Bolton weighs in on Obama taking credit for Bush’s successes with regard to the killing of bin-Laden, saying that the only thing Obama really did was get out of the way. The intelligence that led us to bin-Laden came from the very thing Obama railed against and thus banned when becoming president, enhanced interrogations. So for him to take credit for killing bin-Laden, Bolton says, is like Nixon taking credit for America landing on the moon.

The entire interview is great as Bolton also weighs in on much more of Obama’s foreign policy. You can watch below:




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MiketheMarine
MiketheMarine

Thank God for democrats. We can thank Algore for inventing the internet and Maobama for killing Bin Laden. They are the party of superheroes.

hongryhawg
hongryhawg

Mr. Bolton, America thanks you for accepting the position of United States Secretary of State. You will do wonderfully, considering the weak act of the current holder of that office. And though Newt aspires to it, He Don't Have It. He will certainly qualify as an ambassador of sorts, but Mr. Bolton would be the wise choice for Secretary of State of any aspiring nominee to POTUS, hands down.

aZjimbo
aZjimbo

barry hussein nobama:

iraq- worse

Afghanistan- worse

economy- worse

food stamps- worse

unemployment- worse

fast & furious- worse

solyndra-worse

czars- worse

racial tensions- worse

under-employed- worse

inflation- worse

gas prices- worse

standing in the world- worse

egypt- worse

libya- worse

miliatry- worse

bowing to others- worse

having a son namerd trayvon- worse

first lady- worse

etc, etc, etc.

Nukeman60
Nukeman60

Hey, come on now. The economy may be down, our paychecks may be down, and our morale may be down since 2008. But Obama has, indeed, succeeded in getting unemployment up, food stamp usage up, gas prices up, world tension and fear up, and most importantly, Presidential vacations UP.

K-Bob
K-Bob

Presidential golf rounds, up. Parties at the White House up. Failed "Green" companies supported by stimulus money up.

VirusX
VirusX

Picture this:

A DC bar. Obama and Michelle stroll in and break out the taxpayer credit card, so they can start racking up drinks on the public. While they're there whooping it up and smiling, they look over at the nearest booth, and sitting there is JOHN BOLTON and DICK CHENEY.

Looking right at them.

John and Dick get up, frosted mugs in hand, and saunter over to a visibly shaken and nervous Obama.

Then, the talking starts...

Libertyship46
Libertyship46

Obama really believes a nuclear armed Iran can be contained? He's even more insane than I thought. What Obama and his minions never discuss, though, is what if a nuclear armed Iran CANNOT be contained? What is their plan then? We are facing dangerous times here and we have an empty suit as a president. We really, really, need a new president in November. The future of this nation, and maybe even the world, depends on it.

VirusX
VirusX

Oh, you can contain a nuclear Iran.

With a couple of CBGs (Carrier Battle Groups), a squadron of Aegis Combat System equipped cruisers, 1 - 2 ballistic missile submarines (preferably Sea Wolf class), Patriot missile batteries in Afghanistan and Iraq, UAV overflights, CUAV overflights, the 5th SFG (5th Special Forces Group), a few QRFs (Quick Reaction Forces) of Ranger, SeAL and MSRP (Maritime Special Purpose Forces) teams, a mess of E2C Hawkeyes, etc.

However, we'd also need a real Commander in Chief, so that makes the whole point moot.

Boris_Badenoff
Boris_Badenoff

You people are a bunch of pussy's, waaa... my guy didn't win so I'm gonna take my ball and go home.... Hey I have not supported Romney either. I personally did not think he was the man for the job at hand. But guess what, more people did than didn't..

It's done.

Go change your diapers and realize the fight is to defeat the Marxist in November.

That or have a repeat of 2008. What's more important, your ego's or throwing the Marxist prick out of the White House. A write in or non vote is 1/2 a vote for the Marxist dog eating narcissistic P.O.S.

Grow the "F" up...

Nukeman60
Nukeman60

'I personally did not think he was the man for the job at hand. But guess what, more people did than didn't..' - bb

Careful what you promote. More people do not think he is the man for the job than think he is. That's why only 40% have voted for him (4,595,908 for Romney, 6,684,884 anti-Romney, and that doesn't include all the other non-Romney votes for people who have dropped out).

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/republican_vote_count.html

The true Conservative vote has been split this entire primary season and Romney is the benefactor of that. Doesn't make him most popular, though.

