John Bolton: The Mustache Lives
If you imagine Paul McCartney at Shea Stadium in 1965 you have some idea of the reception that the Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, gave John Bolton this morning. The former United Nations Ambassador packed the largest ballroom at Washington's Omni Shoreham Hotel and delivered a rousing speech filled with attacks on the Obama administration but also plenty of broadsides aimed at George W. Bush and Condoleeza Rice. He ripped the administration for ruling out the use of force to stop the Iranian nuclear program and he denounced the multilateral, six-party talks that the Bush administration initiated to thwart North Korea's nuclear ambitions. According to Bolton, the talks succeeded only in giving the Pyonyang regime another five years to perfect its nuclear program and strengthen its missile capacity.
He saved his strongest attacks for the Obama administration, saying that it had appeased Russia during the campaign when then Senator Obama called on both sides of the Russian-Georgian conflict over South Ossetia to show restraint. He condemned Hillary Clinton for not making more of human rights issues on her recent trip to Asia and said that the administration's diplomatic approaches to Iran and North Korea were only allowing both nations to fuel their nuclear ambitions.
When it comes to Israel, Bolton was especially hard on the administration saying that "for those who thought an Obama administration would be friendly to Israel, it's time to wake up." Bolton did show moderation on some fronts. When asked by an audience member whether the policies of the Obama administration would lead to an armed revolution in the United States, Bolton said that he only wanted "a revolution at the ballot box." After his address, Bolton went to the exhibit hall where a long line of fans stood in line for him to sign copies of his latest book.
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A hypothetical scenario: if Roland Burris went ape-shit, so to speak, and starting shrieking and jumping up and down, and ripped off Nancy Pelosi's face, would the Senate eject him? I can't think of anything less that would make them get rid of that disgraceful clown, can you?
As for "armed revolution" do any of you fools recall Naomi Wolf calling for just that last fall, claiming that a "military coup" was underway, led by Palin? God you people are fools : )
February 26, 2009 1:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
Desperate for attention? Is nobody taking your bait in every other thread you posted the same garbage in?
February 26, 2009 1:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
oh, just amusing myself. You have to admit, it's a pretty hilarious image, if you think about it.
February 26, 2009 1:16 PM | Reply | Permalink
What image? I stopped reading when you went off-topic.
February 26, 2009 1:41 PM | Reply | Permalink
you mean the unoriginal racist comparison of an African American with an ape? No, not really. But I'm not a Post reader.
February 26, 2009 2:19 PM | Reply | Permalink
man, I lived for three year in Ft Greene, Brooklyn, in the 'to, as in ghet-to, and believe me, it's not always an unfair comparison. But I write this shit just to annoy you people for my cheap amusement : )
February 26, 2009 2:34 PM | Reply | Permalink
Shameful.
Don't worry, God loves you, even if everyone else in your life thinks you're a total ass.
February 26, 2009 2:41 PM | Reply | Permalink
Arsebung, much?
February 26, 2009 2:49 PM | Reply | Permalink
I feel fairly confident in positing that this cheese-dick poster ‘Letom’ is none other than Glenn Beck – or Nadya Suleyman – or a lesser evolved version of the two of them combined. It’s highly likely that he’s hermaphroditical and that he has chronic bad breath. He exists solely as a ball-sniffing blog troll to provoke responses from thoughtful posters. The fact that some of you take the bait only works to satisfy his lack of physical contact with women – or to smooth over the rough edges of a life spent getting his ass kicked by people like me – when the only refuge he ever had were the sexual exchanges he shared with his unfortunate childhood basset hound. It’s best you leave him alone – he’ll eventually go away.
February 26, 2009 6:51 PM | Reply | Permalink
When did they release him from the asylum? I thought he was still in the rubber room because he was a danger to himself and others. Wow, maybe it's the recession and they had to make some cut backs or something.
February 26, 2009 1:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
I'm currently living in Ireland, and despite Irish news radio being generally good journalists, they always had John Bolton on to talk about American foreign policy news. I'm not sure if it was because they actually thought he was somehow relevant or if they wanted to make Americans look stupid.
February 26, 2009 2:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
sad thing about the Irish, they're such ill-mannered louts, I think because the English weren't there long enough to finish civilizing them.
Funny thing, you Americans were all indignant about Saudis funding OBL, but where do you think the IRa got their money? Boston and NYC.
February 26, 2009 2:18 PM | Reply | Permalink
Funny, all those women and children in Gaza were killed with weapons supplied by and/or paid for by American dollars. Yeah, really funny. I notice you're not too outraged about their deaths. Wrong color skin, maybe? Or, you just don't like the way they do their hair?
