Bolton: "The White House Candy Store Is Open" for Bribing Support for Syrian Air-Snubs

Syrian Air-Snubs. I crack myself up.

Anyway.

Fund begins by noting that Obama's Case for War is essentially nothing but rank appeals to partisan tribalism. You should read that part, but I can't swipe the whole thing.

On to Bolton and his Mustache of Destiny:

The White House has other inducements for members who are still resistant. “I think the White House candy store is open,”said John Bolton, a former U.N. ambassador under President Bush who opposes a military strike against Syria, on Fox News Tuesday. “What do you need for your district or state? A post office? A new military facility? What do you want? I think anything you want you’re going to get because the White House is going to do whatever it takes to get a majority.”

So we have the irony that, even as the administration’s arguments for intervention become less coherent, its chances of prevailing by playing on tribal loyalties and the use of “non-policy” arguments are increasing.

And people thought the pressure and the wheeling and dealing that forced through passage of Obamacare were unseemly.

At Hot Air, Pelosi says she doesn't think she can corral enough cats to deliver Obama his SCOAMF AUMF.

A whip-count puts it at 49 Yea in the House, with 200 Nay. But be aware most of those not yet signalling a leaning will wind up going the unpopular route (a Yea). If they had plans to vote the more-popular way, they'd just say so.

(By the way, I wrote that before I saw the update at Hot Air saying basically that.)

posted by Ace at 06:11 PM

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