Can you imagine anyone
in public life who’s more of a Cuckoo clock than the cuckoo-in-chief? Well,
even as our collective national intellect contracts there’s a glimmer of hope.
Or to paraphrase 21st Century philosopher Stephen Colbert put it -- A stupid
president has saved us from a very smart warmonger.
But don’t get all happy
just yet. We still have trump and probably still have John Bolton, too.
Probably sooner than you think he’ll pop up on Fox news, hammer in hand,
mustache akimbo. Rupert and his sons have issued an ultimatum: “If you want
this guy back on the air, wand him for metal before you let him past the lobby
desk.”
The man of a thousand
fuses is sparkling and ready to get back into the fray.
This is not a new topic
for this space. We’ve long been a fan of Bolton’s. Here’s an example from March
of 2011:
--Nutcase former UN Ambassador and possible Presidential candidate
John Bolton says the US should kill Gaddafi. Good thinking, John. Any decent hit men on your payroll these
days, or did you want to do this job yourself?
Another from April of
this year
“We’ll be talking to John Bolton in a different capacity.” --
President Trump explaining why he chose respected general H.R. McMaster as
national security adviser over the scary former UN ambassador who
might as well re-polish his resume because the quote translates
into “hit the road, Jack.”
How did we think that
was going to be the president’s durable thought?
That’s a mere two
examples. There have been at least nine mentions or full length stories since
2009.
Get out the wrench and
un-bolt him.
QUOTIN’ BOLT’N:
“There’s no such thing
as the United Nations. If the UN… Building lost ten stories, it wouldn’t make a
difference.” (He was UN Ambassador at the time.)
“I think the
international criminal court could be a threat to American security interests.”
“Don’t get me wrong. I
would love to be President.”
“I am not a
neo-conservative.”
“To stop Iran’s bomb,
bomb Iran.”
“We are confident that
Saddam Hussein has hidden weapons of mass destruction.” (He was W. Bush’s arms
control guy at the time.)
SHRAPNEL:
--The Democratic
Presidential debate put ten of the “leading” candidates in the televised
spotlight. Some called it a ten-way tie. At least Biden looked mostly
like the front runner the polls say he is.
--The one liner of the
night goes to businessman Andy Chang, who in discussing healthcare said “I’m
Asian, so I know a lot of doctors.” It went over everyone’s head including the
Wise Men and Woman of ABC News who were running the show.
I’m Wes Richards. My
opinions are my own but you’re welcome to them. ®
Please send comments to wesrichards@gmail.com
© WJR 2019
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