Horrifying, personal John Bolton story

[donsu]

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/4/15/101542/050


My best friend since college, Melody Townsel, was stationed in Kyrgyzstan on a US AID project. During her stay there, she became embroiled in a controversy in which the oh-so-diplomatic John Bolton was a key player. She described the incident in a letter to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee members (who have thus far responded with a yawn), and I wanted to share it with a larger audience.

Here's a small taste:

"Mr. Bolton proceeded to chase me through the halls of a Russian hotel -- throwing things at me, shoving threatening letters under my door and, generally, behaving like a madman."
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read on to see how sick this man Bolton is, he nearly ruined her career.

[Inland]

1. Oh, who hasn't chased a woman through the halls of a Russian hotel.

I mean, really.

[donsu]

3. this is not a joking matter

nt

[Inland]

5. Then let me say with all seriousness... your post is a duplicate. nt

[Norquist Nemesis]

2. It was Clinton's fault!

No doubt some freeper will connect the running through the hall of the hotel chasing women and say he was just emulating Bill. :rofl:

Seriously, this guy is dangerous to have as our head diplomat at the UN. Over and over, the Repressive Party kept using the "reform" talking point during committee hearings. I kept wondering which post he was being considered for: US Ambassador or Secretary General? :crazy:

[glarius]

4. Add this to the guy (Repub) who told the committee Bolton is an out of

control bully (words to that effect) and you have a picture of someone absolutely unfit for the job of U.N. Ambassador....Disgusting!

[ronnykmarshall]

6. Al Franken is going to talk about this!

On AAR now.

[undergroundpanther]

7. Leaders like him are sociopaths

They are NOT TO BE TRUSTED.

[lonestarnot]

8. Sounds like the MFR!

[Oreo]

9. Faxed to Senator Dayton and puppetboy Coleman.

I don't see how they could accept this worthless SOB

[gordianot]

10. The same way they have accepted all of the other worthless SOB's.

Remember hiring the wrong person is the only mistake Bush admitted in the 2004 Presidential debates.

[Nothing Without Hope]

11. This letter and many updates on this story, including audio files

and much else are in this earlier thread (which had 58 votes before disappearing when its 24 hours were up):
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x1727593
Thread title: From a Kos diary: 'Horrifying, personal John Bolton story"

If you're interested in this story, I recommend reading through ths thread, including the replies. There are updates on this story today, but I have not yet posted them in that thread - there are other threads around DU on it, though.