It's funny that it's people like you that gave Romney the nod, but you are the ones who will blame all the true Conservatives for him losing to Obama.

Boris_Badenoff
Boris_Badenoff

Glad YOU have been assigned the task of deciding who the "true conservatives" are... must be quite a burden..

Boris_Badenoff
Boris_Badenoff

Yeah you are right. It was all me and me alone. How I managed to cast all those votes in all those state primaries I haven't quiet figured out yet but it must be so if you say so.

Just remember if Obama gets the opportunity to appoint probably 2 or maybe even 3 leftist judged to SCOTUS this little discussion..

In '92 Perot took almost 19% of the vote, Clinton won his 1st term that year by only 5%.

Nukeman60
Nukeman60

Nah, it's pretty easy. You, on the other hand, seem to have decided, all on your lonesome, that Romney is popular. Hmmm

VirusX
VirusX

Well, then, tell me why I should support him.

He's been rabidly in support of the murder of unborn children, and even campaigned on it. Obama did, too.

He's in favor of raising taxes. Obama does, too.

He's anti 2nd Amendment. So's Obama.

He's hateful and contemptuous of Conservatives, and dislikes Conservatism. Just like Obama.

He despises Ronald Reagan, and even went as far as to politically campaign on his hatred for the archetype Conservative.

He's pro-gay, and enamored with the idea of gay "marriage". So's Obama.

He hates the Constitution, and twists it's meaning every chance he gets. Just like Obama.

He loves socialism. Just like Obama, again.

He's not a Christian. Neither's Obama, but both fraudulently claim they are.

He spent a lot of money concealing records, and lies pathologically, when questioned. Hmmm.

So, tell me, again, why I should vote for this guy? Because he's got an "R" behind his name? That's why I despise Gingrich, because that's all you need to get his support, like that disgusting, bovine RINO Scozzafava out of NY, whom Gingrich put over a true Conservative, DOUG HOFFMAN, who, unlike Gingrich or Romney, is a REAL Conservative. So let's hear your BS, slickster. Let's hear you sell WILLARD (since he even lies about his first name).

Boris_Badenoff
Boris_Badenoff

You can support whoever you like.

The fact is come November a vote for Joe write in is 1/2 a vote for Obama.

Enough people do that and that is 4 more years for the Marxist to appoint more leftist to the Supreme Court.

Boris_Badenoff
Boris_Badenoff

Justice Scalia just turned 78, Justice Kennedy will turn 78 later this year, Justice Breyer will be 76 in August, and Justice Ginsburg turned 81 about a week ago.

But that's o.k. I guess we can all wait around for your imaginary candidate that is going to appear out of somewhere and take the nomination.

Let me know when it happens o.k.

VirusX
VirusX

So, in other words, "NO", you have no explanation and absolutely nothing intelligent or insightful to say. Nothing more than the usual BS and garbage that you usually spout, because if you did have anything intelligent to contribute to the discussion by way of answering A SINGLE ONE OF MY QUESTIONS, you would've done so, by now. You offer platitudes and condescension, when I'm looking for truth and answers. I guess those are things we just shouldn't expect out of people that tie themselves, willingly, to an un-Godly LIBERAL and LIAR like Willard.

TJ
TJ

No a vote for someone else is just that- a vote for someone else. Romney appointed a number of leftists himself in MA.

08hayabusa
08hayabusa

I got news for you buddy, getting the Progressive Romney shoved down our throat by the elite RINO GOP may agree with you but it doesn't sit well with the rest of us. We are damn sick and tired of holding our noses cycle after cycle and pulling that lever. But don't count your chickens before they are hatched. It ain't over until the fat lady sings. Read this article. Romney isn't out the weeds yet. He's in a world of hurt.

http://08hayabusa.blogspot.com/2012/04/crowning-romney-backfires-on-fox-news.html

Go Newt.

Boris_Badenoff
Boris_Badenoff

Well if you would read you would know I have NEVER been a prior supporter of Romney .

However he is going to be the nominee . SO you can vote for him come November or go right ahead and send in your 1/2 vote for Obama this November.. your choice.

And your dream team is irrelevant. It's a fairy tale. Had you done any checking you would know I am a vocal supporter of Palin and West as well as a financial supporter of Palin but guess what. She ain't running.

That was her choice. So your "Dream Team" is just that .

Newt has barely been able to get above single digit support since Alabama.. Ain't gonna happen. The American public has made up their mind about him.