If you had a point, it's rounded down to a nub. Get back when you've sharpened it a bit.
Thanks.
mp
February 26, 2009 2:59 PM | Reply | Permalink
oh, I've spent time in West Bank, jeepers what a miserable bunch of dirty, unpleasant people. And Ed Said was a pompus ass, good riddance.
Hey, I like Arabic culture and all, but they are mostly pretty backward, nasty and dirty, and except for nutty right wing ultraorthodox American Jews, Israel is an astonishingly civil and civilized country.
February 26, 2009 3:12 PM | Reply | Permalink
Hey, I like crazy, bomb-throwing bigots and all, but they're mostly pretty despicable.
February 26, 2009 4:04 PM | Reply | Permalink
Man, I was in Nablus, what a shit-hole. Look, maybe 15% of Palistinians are nice, cultured people. The rest are pretty fucked-up. And you can see Tel Aviv from the West Bank, it looks magical almost, especially compared to the squalor of WB. And the city itself? It is like all the nice parts of Brooklyn and Manhattan, except on the mediterranean, and with palm trees. I can't stand most American Jews, but the Israelis are just amazing people.
February 26, 2009 4:11 PM | Reply | Permalink
In any normal administration, this guy would be the single worst apple by a good measure.
But the Bushie's had Rumsfled, Feith, Wolfowitz, Cheney. Really tough competition.
February 26, 2009 1:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
"An armed revolution" and Bolton answered him seriously? Did the rest of the audience hoot and cheer the question and boo and hiss the answer?
February 26, 2009 1:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
This is the same ilk as the woman at McCain's rally who explained into the mic that she knew who Obama was, "He's an Arab". It's the same, misanthropic, book-burner frenzy.
February 26, 2009 1:20 PM | Reply | Permalink
In other news, an unmedicated homeless man wandering in a nearby park told rapt reporters that Obama put toasters in the fog.
February 26, 2009 1:44 PM | Reply | Permalink
Bolton, like Keyes, knows how to hype sales for the current book by fanning the flames of the loonies. So much for truth in advertizing.
February 26, 2009 1:47 PM | Reply | Permalink
Bolton, like Keyes, knows how to hype sales for the current book by fanning the flames of the loonies. So much for truth in advertizing.
February 26, 2009 1:47 PM | Reply | Permalink
Bolton is a bully trying to sell books. Who the hell cares what he said?
February 26, 2009 2:42 PM | Reply | Permalink
Can't this horrid individual go away...he contributes nothing of value to the public dialogue!
February 26, 2009 2:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
Who, Bolton or letom?
February 26, 2009 2:55 PM | Reply | Permalink
Are we sure they're different people?
February 26, 2009 3:34 PM | Reply | Permalink
The resemblance of tone and language certainly is striking. Hmmm...
February 26, 2009 3:57 PM | Reply | Permalink
It certainly is. The fool is off his rocker, just like bolton.
February 26, 2009 4:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
Could Bolton be . . . the Anti-Christ? Just askin'.
February 26, 2009 3:32 PM | Reply | Permalink
Kind of shows the juxtaposition between liberals and conservatives when a conservative prez is in office, libs talk about leaving the country.
When a lib prez is in office, cons talk about shooting him!
February 26, 2009 3:34 PM | Reply | Permalink
Nuking Chicago is a laughing matter -
http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2009/02/john-bolton-cpac-benefits-nuking-chicagoFebruary 26, 2009 4:51 PM | Reply | Permalink
So letom would you term yourself a troll or a sock puppet?
February 26, 2009 4:51 PM | Reply | Permalink
Geez, jaf. Why did you have to make the choices so difficult?!
February 26, 2009 6:11 PM | Reply | Permalink
So... what's the possibility that a bunch of these pricks could be frog-marched out for avoiding subpoena's? Sounds like it's a one stop shop for rounding up the political grifters.
February 26, 2009 4:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
If you imagine Paul McCartney at Shea Stadium in 1965 you have some idea of the reception that the Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, gave John Bolton this morning.
Uh... no... I don't think so:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mUXwnEWEnE
http://www.maccafan.net/Gallery/SheaStadium/Shea.htm
Hell... even *Obama* doesn't get that.
This is the wonderful thing about The Google, The YouTube (and of course their pals The RapidShare and The MegaUpload if you're a true Beatles hardcore seeking out cool video and recording boots):
We don't have to imagine.
John
"Oh dear, what can I do?
Baby's in black and I'm feeling blue,
Tell me, oh what can I do?"
-Lennon & McCartney
February 26, 2009 7:37 PM | Reply | Permalink