President George W. Bush listens to John Bolton speak after Bolton was appointed ambassador to the United Nations during an event at the White House on Aug. 1, 2005.
His political action committee and super PAC (PACs can give limited donations to political candidates, while super PACs can collect unlimited donations for independent expenditures such as campaign ads) — formed to support hawkish candidates and make national security an issue on the midterm campaign trail — raised more than $2.3 million during the Federal Election Commission's second filing quarter, from more than 20,000 donations. More important, the groups still have about $3 million in the bank ready to burn. Unlike many super PACs, which have spent big during a primary season defined by intraparty squabbles, Bolton's super PAC has been saving for the big show. Most of the expenditures have been related to consulting and fundraising -- and have been minimal.
How the heck did Bolton raise millions of dollars for foreign policy during a midterm campaign season? And where might he spend it?
He may not have been spending much money, but Bolton has been assembling an impressive list of e-mail addresses, if his Web footprint is any indicator. And as we've learned in recent presidential campaigns, few things are more important to a nascent presidential bid than a long e-mail list of people who have opened their pockets to you before. Hmm, this Bolton super PAC business is starting to make a lot of sense.
at least Bolton has some plan in mind unlike our comm. organizer in cheif..
ReplyDeleteGeorge Bush was our Helen of Troy. They wring us war, poverty, wealth concentration, and destruction. Notwithstanding the absence of an apology for not finding WMD in Iraq, Cheney thinks we "pulled out" of Iraq too early.
ReplyDeleteSomeday, perhaps not today, esteemed citizens will recognize how wrong their policies are, whether defense, economic, fiscal, etc.
only an imbecile would go around wearing a stupid-looking white mustache like that.
ReplyDeletesomewhere between boots on the ground and standing silently on the sidelines of a car wreck is where we should be. We sacrificed over 4,000 US lives. I think we had an investment in the region. First Bush should not have gone there. OK. But don't forget we had a Gulf War I in which many nations aided the effort and there was a peace agreement ...a no fly zone was established, etc...so when Saddam broke it we had a reason. However, Obama had turned what was a stable and stabilizing situation into a new quagmire nightmare by pulling the rug completely out from the new Iraq govt. I believe that - and the mayhem that has ensued ....as well as the strengthening of Islamic radicalism in the region - was his plan all along. The media as usual has stayed silent. Syrian radicals are snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. It is a massive insult to the families of those who died and tens of thousands more who were injured - for Obama to do NOTHING. 300 troops? No wonder Putin is on the march. Obama could not be this BAD accidentally. If he flipped a coin to determine policy he would have a better record than this. Shameful. There is a memorial to a fallen Evergreen soldier in Beverly Park. Obama and the Democratic Left might as well have spit on it.
ReplyDeleteNoe cons were behind the coup in Kiev some months ago and they may very well have another coup in mind.
ReplyDeletewould take this guy Bolton over HNIC any day of the week and hes a WASP to boot,,,,
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