Kucinich vs Bolton on C-Span now

[eleny]

[MuseRider]

1. I stayed home just for this.

He is coming on strong.

[eleny]

3. Bolton has no interest in learning if our troops are now in Iran

What an SOB.

[MuseRider]

5. What just happened? n/t

[redqueen]

34. He already said the idea was a load of crap.

He has an interest in avoiding the truth is what he has.

[babylonsister]

2. Bolton asked about an article in The New Yorker: I haven't read

the article and I don't intend to.:wow: He's mighty full of himself, isn't he. Jeeze!

[MuseRider]

4. He doesn't read fiction.

Wow.

[eleny]

7. Yeah - First he says he won't read it and has no opinion

Then he asserts it's fiction. Hrmph.

[Lin]

13. problem w/ that argument is that Hersch was giving us FACT about

Iraq back when bolten WAS spouting _fiction_--WHY would Hersch's Iran info BE ANY DIFF? ugh! the arrogance!.........which is dependent on ignorance..... which in general is in plentiful supply in places other than DU (political/news junkie heaven:)

sorry rant-o-rama.

[eleny]

6. No interest in reading fiction

He needs his ass kicked. Verbally, of course.

[babylonsister]

8. Rep. Lynch, D-MA, Bolton has an 'obligation to inform himself'.

Amen. Pull him down a peg or two or three.

[eleny]

11. I missed that! Thanks!

I had to step outside a minute.

[Kajsa]

9. Kucinich really pinned him

down with facts and reasoning.

Bolton was evasive, smug, and even labeled one of the articles
discussed as "fiction".

i.e. He's too damn "busy" and smug to bother informing himself
about issues he is directly involved with.

[eleny]

14. We can see how much he cares and "supports" our troops

He doesn't even care if they're operating in Iran right now. Or so he says.

But of course he knows.

[Lin]

17. yea, and it's only a matter of life/death/maim/damage lives-piffle to him

[MuseRider]

10. Bookmarking.

Gotta run, I hope this is covered on CSpan Radio or else I will be coming home and searching for threads on this. Rats!

Thanks for this thread. I needed a K Man boost today. :)

[eleny]

16. Bye!

[malaise]

12. Chris Van Hollen

is also very good

[MsKandice01]

15. Bolton: There was no need for us to go to the UN in the first place

Before we invaded Iraq.

:mad:

[fooj]

18. He's such an arrogant bastard.

Asshole.

[eleny]

19. Says he can stay because he's "having fun"

Arrogant is a starting point. Maniac is where we arrive in the end.

[fooj]

21. No shit.

I don't know about everyone else, but frankly, I'm getting tired of these evil, maniacal rat bastards telling us all to F*CK OFF every time they get the chance.

[Zorra]

20. Yep. Every real Diplomat at the UN despises him.

Making Bolton UN Ambassador was a slap in the face to every other nation in the world.

[oasis]

22. Bolton's more arrogant than Dick Cheney ever was.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

23. Bolton has not answered one question.

Not one. Not once. This man is dangerous.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

24. don't forget that bolton was shoved through the back door

by bush and couldn't get confirmed by congress for his position.

[Kajsa]

25. Anyone who states "There's no such thing as the United Nations."

should not be ambassador in any capacity!



http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/j/johnbolton169120.html

[gumby]

26. This is just unbelievable.

Bolton is demonstrating how this administration considers itself above Everything and will not explain Anything to Anyone.

[Norquist Nemesis]

32. Sickening that Bush appointed this contemptible POS to the UN

as OUR ambassador.

[CottonBear]

27. Context? What meeting is this? Where? Who? Why? Thanks. n/t

[eleny]

29. House hearing on C-Span now

Bolton being questioned by House Reps on Iran, Iraq and Sudan.

[CottonBear]

31. Thanks. n/t

[Norquist Nemesis]

30. CSPAN 1, 4 Dems questioning Bolten

Kucinich, Waxman, Lynch, and Van Hollen. Committee on Government Reform chaired by Chris Shays.

[CottonBear]

33. Thanks. n/t

[fooj]

28. Iran is the perfect storm.

I hate this man. I don't know how much more of this bullshit this country is going to be able to take. Damn them.

[sarahlee]

35. CNN transcript

Later today here in New York, the Security Council meets for the first time since the latest high-level session of big powers on the Security Council, discussing strategy yesterday in Paris on Iran. The U.S. Ambassador John Bolton here after sidestepping a heavily Democratic Party barrage on Capitol Hill grilling in Washington yesterday.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

REP. DENNIS KUCINICH (D), OHIO: Do you have ten more minutes?

JOHN BOLTON, U.S. AMB. TO U.N.: I'm having fun, Mr. Chairman. I can spend a few more minutes.

ROTH (voice-over): The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, John Bolton, was, at best, being diplomatic. A congressional hearing on the future of U.N. sanctions after the oil-for-food scandal turned into a referendum on the Bush administration's plans for Iran. An anti-war Congressman asked about recent stories alleging U.S. strategic planning for military planning in Iran.

KUCINICH: Have you ever heard of that report?

BOLTON: I've never heard of the report. I've never read the article, nor do I intend to.

KUCINICH: Do you have any interest as to whether or not -- as the U.S. ambassador, you don't have an interest as to whether or not U.S. Marines are actually operating in Iran right now?

BOLTON: I said I had not heard of the report. And I didn't intend to read the article in "The New Yorker."

KUCINICH: If I gave you this article right now and walked it over, would you look at it?

BOLTON: I don't think so, honestly, congressman, because I don't have time to read much fiction.

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0605/03/ltm.01.html