Former U.N. Ambassador John R. Bolton bashes Obama on Libya

The Los Angeles Times ^ | March 18, 2011 | Maeve Reston

[2ndDivisionVet]

Did you forget Yassir Arafat?

[Rembrandt]

“John Bolton would make a great SecState or SecDef but he lacks the charisma for an Executive post. I love the guy.

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‘And there’s the rub if you’re a conservative. The libs have just about won the wussification of American men and the turning of American women into dithering, addle-brained school girls.

When charisma is put ahead of intelligence, right-mindedness and abilities, we have turned the presidency into a parody of a beauty contest with no regard for anything of real value.’ “

You misunderstood my point. I’m not concerned about Conservatives - I believe Conservatives mostly know what the lay of the land is. The charisma issue comes into play when Independents are considered. Independents waffle in the slightest breeze and Bolton (bless his heart) isn’t a sweet and fuzzy guy so I don’t think he’d garner the necessary Independent votes. A candidate can’t win the Presidency without winning the majority of the Independents.

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You misunderstood my point. I’m not concerned about Conservatives - I believe Conservatives mostly know what the lay of the land is. The charisma issue comes into play when Independents are considered. Independents waffle in the slightest breeze and Bolton (bless his heart) isn’t a sweet and fuzzy guy so I don’t think he’d garner the necessary Independent votes. A candidate can’t win the Presidency without winning the majority of the Independents.

I got the point - I wasn't clear that I was speaking in generalities and not at you. While I've seen some conservatives use charisma as a judging point, the problem is that it has become such a "requirement" by the idiot voters, that the best and the brightest might as well not exist if they ain't pretty and charming too. Conservatives are having their field shortened and defined because of it, and that is worrisome.