John Bolton

This is the second feature entry in the series , Profiles of Awesome. The first one was on Billy Riggins. This one is on John Bolton, my favorite individual involved in politics. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_R._Bolton

He was the Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security during W's first term. When the second term began, he was W's nominee for Ambassador to the U.N. It was the political backlash of his nomination that brought John to the public eye. As with all excellent conservative minds who are great communicators, especially ones that are up for positions that liberals believe are their exclusive domain (federal courts and the state department, but really all government agencies with the exception of the defense department, where even self important gas bag lib prezs appoint republicans. See William Cohen, Robert Gates), the democrats snapped and put up a hissy fit. Look at what happened to Robert Bork and Miguel Estrada. (Estrada also had the double whammy of being a conservative of minority descent). Bolton was not confirmed by the Senate, so W. used a recess appointment to put Bolton in the spot for one year, 2005.

After that year was completed, John wrote the greatest non-fiction book in history, Surrender is Not an Option. The list is a follows........
1. Bolton http://www.amazon.com/Surrender-Not-Option-Defending-America/dp/B001C2FSGQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1245726722&sr=8-1

2. Ted Williams, Science of Hittinghttp://www.amazon.com/Science-Hitting-Ted-Williams/dp/0671621033/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1245727455&sr=8-1

3. Richard Ben Cramer http://www.amazon.com/What-Takes-Way-White-House/dp/0679746498/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1245727653&sr=1-1


He gives the best inside look into the business of politics and diplomacy I have ever read. He absolutely rips the career foggy bottomers and everyone at the UN. The book is power packed with stories about the bork confirmation, state dept. nonsense, his nomination fight, and the UN. It is unbelievably well written and he is a complete warrior. His insights confirms our worse nightmares about the people in charge of foreign policy and the ridiculous motives that some of these member nations have. The country would be a lot better if he was sitting in the big chair, the world would be alot better if he was confirmed and could have spent 4 years at the UN instead of 1.

Read this book and get a lot better.