John Bolton: "Wouldn't it be AWESOME if Chicago got nuked?" CPAC responds with laughter

[ck4829]

Former U.N. ambassador John Bolton, speaking to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Thursday, had the audience in stitches with his comments about nuking Chicago.

Referencing remarks made by Barack Obama on the campaign trail, Bolton claimed the then-candidate said he thought "Iran was a tiny threat."

ThinkProgress.org reported that Bolton tried to up the fear quotient 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 to the group, “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.

Unfortunately for Bolton, he got the then-candidate's quote wrong. Speaking in Pendelton, Ore., on May 18 last year, Obama said "strong countries and strong presidents talk to their adversaries. That's what Kennedy did with Khrushchev. That's what Reagan did with Gorbachev. That's what Nixon did with Mao. I mean, think about it. Iran, Cuba, Venezuela -- these countries are tiny, compared to the Soviet Union. They don't pose a serious threat to us the way the Soviet Union posed a threat to us. And yet, we were willing to talk to the Soviet Union at the time when they were saying, 'We're going to wipe you off the planet.'

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29426252/

[tsuki]

1. This is the man that fought to send powdered formula to

Bangladesh during the floods when their was no clean water to boost the profit margin of Nestles.

[EmilyAnne]

10. Wow. I have never heard about that. Amazing.

[StopTheNeoCons]

12. Post title should be: JOHN BOLTON MAKES TERRORIST THREAT AGAINST CHICAGO

[jimshoes]

2. Wouldn't it be awesome if john bolton

got dropped off on the Pakistan/ Afghanistan border wearing only his undershorts and a sign saying "You people suck".

[Butch350]

3. Yeah and they hold him down

...and shave off that stupid lip skunk!

[L. Coyote]

5. Better yet, in South Chicago!!

[Stevenmarc]

4. If we could contain it , I say nuke CPAC

[olegramps]

6. I no longer have any respect for any Republican.

Remember Bolton was one of the original members of PNAC who were determined to take us to war in Iraq.

[eShirl]

7. just as AWESOME as if Texas got nuked

what a douche

[fumsm]

8. I think it is getting closer

Time for picthforks....

[fumsm]

9. I think it is getting closer

Time for picthforks....

[a la izquierda]

11. Posted this on my facebook page yesterday...

nary a peep from my RW family members or the two friends who are Republicans. I posted it specifically AT them.

My European friends exploded in anger and shock.

[Robbien]

13. GOPers only laugh at mean, violent, bigoted imagery

and they fake ignorance when people call them on their meanness.

[graywarrior]

14. Republicans are acting like 5th grade bullies saying things like

"ouu, your mother's a man" and "give me your lunch money or I'll beat the crap outta you and your faggy little friend." They are dithpicable.

[saltpoint]

15. I just hate being disputatious, especially with such a nice man as John

Bolton, but -- and again, I hate causing a fuss -- but I hope they don't nuke Chicago.

There -- I've said it.

I really like the lakefront there, and the food is really good all over town. Some very good Thai, Indian, and Mexican restaurants as well. The pizza is also worth a try.

It would just be a real shame to nuke it, in the opinion of this observer.

[jimshoes]

17. Quite.

Pizzaria Uno makes a lovely Deep dish Pizza. Hate to see it get turned to glass.

[saltpoint]

18. Yep. It would be a damn shame.

And not only that, there would be the moral dilema of deciding if Lou Pinella should be told ahead of time so he could escape.

We have to begin making plans to rescue Lou posthaste.

[RandomThoughts]

16. With so much work to do,..

Instead of those CPAC hot air bags
I am listening to some notes from U2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ7zKeYhU_8&hl=un
U2 - Get On Your Boots Lyrics

The future needs a big kiss
Winds blows with a twist
Never seen a moon like this
Can you see it too?

Night is falling everywhere
Rockets at the fun fair
Satan loves a bomb scare
But he won’t scare you

Hey, sexy boots
Get on your boots, yeah

You free me from the dark dream
Candy floss ice cream
All our kids are screaming
But the ghosts aren’t real

Here’s where we gotta be
Love and community
Laughter is eternity
If joy is real

You don’t know how beautiful
You don’t know how beautiful you are
You don’t know, and you don’t get it, do you?
You don’t know how beautiful you are

That’s someone’s stuff they’re blowing up
We’re into growing up
Women of the future
Hold the big revelations

I got a submarine
You got gasoline
I don’t want to talk about wars between nations

Not right now

Hey sexy boots
Get on your boots, yeah
Not right now
Bossy boots

You don’t know how beautiful
You don’t know how beautiful you are
You don’t know, and you don’t get it, do you?
You don’t know how beautiful you are

Hey sexy boots
I don’t want to talk about the wars between the nations
Sexy boots, yeah

Let me in the sound
Let me in the sound
Let me in the sound, sound
Let me in the sound, sound
Meet me in the sound

Let me in the sound
Let me in the sound, now
God, I’m going down
I don’t wanna drown now
Meet me in the sound

Let me in the sound
Let me in the sound
Let me in the sound, sound
Let me in the sound, sound
Meet me in the sound

Get on your boots
Get on your boots
Get on your boots
Yeah hey hey