, Aaron Zilbermann, Texas
    We should have someone represent our country that actually listens to and considers the opinion of the rest of the world.
    # 139:
    8:59 am PST, Apr 1, Cheryl S. Rosenfeld, Missouri
    He is unfit to be in the UN, esp considering he does not support the UN
    # 138:
    8:59 am PST, Apr 1, Harriet Hirsch, Virginia
    # 137:
    8:59 am PST, Apr 1, Beverly Nadelman, Florida
    President Bush piles one travesty of a nomination and/or "decision" on another. Combined with his nomination for head of the World Bank, this latest will show our contempt for the rest of the world and any hope of co-operation for our mutual benefit and ensure the contempt and distrust of the world for us.
    # 136:
    8:59 am PST, Apr 1, Maryann Holtsclaw, New Jersey
    Another Bush blunder. Bolton is one of the least diplomatic people on the planet!
    # 135:
    8:58 am PST, Apr 1, Name not displayed, Rhode Island
    # 134:
    8:58 am PST, Apr 1, Holly Shellner, Colorado
    This man will embarrass the country even more, and I wasn't sure that was possible.
    # 133:
    8:58 am PST, Apr 1, Lesley Taylor, Florida
    # 132:
    8:57 am PST, Apr 1, Gail Wittman, Pennsylvania
    # 131:
    8:57 am PST, Apr 1, Eileen A McCready, Ohio
    How can we nominate a person who opposes the UN
    # 130:
    8:57 am PST, Apr 1, Name not displayed, New York
    This is a ridiculous nomination.
    # 129:
    8:56 am PST, Apr 1, Name not displayed, Indiana
    We don't need to further antagonize our former allies, and this appointment is destined to do just that.
    # 128:
    8:56 am PST, Apr 1, Clare Savard, New York
    # 127:
    8:56 am PST, Apr 1, Marilyn Himmel, Florida
    We need to improve relationships with our European allies and not slap their face again with an ambassodor who has publicly renounced the UN.
    # 126:
    8:55 am PST, Apr 1, Barry Saltzman, California
    # 125:
    8:55 am PST, Apr 1, Betsy Director, Pennsylvania
    More hypocrisy. Now *there's* a surprise.
    # 124:
    8:55 am PST, Apr 1, Cindy Waltershausen, Wisconsin
    Our Ambassador to the U.N. must be a person who will work respectfully with other U.N. members.
    # 123:
    8:54 am PST, Apr 1, Name not displayed, Massachusetts
    # 122:
    8:53 am PST, Apr 1, Josilda Acosta, Puerto Rico
    It is a post for a human being who cares for world peace!
    # 121:
    8:53 am PST, Apr 1, Sandra Thompson, California
    # 120:
    8:53 am PST, Apr 1, George White, jr., Tennessee
    # 119:
    8:52 am PST, Apr 1, Christine Benes, New York
    We need someone who respects the UN and wants to work for global unity.
    # 118:
    8:52 am PST, Apr 1, Trudi Peterson, Illinois
    # 117:
    8:51 am PST, Apr 1, Hamilton Williams, North Carolina
    Bolton's own comments that the "United Nations should serve the will of the US" demonstrate that he is exactly WRONG for the world today and need not be anywhere near public office at all, much less a world organization.
    # 116:
    8:51 am PST, Apr 1, Joan B. Hunter, Massachusetts
    He does not show a desire to cooperate with other countries in solving the world's problems.
    # 115:
    8:50 am PST, Apr 1, Jane Kallander, Virginia
    This man makes a mockery of the UN's mission and makes a further mockery of the U.S. in the international arena.
    # 114:
    8:49 am PST, Apr 1, Robert Bromley, Ohio
    # 113:
    8:49 am PST, Apr 1, Susan Patton, Virginia
    The United States would lose more stature in the world and slip further into isolationism if this man is approved.
    # 112:
    8:48 am PST, Apr 1, Name not displayed, Pennsylvania
    # 111:
    8:47 am PST, Apr 1, Jenna Garvey, Massachusetts
    # 110:
    8:46 am PST, Apr 1, Robert Pearre, New York
    # 109:
    8:46 am PST, Apr 1, Alene Cohen, New York
    # 108:
    8:45 am PST, Apr 1, Jeri McCoy, Oklahoma
    # 107:
    8:45 am PST, Apr 1, Daniel Fewster, Maryland
    # 106:
    8:45 am PST, Apr 1, Jeanne Larrison, Maryland
    This man has no respect for The United Nations. He does not belong in this position.
    # 105:
    8:45 am PST, Apr 1, Cynthia Brenner, Massachusetts
    This is a cruel, wrong minded joke of an appointment. We, and the world, deserve better!
    # 104:
    8:45 am PST, Apr 1, Shannon Kresse, Ohio
    # 103:
    8:44 am PST, Apr 1, Kathy Bass, Tennessee
    # 102:
    8:44 am PST, Apr 1, Janine Loiselle-newbern, Michigan
    # 101:
    8:44 am PST, Apr 1, Michael Hulshof-Schmidt, Georgia
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