Joltin’ Bolton and Reckless Romney
Posted By: MissMolly, 1/28/2020 4:19:31 AM
I guess I should say something. For five years my office at AEI was right next to John Bolton. Lately I’ve been having fun with this photo suggesting I can do “hearsay” with the best of Adam Schiff’s witnesses (that is, “making stuff up”). I can’t say I got to know Bolton very well, but as early risers we were often the first people in the office before well before 7 am on many days, so I’d sometimes stop to chat over coffee and we’d joke about things. And he was helpful to me several times when I needed some inside information on how the UN’s climate change circus
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Bolton expected to be SofS and holds a Trump grudge because it never happened. No one can explain Romney.