Outstanding smackdown...
I went to grad school in Britain (both London colleges) and I have to say how pleasurable it was to express my supply side, tax cutting, wealth creating capitalist views in my papers, and how thoroughly appalled they all were.
When in conversations like these though, I usually jump right ahead to the expletive ‘sh—head.’ It’s a bit puerile, I know, but terribly effective. The typical response is squirming.
More, I’ve found that Bolton’s accusatory ‘superiority’ comments don’t work. They didn’t work for Hannity last night with Hitchens, who ate the pannicky Hannity’s lunch.
Rather, it is best to call them second raters, and ask them what they’ve contributed to freedom loving peoples outside their borders since the regicide of Charles. The silence is invariably deafening, and leads to increased self-loathing.
Go John Bolton!
I guess if you share ideological DNA with Adolph, Valdimir, and Joseph, you probably want to keep your pedigree to yourself.
I am sure Chelsea Clinton did the same while she was at Oxford.