Posted on 09/07/2010 12:25:24 PM PDT by pissant
An unexpected figure has recently emerged as a possible candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012.
John Bolton, whom former President George W. Bush appointed as ambassador to the United Nations for 16 months -- despite never winning confirmation in the U.S. Senate -- has raised the possibility that he would be open to a presidential campaign to highlight foreign-policy issues.
Bolton would be a heavy underdog if he enters the race, against a pack of high-profile candidates already looking to run -- including former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty and U.S. Rep. Ron Paul.
While well-respected by Beltway Republicans, Bolton has never held elective office, though he did serve in the Justice and State departments under Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, eventually rising to serve as assistant secretary of state for International Organization Affairs. He served as under secretary for Arms Control and International Security in George W. Bush’s first term, before being named to the U.N. post.
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Hunter/Bolton 2012
I like Bolton but have never considered him for POTUS. This should be good!
If he trims his mustache, we will know he is serious about running for political office.
They just don't get it, do they.
I think Bolton is great. He will tick off every lib in a hundred miles, though. He’s just got that certain sense of true ability and intolerance of idiocy that makes leftists nuts.
Bolton beats most of the media picks I’ve seen so far.
How about Jon Voight...name recognition and all that. And he’s more conservative than most of ‘em.
John Bolton is a most welcome addition to the campaign.
As long as Angelina campaigns for him
This is the most intriguing possibility I have heard in awhile.
Leave his mustache alone...it’s perfect!!
The RATS are already trashing him as a potential candidate, so they must be really scared of him.
That would be a GREAT team!
Iran would be non nuclear the next day
Ike never held an elective office before POTUS;)
Over some of the other warmed over conservative lites being chatted about, I would take Bolton in a heartbeat.
Dick Cheney II.
I would love to see him as Secretary of State!!!
This might hurt!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland_Army_National_Guard
Though Bolton supported the Vietnam War, he enlisted in the Maryland Army National Guard, but did not serve in Vietnam. He wrote in his Yale 25th reunion book “I confess I had no desire to die in a Southeast Asian rice paddy. I considered the war in Vietnam already lost.” In an interview, Bolton discussed his comment in the reunion book, explaining that he decided to avoid service in Vietnam because “by the time I was about to graduate in 1970, it was clear to me that opponents of the Vietnam War had made it certain we could not prevail, and that I had no great interest in going there to have Teddy Kennedy give it back to the people I might die to take it away from.”
Bolton works for me..we need courage
Bolton works for me..we need courage
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