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Bolton just on Alan Colmes' show saying Romney has foreign policy experience (Original Post) AllyCat Sep 2012 OP
Yes Bolton, Romney has foreign policy experience rustydog Sep 2012 #1
I have been to Mexico, Canada, England, Scotland does Angry Dragon Sep 2012 #2
A really cute Spanish metal artist... Cracklin Charlie Sep 2012 #12
yes Angry Dragon Sep 2012 #17
I've been to Korea-inside the DMZ, China (Tibet and Hong Kong), HubertHeaver Sep 2012 #21
You qualify for National Security Advisor to Willard Angry Dragon Sep 2012 #22
Fantastic! HubertHeaver Sep 2012 #39
....... Angry Dragon Sep 2012 #40
bwahahahahaaa. bolton? bwahahahahaha spanone Sep 2012 #3
bolton sounds as idiotic as did norm coleman on cnn today. elleng Sep 2012 #4
Visiting his money in the Caymans does not count as foreign policy experience Tom Ripley Sep 2012 #5
Good one.... WCGreen Sep 2012 #26
Organizing a multinational athletic competition in which all countries come in peace ... BattyDem Sep 2012 #6
That was my thinking. Hardly a volatile situation with loaded weapons AllyCat Sep 2012 #20
Some of the skiers do carry guns tho Angry Dragon Sep 2012 #41
Matter of intent? That is true. Forgot about the biatheletes. AllyCat Sep 2012 #44
As if Bolton Smilo Sep 2012 #7
He has plenty of experience in dealing with Swiss banks if that counts as foreign policy Bjorn Against Sep 2012 #8
The only foreign policy experience Romney has was embarrassing himself in London Olympics JaneyVee Sep 2012 #9
When Alan brought this up to him, he said: AllyCat Sep 2012 #18
Did he really say Brittany? Does he know that's in France? tanyev Sep 2012 #33
Yup. Maybe it's a country just like Bain Capital? AllyCat Sep 2012 #46
He might be right?? imanamerican63 Sep 2012 #10
AND because AsahinaKimi Sep 2012 #11
John Bolton is a neoConjob scumbag, and part of just about every noxious cheney*/bush* foreign.... Raster Sep 2012 #13
Oh yeah, because he did that one thing that one time... Blue Owl Sep 2012 #14
Oh Fun! OK, I'll play. Marie Marie Sep 2012 #15
Olympics bailed out by US taxpayers no less. AllyCat Sep 2012 #19
I frequently played "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?" as a kid. Barack_America Sep 2012 #16
They are in self-destruct mode. Panic and insanity has taken over. They discredit every GOPEr nanabugg Sep 2012 #23
Besides wingnuts, who cares what that Ned Flanders looking, dipshit neocon says? Major Nikon Sep 2012 #24
True he has experience as a candidate, of making a constant fool of himself. gordianot Sep 2012 #25
Did he provide a laugh track? regnaD kciN Sep 2012 #27
Bolton is just jonesing for a cabinet position. Pentagon or State is my guess. Monk06 Sep 2012 #28
I thought Bolton was going to reference Mitt's mission work in Paris. no_hypocrisy Sep 2012 #29
Best not. Tigress DEM Sep 2012 #37
Of course it is .99center Sep 2012 #30
I have foreign policy experience too for that matter MrScorpio Sep 2012 #31
I've been to Mexico and Canada each a couple of times. ananda Sep 2012 #32
A real pair to draw to... tavernier Sep 2012 #34
When bolton was talking was he all giddy like a kid about to get a new toy madokie Sep 2012 #35
Sure. All of it BAD for America. Tigress DEM Sep 2012 #36
Well, he has used Canadian currency at least once. Indpndnt Sep 2012 #38
Who does he think he is? Obi Wan Kenobi??? Initech Sep 2012 #42
Bolton played a huge role in one of the greatest foreign policy blunders of all time. DefenseLawyer Sep 2012 #43
And he has a German dancing horse aint_no_life_nowhere Sep 2012 #45

Angry Dragon

(36,693 posts)
2. I have been to Mexico, Canada, England, Scotland does
Wed Sep 12, 2012, 11:52 PM
Sep 2012

that me qualfied to be SoS in the Willard cabinet??

Cracklin Charlie

(12,904 posts)
12. A really cute Spanish metal artist...
Thu Sep 13, 2012, 12:06 AM
Sep 2012

Pascale visited my shop today. Does that count as foreign policy experience?

HubertHeaver

(2,520 posts)
21. I've been to Korea-inside the DMZ, China (Tibet and Hong Kong),
Thu Sep 13, 2012, 12:43 AM
Sep 2012

Viet Nam, Thailand, Japan (Honshu and Okinawa), The Philippines, The Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Malta, France, Spain, England, and Mexico. And I over-flew Siberia on the way to Korea. (I even saw Russia from the airplane window.)