To my knowledge there have been primaries in like 11 states now, voters have cast their votes, last time I checked that was not shoving anything down anyone's throat.

Just because things are not going to your liking does not constitute shoving something down your throat.. The power will be in the hands of those willing to get out and exercise their ability to vote.

The fact is for the Presidential election in 2008 America had a participation rate of like 57.% of Voting Age Population percent of its citizens. This was the highest since 1968.. pretty pathetic imo.

America is allowing roughly 30% of the population to make the decisions for all. If Americans really gave a rat's butt they would get off their lazy duff's and vote.

We can not allow Obama to stack the Supreme Court with more leftist.

Defeat the Marxist.

08hayabusa
08hayabusa

It's not a question of getting it all in one election. We are heading into the endgame.

The United States has had it's credit down graded for the second time. 50% of the population is not paying any taxes and many of them are on some kind of entitlement program. We are 5 trillion dollars in debt. They are devaluing our dollar at an unprecedented rate through quantitative easing. We have a 105 trillion dollar debt in unfunded promises. There is no future without a civil war unless immediate action is taken this January because complete economic collapse is on the horizon.

And don't even get me started on the demilitarization of our military and national security.

It's now or never because Thomas Jefferson's prescient musing is about to come true for the second time: The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is a natural manure.

Boris_Badenoff
Boris_Badenoff

Have you ever thought he should not have been elected the first time?

Perot pulled down about 19% of the vote in '92, Clinton won by just over 5%.

Divide and conquer , the leftist way..

Too many here act like we will get it all in one election, that's where you are wrong and that is where the leftist have been beating us for decades.

They even told us how they would win years ago, but Americans act like the proverbial frog in soon to be boiling water..

08hayabusa
08hayabusa

I've been voting since 1972, so don't even attempt to school me in the process. I've been well aware of how the elite GOP, media, caucus and primary rigging, all work together to get the candidate they want nominated. It has nothing to do with what America wants or doesn't want but everything to do with people shirking their civic duty, and the elites in power taking advantage of that.

But America every once in awhile gets it together. Jackson, Lincoln, Coolidge, and in my time Reagan. And you had better hope Romney's nomination doesn't occur, because as Newt has said he will simply manage the decay, he will not change the country's direction even if he does manage to beat Obama and that is a really big IF.

Everyone is foolishly assuming that the anybody but Obama mantra and that the generic Republican is going to win hands down. Right. I heard a similar tune on Clinton's second run. No way Clinton should have been reelected but he was.

I fear for America if Romney is the nominee. Whether he wins or loses America loses.

Bose Einstein
Bose Einstein

I thought it was over with George W Bush, but if Obama is reelected we will have 4 more years of Bush, is responsible!

NYGino
NYGino

Next we're going to find out that Al Gore didn't invent the internet.

K-Bob
K-Bob

If he didn't , it was Bush's fault.

stevenbiot
stevenbiot

Romney better pull every trick out of the bag. I want him fighting with low blows, cheap shots, everything that he can to defeat this clown. I don't want to hear crap about taking the high-road, because we are conservatives. He needs to understand and implement Saul Alinsky's Rules for Radicals. If Obama is re-elected, we are going to be sorry we didn't get into the gutter and battle it out with the democrats. We can save our moral, we are better than that, rhetoric for after the upcoming election. Also, everybody donate a few bucks to Governor Walker; he's battling for his office against union thuggery.

Trust1TG
Trust1TG

Romney has evidently been pulling tricks out of his bag all right, just like he did in 2008:

Romney Under Felony Investigation for Violating Voting Laws- http://blog.alexanderhiggins.com/2012/04/18/romney-felony-investigation-violating-voting-laws-122691/

Did Mitt Romney & Rep. Paul Ryan commit a felony in Wisconsin?- http://www.examiner.com/article/did-mitt-romney-rep-paul-ryan-commit-a-felony-wisconsin

Waukesha Co. DA investigates alleged Romney subs-for-votes - http://www.wxow.com/story/17336389/waukesha-county-da-investigates-alleged-subs-for-votes

Romney asks GOP delegates to sign pledge, but some refuse http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/04/20/romney-asks-gop-delegates-to-sign-pledge-but-some-refuse/

W.
W.

Typical Romney.

I lost respect for Bolton when he endorsed Romney.

And lost confidence in Levin and Limbaugh when they attacked Newt for calling out Romney on his business practices...destroying companies, getting rich at taxpayer expense.

