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Friday, May 27, 2005
Bolton: Liar and an Idiot
[Recycled and extened post from a couple weeks ago. Cross posted as a comment somewhere on DKos. Umm ... yes ... my output is somewhat low these days. I think I'll send a condensed version to the local daily. I may not write much, but I can use it over and over again. You know, like Friedman of the Times.]
The Dems are pushing on the wrong point with Bolton.
For example, the debate about Bolton on the May 8th edition of Face the Nation included the topic "is Bolton too blunt?" Biden should have turned the discussion to the real issues.
Bolton is a liar and an idiot. That's the issue. Okay, I'll stipulate that he's a blunt liar and a blunt idiot. He's also a liar and idiot with a ridiculous hair piece. The problem here is the mendacity and stupidity, not that he's McGuff with a toupee and a wannabe cowboy mustache.
Bolton was part of the lie machine that "fixed the intelligence" about Iraq. It was his job to lie about WMD, and he went big.
Bolton wasn't "too blunt" in Korea. The problem is that he spoke out of turn. In large organizations (e.g. the US government), people need to know their place. They need to know when to speak up, and when to STFU. Bolton is an idiot who spoke out of turn at a sensitive point in negotiations, and pissed off the US ambassador to S. Korea, pissed of the Koreans, and pissed off the Japanese.
I repeat, Bolton is a liar and an idiot.
Now, I understand that Presidents like to work with people with whom they have something in common. And since Bush is a liar and an idiot himself, Bolton is a natural choice. But, sorry, that's not sufficient justification for endorsing further lying and idiocy.