Ain’t got nothin’ if you ain’t got….Bolton.
First, we had Al Franken in the midwestern neighborhood this week, as he began paving the way to spanking Minnesota Senator Norm Coleman in a 2008 match-up.
Then I hear that U2 frontman (and all around sexy liberal human being), Bono, is being considered not only for a Nobel Peace Prize, but also the head position at the World Bank.
And now President Bush and Condoleeza Rice have named Michael Bolton as the new U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
“The president and Secretary Rice have chosen Mr. Bolton because he knows how to get things done,” said an adviser to Rice, who did not want to be named. “He is a tough-minded diplomat, he has a strong history of success, and he has a proven track record of effective multilateralism.
“A strong history of success”? Really? I mean, I guess “Time, Love and Tenderness” and “When a Man Loves a Woman” did pretty well on the charts, but I’d hardly call that a strong history of success.
What’s that?
Not MICHAEL Bolton?
Someone even LAMER than Michael Bolton, you say?
It’s hard to imagine someone lamer than Michael Bolton, but leave it to George W. Bush to find him….
March 7th, 2005 at 3:23 pm
The funniest thing about Michael Bolton, besides humor and irony deficits that rival Steven Segall’s, is hearing him sing with Pavarotti. Now that is the kind of laugh out loud “funny” missing from contemporary humor. Worth picking up in the discount bin as a stocking stuffer.
I don’t think John Bolton is known for his sense of humor, either. I’ve certainly never laughed at him.
March 7th, 2005 at 3:49 pm
ROFL
March 7th, 2005 at 4:14 pm
That’s the ONLY funny thing I’ve heard about Bolton all day.
Where do they find these people? Is there a special psycho radar I don’t know about?
March 7th, 2005 at 5:28 pm
LOL.
But on a serious note, it’s curious how the administration appoints people who don’t believe in a specific mission to head that mission. Wow!
March 7th, 2005 at 5:43 pm
It does seem like, whenever an appointment needs to be made, Bushco asks, “OK….who would be the absolute crappiest person for this job?” and then picks them. Crazy.
March 7th, 2005 at 7:20 pm
In the Republican One Party State, how could it be anything else? Aside from using the military to murder obstinate foreigners, today’s Republicans don’t even believe in the concept of federal government. They haven’t for well over a decade.
March 7th, 2005 at 8:54 pm
I think it’s actually the Bolton from Office Space. Bush is hoping he’ll do to the UN what he did to that printer.
March 8th, 2005 at 4:50 pm
“But on a serious note, itā€™s curious how the administration appoints people who donā€™t believe in a specific mission to head that mission. Wow!”
If you remove your own beliefs about the mission (I assume you find the UN to be useful, or at worst, worthy of redemption), it will become clear how this selection was made. Many of us have no use for the United Nations–if Bush privately feels that way to, who better to appoint to reflect that view? (I’m not asking you to agree with his selection–merely offering a peek at what likely motivated it.)