There's too much dirt on Romney. The RNC is out of their minds...or in cahoots with Romney.

Stormwalker
Stormwalker

We need a leader that can deliver 'gunboat diplomacy', (look it up), the idea that 'a man's worth is what he can build or create - not as he sits on the stoop', and that world leaders will have to contemplate, not be confused about, or discount all together.

Consideration of Rubio for anything is disqualified by his parents not being American nationals, as per the Constitution, period.

Consideration of Romney should be disqualified, because his father was Mexican-born, same rule.

Who is the closest thing we have today, to a Teddy Roosevelt? Sarah Palin. Which, by the way, in case anyone has not had this particualr brain idea, she is also First American heritage.

Boris_Badenoff
Boris_Badenoff

Yeah, only thing is she never got into the race so like who cares..

She could have, BUT she did not. Her choice. She decided for whatever reason(s) Not To Run.

The sooner people understand the decision has been made the better. So either work to defeat the Marxist or just go ahead and mail in your 1/2 vote for the leftist p.o.s.

It's up to you.

Nukeman60
Nukeman60

'Consideration of Rubio for anything is disqualified by his parents not being American nationals, as per the Constitution, period.

Consideration of Romney should be disqualified, because his father was Mexican-born, same rule.' - stormwalker

Per the Constitution, the only positions that Rubio is disqualified for are Pres and VP (natural born citizen issue). As to Romney, his parents were both naturalized citizens when he was born, so he is qualified (same Article 2, Section 1, claus 5 issue). Parents don't have to be natural born citizens, just naturalized.

Paula J Rodman
Paula J Rodman

If Rubio isn't eligible for VP, why is he always on the short list? He's always touted as a great presidential candidate as well...I'm confused...he has a birth certificate he's willing to produce right? No one claims that Obama's father was born in America and he never became a citizen.

VirusX
VirusX

Because you're dealing with RINOs that only bring up the Constitution when they want to look good for voters, yet have absolutely no knowledge of what it really says, or even what it really stands for. That's why people keep bringing him up. Personally, I despise him as another RINO, and wouldn't want to see him run for dog catcher. The sooner he's out, and replaced with a real Conservative, the better.

Nukeman60
Nukeman60

Exactly. Neither are eligible. Politics are strange bedfellows, aren't they? Just because Rubio is on the short list (and will probably get picked), doesn't mean that he therefore is naturally eligible. Same with Obama. They are not natural born citizens, but many people (both on the left and on the right) claim that 'citizen', 'native born citizen', and 'natural born citizen' are all the same. Therein lies the problem.

Stormwalker
Stormwalker

We need a leader that can deliver 'gunboat diplomacy', (look it up), the idea that 'a man's worth is what he can build or create - not as he sits on the stoop', and that world leaders will have to contemplate, not be confused about, or discount all together.

Consideration of Rubio for anything is disqualified by his parents not being American nationals, as per the Constitution, period.

Consideration of Romney should be disqualified, because his father was Mexican-born, same rule.

Who is the closest thing we have today, to a Teddy Roosevelt? Sarah Palin. Which, by the way, in case anyone has not had this particualr brain idea, she is also First American heritage.

Alan
Alan

I remember Newt saying he would like Ambassador Bolton in his administration. But it seems that he chose the wrong candidate to endorse.

We'll see what happens, but I think Mr. Bolton will come to regret that decision.

StNikao
StNikao

Bolton endorsing Romney is like...

Bolton losing any conservative credibility.

Bolton being a sell-out.

Bolton being an establishment shill.

Bolton being black-mailed?

stevenbiot
stevenbiot

Romney is our candidate. Bolton endorsing Romney is like......reality!

K-Bob
K-Bob

He probably will, but he still hasn't clinched it. It's over when it's over, and not one second sooner.

Nukeman60
Nukeman60

Swallow what you want, but it ain't over till the 'fat candidate' sings - at the convention.

Go, Newt. Hang 'em high.

stevenbiot
stevenbiot

It's over. He will be the nominee. It is a bitter horse pill to swallow; but I have to swallow it.

K-Bob
K-Bob

It's like baseball. It's over when it's over. You're just joining the folks leaving the stands early.

stevenbiot
stevenbiot

Don't make me show you the delegate count. I'll do it! Look, I wanted Santorum, but I had to let it go once he dropped out. You aren't one of the "sit this election out" kinda voters are you?

stevenbiot
stevenbiot

Yeah it is. Say it ain't so ain't so. It is definitely so.