Some days it just doesn't pay to be a Republican Senator...

During the current confirmation hearings for John Bolton to be U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., one of the members, Senator Voinovich from Ohio, actually wanted voiced a misgiving about making the guy who hates the UN be the guy who talks to the UN:

...inside the packed Senate Foreign Relations Committee room, Voinovich took another stand against the administration by suggesting the committee delay a vote on Bush's nomination of John Bolton as U.N. ambassador.

"I've heard enough today that I don't feel comfortable about voting for Mr. Bolton," Voinovich told fellow committee members. He previously had said he would vote for Bolton.

So, as Wonkette points out today, the fine folks over at Move America Forward didn't take too kindly to that and immediately launched this ad attacking the guy:

You really need to check this whole thing:

Wife: Honey, were you watching C-SPAN today? Did you hear how disloyal Senator Voinovich was to Republicans and President Bush? Voinovich stood with the Democrats and refused to vote for John Bolton, the man President Bush has chosen to fight for the United States at the UN

Husband: No, I was streaming it on the Internet at the office, but from what I could tell, Senator Voinovich played hookey from the hearings?

Wife: Yeah that’s right. He’s missed most of the Bolton confirmation hearings, but then shows up at the last minute and stabs the President and Republicans right in the back.

Husband: That’s ridiculous – the United Nations needs reform, we need someone who will stand up for the United States and fight the UN’s corruption and anti-Americanism.

Wife: Shame on Senator Voinovich. After the Democrats smeared Condoleeza Rice for Secretary of State and Alberto Gonzales for Attorney General, how could Voinovich side with the Democrats in smearing John Bolton?

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remember, anything other than STRICT adherence to the Party must be stamped out violently. Disloyalty to the Party will be punished. While we all loved the dashing Tom Cruise character in that great Patriotic epic _Top Gun_, any actual mavericks must be driven away with sticks. Much less any senators who didn't immediately go along with the Preznit's fucked-up tax plan in 2003.