I should be an international expert, by now. At least by the new standards.



BattyDem

(11,075 posts)
6. Organizing a multinational athletic competition in which all countries come in peace ...
Wed Sep 12, 2012, 11:58 PM
Sep 2012

is not "foreign policy" experience. It's experience with foreigners ... which is a good thing, but it has nothing to do with US foreign policy.

AllyCat

(16,140 posts)
18. When Alan brought this up to him, he said:
Thu Sep 13, 2012, 12:29 AM
Sep 2012

"In Brittany, that's a tempest in a teacup" and dismissed himself from the show.

imanamerican63

(13,731 posts)
10. He might be right??
Thu Sep 13, 2012, 12:02 AM
Sep 2012

NoRomney has been to foreign to the US policies and has his money in foreign banks. And let's not forget his phony trip overseas? Bolton is one who should not say who has experience or not!!!!!!!!

Raster

(20,998 posts)
13. John Bolton is a neoConjob scumbag, and part of just about every noxious cheney*/bush* foreign....
Thu Sep 13, 2012, 12:07 AM
Sep 2012

....policy miscarriage. Again, NEOCON SCUMBAG. Don't like the situation in Iraq and Afghanistan, thank Bolton*, who coincidentally is part of Rmoney's foreign policy "team."

This viper is just waiting his cue to slither back into D.C.

Marie Marie

(9,999 posts)
15. Oh Fun! OK, I'll play.
Thu Sep 13, 2012, 12:14 AM
Sep 2012

Let's assume for the moment that any of that drivel qualifies as Foreign Policy experience. (Excuse me a minute:

)

But OK, then let me just say: Except for making tons of money for himself at Bain, he pretty much sucked at all of those. Olympics lost money, Mass was worse off after his Governorship and he bankrupted and lost tons of jobs for American workers. To me, that smells like Failure.

Barack_America

(28,876 posts)
16. I frequently played "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?" as a kid.
Thu Sep 13, 2012, 12:15 AM
Sep 2012

Which required knowledge of capitals, chief exports, etc. I'd be willing to wager (not $10,000) that this is stronger foreign policy experience than what Mitt has.

 

nanabugg

(2,198 posts)
23. They are in self-destruct mode. Panic and insanity has taken over. They discredit every GOPEr
Thu Sep 13, 2012, 12:59 AM
Sep 2012

maybe just enough so that the House will be in play and the Senate will be safe.

gordianot

(15,233 posts)
25. True he has experience as a candidate, of making a constant fool of himself.
Thu Sep 13, 2012, 01:26 AM
Sep 2012

He cannot even have an interview with our closest ally. Can you imagine him handling hypotheticaly the Cuban missle crisis? We would be living in caves. Substitute Iran for Cuba.

.99center

(1,237 posts)
30. Of course it is
Thu Sep 13, 2012, 08:07 AM
Sep 2012

Corporations are country's, my friend. Everything corporations earn ultimately goes to a country. Where do you think it goes?

MrScorpio

(73,630 posts)
31. I have foreign policy experience too for that matter
Thu Sep 13, 2012, 08:08 AM
Sep 2012

I'm pretty good at reading a Mexican Restaurant menu.

ananda

(28,834 posts)
32. I've been to Mexico and Canada each a couple of times.
Thu Sep 13, 2012, 08:11 AM
Sep 2012

And I know a little Spanish.. umpoquito.

I'm just as qualified as Romney, or even more so. Vote for
ananda as a writein candidate! And my running mate is that
great alumnus from WMU (WazzaMattaYou), Bullwinkle Moose!

tavernier

(12,368 posts)
34. A real pair to draw to...
Thu Sep 13, 2012, 08:33 AM
Sep 2012

I happen to be Latvian. Betchya a buck robme would ask me about the reindeer in my country, as all the geographically challenged dolts do.

And Bolton? Must remember not to piss him off. He has a wee little anger management problem. Snort.

madokie

(51,076 posts)
35. When bolton was talking was he all giddy like a kid about to get a new toy
Thu Sep 13, 2012, 08:37 AM
Sep 2012

he or she has been wanting real badly? Like a puppy waiting for his treat after doing the trick you are trying to teach him.
All these people from who they have on their shows to themselves are Nuts and thats spelled with a capital N too.

His eyes gives him away every time as he gets this look of anticipation like a small kids does in afore mentioned situations. screw john bolton. John Bolton is a shallow man, a poor excuse of a human being. A real waste of skin

 

DefenseLawyer

(11,101 posts)
43. Bolton played a huge role in one of the greatest foreign policy blunders of all time.
Thu Sep 13, 2012, 12:40 PM
Sep 2012

Remind me again why anyone should value his opinion?

aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)
45. And he has a German dancing horse
Thu Sep 13, 2012, 04:44 PM
Sep 2012

who talks to him in his stable in authentic German from whom he takes all his advice.

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