Meese and Baker Say Bolton is a Great Guy.

It takes two to know one. :eyes:


http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/11/opinion/11bakermeese.html?pagewanted=print

The Best Man for the Job
By JAMES A. BAKER III and EDWIN MEESE III
THE image that critics are painting of John Bolton, President Bush's nominee to be our representative at the United Nations, does not bear the slightest resemblance to the man we have known and worked with for a quarter-century.

While we cannot speak to the truthfulness of the specific allegations by his former colleagues, we can speak to what we know. And during our time with Mr. Bolton at the Justice and State Departments, we never knew of any instance in which he abused or berated anyone he worked with. Nor was his loyalty to us or to the presidents we served ever questioned. And we never knew of an instance in which he distorted factual evidence to make it fit political ends.

At the heart of the claims made by Mr. Bolton's critics is the charge that he was imperious to those beneath him and duplicitous to those above. The implication is that Mr. Bolton saw himself as something of a free agent, guided by nothing more than his own notions of what he thought good policy might be. Woe be to those who might dare to disagree, according to these critics, be they lower-level analysts or cabinet members.

In our experience, nothing could be further from the truth. John Bolton was as loyal as he was talented. To put it bluntly, he knew his place and he took direction. As cabinet members, we took our direction from our presidents, and Mr. Bolton was faithful to his obligations as a presidential appointee on our respective teams. In his service as assistant attorney general and assistant secretary of state, we had complete confidence in him - and that confidence turned out to have been well placed. In our view he would be no different in fulfilling his duties as our United Nations ambassador.

I guess NYT has to run tripe like this once in awhile to quell critics. Ho hum.

You know a call was placed to his telephone by Poppy in the last few days.

a fucking whore through and through?!

They actually had to go as far back as Meese and Baker and wake them from their slumber in order to get positive remarks supporting Bolton.They really are digging deep aren't they?

to oppose the nomination right there.

they protest too much

:wtf:

James Faker III.