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George Bush Nominates John Bolton, a ‘Kiss-Up-Kick-Down Sort of Guy,’ to Be Ambassador to the United Nations

Bush's bully.

Calvin Trillin

April 21, 2005

In foreign parts, they think Bush is a dope. His words attract derision or a yawn. They don’t pay much attention to his talks, Unless it’s them he’s making war upon.

To send these folks John Bolton shows that Bush Has not grasped T.R.’s famous dictum fully. Yes, Roosevelt has been misunderstood. Bush lost the pulpit; he just has the bully.

Calvin TrillinCalvin Trillin is The Nation’s “deadline poet.”


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