John Bolton 'considering' running for president

[Newsjock]

Source: Sacramento Bee

Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton said this afternoon that he's "considering" running for president as he spoke to reporters before addressing the California Republican Party convention in Sacramento.

The former George W. Bush appointee, however, declined to give more details about when he might announce his candidacy.

His 19-minute-long news conference suggested any potential run would focus on foreign policy and criticisms of President Barack Obama's handling of issues ranging from Libya to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

... When asked about his presidential future, Bolton answered, "Yes, I am considering it, and that's a magic phrase that means I'm considering it. I'm not a duck placid on the surface and paddling furiously underneath. I'm thinking about it."

Read more: http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2011/03/john-bolton-im-considering-run.html

[randr]

1. The right wing bus to the luny bin is loading up, only a few seats left

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[roguevalley]

51. look up narcissism and you will find all their faces. how does a

quark like his even think he can try.

[SharonAnn]

2. I think he should run for president. Why not? Find out how many will support him.

[DJ13]

3. I'll vote for him as long as it keeps him from singing again

[Ishoutandscream2]

6. LOL!!!

nt

[Rage for Order]

4. THE John Bolton? Excuse me for a minute...

:rofl:

[Auggie]

I'm doing the same

:rofl:

[Solly Mack]

5. He should seriously consider shutting the fuck up.

But he won't...

[boppers]

7. Who was the last US president with a funny moustasche?

Was it Taft?

[krispos42]

8. God-Dammit!!! Who left the Bolton-Light on?

Turn it off! Turn it off!

[Liberal Gramma]

9. Hahahahaha. That made my day.

[2banon]

10. C'mon! this report must be from the Onion (?)

:rofl:

[Grassy Knoll]

11. Michael Bolton has a better chance.....

[nbcouch]

12. Don't just consider it, Bolton

Do it!!! There's nothing quite so entertaining as a full-blown psychopath running for office.

[MisterP]

13. "I'm not a duck placid on the surface and paddling furiously underneath"

http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2005/mar/08/highereducation.research

[BlueMTexpat]

32. What an image! There went my keyboard!

:spray:

[radhika]

14. Methinks we'll get a lot more neos and baggers 'considering a run'....

After all, this opens the door to all kinds of fundraising and perks.

Hmm...I'm kinda 'considering' a run myself, come to think of it.

[Strelnikov_]

49. Yep. Being a Reich 'politician' is a lucrative business

With all the grass roots funded media outlets and grass roots funded $50k speaking gigs on which to perform it can be a very good living.

[freshwest]

62. Tell us your platform!

[2Design]

15. Let's eee Palin or Bolton ???? not sure which is more ........

[johnnyplankton]

17. Really?

Of this country?

[Botany]

16. The one who made his first wife go to a swingers club so he could ...

.... watch her have sex w/ another man? The guy whose wife left him
in Vienna and flew to the United States and had her family and friends
help move her stuff out of their house so she could escape him?

Please run John.

[Kolesar]

50. The similarities to Newt Gingrich are many, they are both "invade Iraq" neocons

All the good dirt is at DU.

[XanaDUer]

54. I thought that was the IL Republican

Bolton did this to his wife, too?

[Marie Marie]

18. Oh goody. Hope he picks

Fred Thompson as his running mate. Now that would be winning ticket.

[TlalocW]

19. I'll support his running if and only if

He explains why he, "hates dem varmints," so much and fires his six-shooters into the ground so fast it lifts him off the ground.

TlalocW

[cliffordu]

20. Here's a situation where "LOL" is truly deserved.

fook me the stupid is thick in the right wing....

[MilesColtrane]

21. I wonder if Captain Kanga-rage will bring his...

grenade to the Oval Office if he gets elected.

[Zambero]

22. Boltons

Sappiest singer (Michael)
Worst "diplomat" ever (John)

Therefore: No R&R Hall of Fame OR elective office whatsoever for these people!

[arikara]

23. Ewww... isn't he the one who sucked on his comb?

Ewww!

[MilesColtrane]

25. That was Paul Wolfowitz.

If Bolton gets elected his role will be Renfield to Bolton's Dracula.

