Hyannisport Under Glass

Matt May points out some, er, personal implications of Ted Kennedy's latest anti-Bolton tantrum that he may not have considered beforehand:

Senator Edward Kennedy's reaction to President Bush's recess appointment of John Bolton as United States ambassador to the United Nations was typical and not surprising:

"The abuse of power and the cloak of secrecy from the White House continues. It's a devious maneuver that evades the constitutional requirement of Senate consent and only further darkens the cloud over Mr. Bolton's credibility at the U.N."...

But a question to Senator Kennedy regarding cloaks of secrecy and personal wars from the White House: Does the name Ngo Dinh Diem mean anything to you, Senator?...Someone might have the audacity to mention the name Diem to you. Someone might have the gall to shout "Bay of Pigs" within earshot of you. Someone might bring up the wiretapping of Martin Luther King, Jr. Someone might say the blueprint for shadowy tactics of the executive undercutting the Constitution in the last half of the 20th century began not with Watergate, but with the administrations of the 35th and 36th Presidents....

You know a lot about the executive's abuse of power, Senator. But when you start rambling on about that subject, keep it closer to home next time.

I wish one of Uncle Teddy's GOP colleagues would say this on the Senate floor. Success - in this case, John Bolton's recess appointment - may be the best revenge, but this kind of despicable partisan rhetoric needs to be answered with some serious blowback.

There isn't any "comity" in the U.S. Senate and hasn't been for years. It's long past time to make the enmity that does exist a two-way street.

[HT: Powerline]