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A Former Ambassador Just Spent $14,000 On Twitter Ads Bashing Obama
Business Insider ^ | July 23 2014 | Colin Campbell

Posted on 07/23/2014 1:05:29 PM PDT by PoloSec

Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton, a Republican who said he is mulling a run for president in 2016, is a somewhat ubiquitous presence for politicos on Twitter.

The Washington Post documented in July how users who search for terms like "GOP" or even just "politics" on Twitter are greeted with ads from Bolton blasting President Barack Obama's foreign policy. For example, Business Insider just did a Twitter search for "Benghazi" and was presented with ads featuring surverys asking if Israel is justified in its conflict with Hamas and if we agree that "Iran is taking America to the cleaners."

These ads weren't free. According to the July federal campaign finance filings, Bolton's PAC spent $30,000 on online advertising and his super PAC spent another $20,000.

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1 posted on 07/23/2014 1:05:29 PM PDT by PoloSec
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To: PoloSec

Our next real Secretary of State


2 posted on 07/23/2014 1:08:00 PM PDT by morphing libertarian (Advanced technological development.)
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To: PoloSec

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3 posted on 07/23/2014 1:08:25 PM PDT by WayneS (Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.)
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To: PoloSec

LOVE John Bolton..a solid defender of Israel!!


4 posted on 07/23/2014 1:10:22 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: WayneS

Try this

http://news.malaysia.msn.com/regional/a-former-ambassador-just-spent-dollar14000-on-twitter-ads-bashing-obama-1


5 posted on 07/23/2014 1:14:54 PM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (It's a shame nobama truly doesn't care about any of this. Our country, our future, he doesn't care)
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To: PoloSec

Another solid conservative and patriot in the mix


6 posted on 07/23/2014 1:21:48 PM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true .. I have no proof .. but they're true.)
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To: morphing libertarian
"Our next real Secretary of State"

Possibly, but probably not. Bolton is a NeoCon and republican presidents don't usually give the SoS job to NeoCons. A GOP prez usually gives the SoS and NSA to Realists and gives the SecDef job to NeoCons.

7 posted on 07/23/2014 1:22:49 PM PDT by Ben Ficklin
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To: morphing libertarian
...or next Neocon Secretary of State.

How many needless and destructive wars will he urge our next president to start?

8 posted on 07/23/2014 1:24:06 PM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear
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To: PoloSec

What is a “Twitter Ad” and why did he throw away $14,000??


9 posted on 07/23/2014 1:25:58 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: who_would_fardels_bear

I was hoping for Iran, if it’s not too late.


10 posted on 07/23/2014 1:27:26 PM PDT by morphing libertarian (Advanced technological development.)
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To: Lurkina.n.Learnin

Thanks.


11 posted on 07/23/2014 1:29:04 PM PDT by WayneS (Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.)
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To: morphing libertarian
Lets invade Sweden. I hear that the Swedish Bikini Team is being held hostage by Muslim extremists and the politically correct government there is doing nothing about it.

We need to get there before Stockholm Syndrome takes hold of them!


12 posted on 07/23/2014 2:36:44 PM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear
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To: who_would_fardels_bear

If they were gay minority males being held hostage, Sweden be ordered to release them and undergo nationwide sensitivity training.


13 posted on 07/23/2014 2:45:26 PM PDT by wally_bert (There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.q)
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To: PoloSec

What’s the problem? Doesn’t he have the right to engage in political free speech, or is that type of commentary the exclusive right of liberals?


14 posted on 07/23/2014 3:30:53 PM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: who_would_fardels_bear

WoW, did you notice how blue the sky is and not a cloud to be seen.


15 posted on 07/23/2014 3:41:21 PM PDT by depenzz ("it isn't a chance you take, its a choice you make")
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To: depenzz
Ha Ha!

I had to look at the pic one more time.

The first few times for some reason I didn't notice the color or lack of clouds in the sky.

My attention was drawn elsewhere.

16 posted on 07/23/2014 3:49:30 PM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear
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To: who_would_fardels_bear

Who_would_fardels_boff ?


17 posted on 07/23/2014 7:03:25 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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