[freshwest]

46. :)

[Rex]

24. OH PLEASE DO!

:rofl:

[wickerwoman]

26. Bwa ha ha...

Oh wait, he's serious?

x(

[freshwest]

27. Great! He can run on that enormously successful war.

And remind us how that oil from Iraq would pay for it.

Oh yeah, thet got a real winner!

[AnneD]

28. That will go over as well as ...

The pregnant poll vaulter.

[NYC Liberal]

29. *ahem* *cough*

[Hulk]

30. This makes my day....

Finally...some good news to read before bed.

This clown is really priceless. You go john...you complete and utter moron. You have a "real chance" in that power line-up on the right wing nut bus.

[DFW]

31. I'd laugh if it weren't for the rest of them

Of course, they managed to talk us into Reagan and Bush Lite, so I won't be laughing, but rather vigilant.

[Astraea]

34. Good luck, buddy! I hope you waste a lot of money

and make the biggest ass out of yourself. We've already got the quotes, clips, etc. to show you for the arrogant, insufferable a-hole you are, but I'm sure you'll outdo yourself without any help.

If you're the best they've got, the Republican Party is toast. Thanks a lot!

[Le Taz Hot]

35. Great!

Because they don't already have enough batshit crazy possible candidates as it is. Oh, this is just gonna be sooo good! :popcorn:

[Frank Cannon]

36. And yet another stellar candidate throws his hat into the ring.

This is like Arkham Asylum: Republican 2012 Edition.

[TheCowsCameHome]

37. Official campaign slogan - Got Milk?

[UpInArms]

38. send in the clowns - there ought to be clowns

don't bother they're here!

[JCMach1]

39. Why did someone steal his bucket???

[Redford]

55. funny!

I always thought he looked like a walrus

[stlsaxman]

40. Think he'll run his porn 'stache as his running mate?

[TBF]

41. Now they are really scraping the bottom of the barrel. nt

[thanks_imjustlurking]

42. Don't *do* that to me!

My eyes nearly fell out of their sockets from rolling.

[Octafish]

43. Run, little prince of Plato's Retreat, run.

"Warmonger and Wife-Swapper."

[Kurovski]

48. !

:rofl:

[ellie]

44. Delusional asshole.

[faz]

45. What a ***** joke

Wow amazing

[truthisfreedom]

47. At least he's poetic. "I'm not a duck placid on the surface and paddling furiously underneath."

That's actually pretty. Duck Placid. They named a lake after that duck.

[KamaAina]

52. Of where? Somalia?

:wtf:

[XanaDUer]

53. I hope he's the nominee

he'd be an excellent choice.

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

56. aren't Bolton and wife alleged swingers?

The bible belt won't like that one bit...

[nolabels]

57. The thing is with the true nut jobs throwing their hat in, it gives cover........

to the half-nut jobs to get in untouched and unnoticed

[bemildred]

58. The thought of Bolton, Trump, and Palin duking it out ...

:popcorn:

[yellowcanine]

59. "I'm not a duck placid on the surface and paddling furiously underneath."

Good to know John. But it seems to me that when you have to tell people that "I am not a duck" you have more serious issues than trying to decide if you should run for President.

[madokie]

60. Damn I was needing a laugh, thanks

[unkachuck]

61. hey johnny....

....would you consider teaming-up with fred thompson on the puke ticket?....this way I could stay home on election day, get some needed sleep, and wait for the Obama landslide....

[windowpilot]

63. That pos may get his chance.

Black Box Voting is STILL controlling our election.

[lanlady]

64. throwing his moustache into the ring, eh?

How special.

[roamer65]

65. Go for it, John.

I think I read once he is a walking scandal waiting to happen.

[Taverner]

66. Aw jeez, and I could see the seriously derranged actually electing that nut

Time to start looking for a new country then I guess...

[calimary]

67. Hey maybe that means he'll have somebody give him a halfway decent hair cut.

The moustache - I dunno, probably beyond help unless you need him to brush the crumbs off the table before the desert course. And we all know they like tidy tables at White House dinners!

[Lithos]

68. This is the Onion, right?

Ooops, not, reality.