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AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth: Bush UN ambassador jokes about nuking Chicago since Obama is from there
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News: John Bolton at CPAC: The Benefits of Nuking Chicago
Brilliant at Breakfast: Why on earth would anyone even consider allowing these people near a position of power ever again?
Bush UN ambassador jokes about nuking Chicago since Obama is from there
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth —
The cream of the crop of the Republican party is attending the CPAC conference today in Washington, DC. It's where the party's best and brightest show up and demonstrate to the American people how totally bankrupt the Republican party has become. Case in point? Bush's UN ambassador. These folks still haven't learned their lesson. They think the entire nation is inhabited by Rush Limbaughs and Phyllis Schlafflys. No, they only inhabit the leadership of the Republican party. The rest of the nation is quite normal, thanks. And that's why the GOP won't be back in power for a ...
John Bolton at CPAC: The Benefits of Nuking Chicago
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... Bolton wasn't the only one who thought this was funny. The room erupted in laughter and applause. Was this conservative catharsis, with rightwingers delightfully imagining the destruction of a city that represents Obama? Or perhaps they were venting vengeance with their laughter. (Bolton is no stranger to inflammatory remarks. He once infamously quipped, "There are 38 floors to the UN building in New York. If you lost 10 of them, it wouldn't make a bit of difference.") Read more: http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2009/02/john-bolton-cpa...
Why on earth would anyone even consider allowing these people near a position of power ever again?
Brilliant at Breakfast —
Sick sick sick sick sick: Former UN Ambassador John Bolton believes the security of the United States is at dire risk under the Obama administration. And before a gathering of conservatives in Washington on Thursday morning, he suggested, as something of a joke, that President Barack Obama might learn a needed lesson if Chicago were destroyed by a nuclear bomb. Appearing at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), the nation's largest annual conference of conservative activists, Bolton, one of the hardest hardliners of the George W. Bush ...
John Bolton jokes about nuking Chicago, entire CPAC audience erupts in laughter.
Think Progress —
... in the room by raising the prospect of an Iranian-sent nuclear attack on an American city. “It’s [a] tiny [threat] compared to the Soviet Union,” Bolton said, “but is the loss of one American city — pick one at random: Chicago — is that a tiny threat?” The audience erupted in cheers and laughter at the idea of Obama’s home city being obliterated. Watch it: ...
The Crazy Comes Out at CPAC
Booman Tribune —
... this morning that CPAC 2009 would deliver the crazy and they have not disappointed . Former interim UN Ambassador John Bolton delivered a speech about the threat of a nuclear Iran. "The fact is on foreign policy I don't think President Obama thinks it's a priority," said Bolton. "He said during the campaign he thought Iran was a tiny threat. Tiny, tiny depending on how many nuclear weapons they are ultimately able to deliver on target. Its, uh, its tiny compared to the Soviet Union, but is the loss of one American city" here Bolton shrugged his shoulders impishly "pick ...
John Bolton at CPAC: Nuke Chicago
Outside The Beltway | OTB —
... Jonathan Stein remarks on something former recess appointment UN Ambassador John Bolton said yesterday at CPAC:“The fact is on foreign policy I don’t think President Obama thinks [stopping Iran's nuclear program is] a priority,” said Bolton. “He said during the campaign he thought Iran was a tiny threat. Tiny, tiny depending on how many nuclear weapons they are ultimately able to deliver on target. Its, uh, its tiny compared to the Soviet Union, but is the loss of one American city” – here Bolton shrugged his shoulders impishly – “pick one at random – Chicago – is that a tiny ...
Nyuk, nyuk, nuke
Political Animal —
... . "The fact is on foreign policy I don't think President Obama thinks it's a priority," Bolton said. "He said during the campaign he thought Iran was a 'tiny' threat. Tiny, tiny depending on how many nuclear weapons they are ultimately able to deliver on target. It's, uh, it's tiny compared to the Soviet Union, but is the loss of one American city -- pick one at random, Chicago -- is that a tiny threat?" Jonathan Stein noted , "Bolton wasn't the only one who thought this was funny. The room erupted in laughter and applause. Was this conservative catharsis, with rightwingers ...
Reid And Pelosi Give Obama The Finger-- Bow Down To The NRA
DownWithTyranny! —
... The NRA will be happy to know that bullying Democrats-- even when they control both houses of Congress and the presidency-- works. Earlier today Nancy Pelosi told Eric Holder that a reinstating a ban on automatic weapons will take a better man than her. Yep, while John Bolton was being applauded wildly for telling the American neo-fascist movement at their CPAC NutFest in DC that Chicago should be nuked, Speaker Pelosi was ...
A detour on the comeback trail
Political Animal —
... why reparations for African Americans are a bad idea: "[Y]ou can't whine and cry about it these days. I mean, Jews were slaves, but they're not asking for compensation from Egypt." Jonathan Stein reported : [Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.)] ended by saying, "With CPAC's leadership, we can revitalize this movement." And that's the problem. This year's CPAC is supposed to begin conservatism's comeback. But can rebirth be achieved when the ideas being spouted by Bolton, Ryan, and others are the same as the ones pushed for the last eight years? Probably not. All the talk last year about ...
Mike's Blog Roundup
Crooks and Liars —
... Only in America: Steve Rosen, under indictment for espionage has the gall to question a life-long public servant's fitness for an Obama appointment.
Mother Jones: A Global Meltdown
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David Seaton's News Links: It's been a long time coming...
The Satirical Political Report: Sneak Preview - One Flew Over the CPAC's Nest
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At CPAC, Conservatives Blame Others, Not Their Own Ideas
David Corn —
... By the way, if you haven't seen it yet, check out this story on how former UN Ambassador John Bolton jokingly suggested at CPAC that a nuclear attack on Chicago would teach Obama a much-needed lesson about national security. And the audience responded with laughter and cheers. ...
The Ghoulish Old Party
Firedoglake —
... How about John Bolton killing at CPAC with his little "joke" about Chicago getting nuked? Or all the other times a Republican has ...
Arianna Huffington: Sunday Roundup
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... the president's address to Congress "insane," John Bolton cracking jokes about the nuclear annihilation of Chicago, and Bobby Jindal using his time in the spotlight ...
Allison Kilkenny: Update: John Bolton Still Crazy
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... . Okay, so maybe he was getting plenty of airtime, but regardless, I'm glad to see his little incoherently ranting ideas (like Chicago being destroyed by a nuclear bomb) preserved for the ages in print. ...
Allison Kilkenny: John Bolton Wants Israel to Attack Iran
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... Iran's nuclear threat was never in doubt during its presidential campaign, but the post-election resistance raised the possibility of some sort of regime change. That prospect seems lost for the near future or for at least as long as it will take Iran to finalize a deliverable nuclear weapons capability.
- John R. Bolton in The Washington PostAdd Iran to the long list of places Bolton would love to attack. The full list includes Somalia, Chicago, Iraq (he wanted this one so badly he manipulated inspections by firing the ...
