Makes ya real proud...to be a republican, doesn't it?

? and the Mysterians got nothing on this guy. The NYTimes has a puff piece (go to bug-me-not to get a log-in password) on Voinovich and the other RINOs .

WASHINGTON, May 12 - The unusual pact that permitted the nomination of John R. Bolton to go forward on Thursday without the support of a crucial Republican senator has exposed, in a very raw and public way, the extreme pressures facing Republican moderates in a Senate that is increasingly dominated by conservatives.

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Senator George V. Voinovich, who broke ranks with Republicans on Thursday over John R. Bolton’s nomination as envoy to the United Nations.

President Bush called the dissenting Republican, Senator George V. Voinovich of Ohio, on Wednesday, the day before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on which Mr. Voinovich serves, was to take up the nomination, the White House spokesman, Scott McClellan, said.

Karl Rove (click here for dramatic effect), the president's powerful political adviser, and Andrew H. Card Jr., the chief of staff, also called to chat with Mr. Voinovich in recent weeks, Mr. McClellan said.

And Mr. Voinovich, who has steadfastly refused to answer questions about any discussions with the White House, is hardly the only Republican who is feeling the squeeze these days.

From the fight over Mr. Bolton to the looming blowup over the president's judicial nominees to the debate over the proposal to overhaul Social Security, Republican moderates are caught in the middle as never before. As they look to the near future, to a possible vacancy on the Supreme Court, they realize that the pressures will only intensify.

"Bolton is a perfect example of putting the moderates in an impossible situation," said Senator Lincoln Chafee, the Rhode Island Republican who also sits on the Foreign Relations Committee and who agonized publicly over Mr. Bolton for weeks. "It's a no-win. Either we don't support the president or we vote for a very unpopular pick to represent us at the United Nations." (click here to read the rest...)

The piece goes on to relate the trials and tribulations of the six other Senate RINOs. Ohhh boo-friggen-hoo! I heard Voinovich's testimony on the Laura Ingraham Show this morning, and he literally sounded like he was ready for the rubber room at "2-South" at the St. Cloud hospital. He was literally blubbering and crying, wringing his hands at the prospect of a Bolton confirmation, fearing for his grandchildren. (sound clip here courtesy of radioblogger)

FOR CRYING OUT LOUD (literally)--When you're talking about the collection of thugs and criminals at the U.N., the last thing we need is a blathering, blubbering idiot who is worried that we're going to send someone there who isn't going to be very nice to them. Where is General Patton now when you need him to go up to the podium and bitchslap this pantywaist?

Like I said before, Ohio, the RNC, the U.S. Senate, and the United States of America can do a lot better than George Voinovich.