The domestic Bolton
by Michael Tomasky
The American Prospect
03/21/05
The first wave of protest against President Bush?s nomination of John Bolton to be his ambassador to the United Nations centered, plausibly enough, on Bolton's international track record, and specifically on his long history of bellicose commentary about the world body. But there's a domestic Bolton, too. While the international Bolton gives cause for concern, the real problem is the domestic Bolton, and Democrats and moderate Republicans on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee who have reservations about the nomination should be looking at the domestic Bolton's background, because it suggests not mere rhetorical bellicosity but possible sleaze. To cut to the chase: Did Bolton play any role in helping to conceal a foreign campaign contribution channeled to the Republican National Committee that may have helped the RNC prevail in the 1994 congressional elections?
http://www.prospect.org/web/view-web.ww?id=9369
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
The American Prospect
03/21/05
The first wave of protest against President Bush?s nomination of John Bolton to be his ambassador to the United Nations centered, plausibly enough, on Bolton's international track record, and specifically on his long history of bellicose commentary about the world body. But there's a domestic Bolton, too. While the international Bolton gives cause for concern, the real problem is the domestic Bolton, and Democrats and moderate Republicans on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee who have reservations about the nomination should be looking at the domestic Bolton's background, because it suggests not mere rhetorical bellicosity but possible sleaze. To cut to the chase: Did Bolton play any role in helping to conceal a foreign campaign contribution channeled to the Republican National Committee that may have helped the RNC prevail in the 1994 congressional elections?
http://www.prospect.org/web/view-web.ww?id=9369
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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