Can John Bolton Use Benghazi to Win an Election?

[DonViejo]

David Freedlander

The former U.N. ambassador won’t say whether he’s running for president in 2016—but he’s already jumped into the mix with his own PAC and super PAC, launching a New Hampshire ad.

John Bolton is making his first foray into the all-important presidential primary state of New Hampshire—and he is bringing Benghazi with him.

In a new online ad set to debut Thursday, Bolton’s super PAC knocks Ann McLane Kuster, a first term Democratic congresswoman, for flubbing a question at a town hall last year about the attack on the American diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya. In the ad, a halting Kuster says the issue is “a Senate [matter]…and I don’t think we have anything about that in the House,” though numerous congressional committees have addressed the attacks. She then tries to dismiss the question, telling the audience to catcalls, “We’re certainly not here to talk about it. We are here to talk about the Middle East.”

“This isn’t a geography lesson, but Ann Kuster should have known better,” Bolton intones after the ad’s footage of the town hall.

In an interview, Bolton disputed that he was trying to inject Benghazi, a lightning rod among conservatives, into the 2014 political debate, saying he was trying to introduce “a discussion of national security affairs into the overall political dialogue.”

Still, he added: “I think Benghazi is important for its own sake, but it is also emblematic of a greater failing in the president’s foreign policy: the decline of American influence globally but particularly in the Middle East.”

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[CurtEastPoint]

1. Oh, please do, cowboy.

[Demit]

2. LOL! If ever anyone had negative charisma, it's John Bolton.

[femmocrat]

3. President???

He's delusional!

[Blue Owl]

4. Perfect name for Bolton's moustache style -- the "Benghazi"

n/t

[BlueMTexpat]

5. Oh please! Run, Bolton, run!

Even among Klown Kar GOP potential Kandidates, Bolton has got to be the MOST unlikeable.

Unless Cheney runs, of course! He's the one who could give Bolton the best run for the most unlikeable candidate.

The bar for "most unlikeable" GOP Kandidate is pretty high though.

[locks]

6. FOX is bringing out the really big guns

this morning it was Captain Oliver North the brain of many US invasions and expert historian on the Israeli-Palestine conflict. Let's hope they will convince him to run for VP with Ambassador UN Benghazi.

[Beacool]

7. Worst American UN ambassador ever......

[Arkana]

8. Yosemite Sam would never last past Iowa.

[Blue Idaho]

9. Recess Appointee John Bolton dishonors America

His Ambassadorship was a shit stain on America's foreign affairs. He resigned his post knowing he would never gain Senate approval. He continues to do more damage than good thanks to his many fascist friends and FOX noise.

[LordGlenconner]

10. Roose Bolton would have a better shot