Dallas Observer: Undiplomatic: A whistleblower in the Bolton nomination

[tex-wyo-dem]

...learns the power of the blogosphere

Unbelievable what this woman has gone through just to get out the truth about her experiences with heir Bolton. The RW will stop at nothing to discredit those who seek to expose their thugs.

http://www.dallasobserver.com/issues/2005-05-05/news/news.html

On a warm, windy morning last week, in front of a neighborhood coffee shop, Melody Townsel asks herself the question that hangs in the air. "Would I do it again?" she says. She doesn't know the answer; she's leaning, at this moment, toward a big, fat no. She says it with a rueful smile, though any smile at this point is a far cry from the way she felt the day before, when she answered the question "How are you doing?" with a simple "Suicidal."

A month ago you did not know the name Melody Townsel, and a month from now you probably will have forgotten it, unless you are family or a friend or a client of the public relations woman whose business shrinks a little more each week. But now, her name shows up regularly in newspapers and weekly magazines and on Web sites devoted to the bickering of political partisans. There she is in last week's Time, her picture next to that of Colin Powell; there she is being mentioned on CNN and Fox News Channel. She's inescapable as the Senate Foreign Relations Committee ponders her allegations that President Bush's nominee for United Nations ambassador, John Bolton, is a bully who, in the summer of 1994, put her "through hell."

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[kainah]

1. let's hope

that what she has done is not in vain. Her courage deserves to be rewarded.

[napi21]

2. She should feel comfort that she has a lot of others saying similar things

If she were the ONLY one saying negative things about Bolton, it would be a BIG problem, but there are some very well known people saying similar things about this nut. Colin Powel for one, and he was Bolton's boss. I listened to the testimony of the guy from the CIA, and he was very credible. I understand there will be more stating the came things. I realize it's difficult when those in power are pissed at you, and I'm sure they're trying to slam her at every opportunity, but she needs to aligh herself with the good guys. In this case, I think the good guys will win.