Josh Bolton

Sunday Gasbaggery: Meet The Press: Russert Does A Bolton, Ricks Does Bush "Fiasco" in Iraq

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No, not the Bolton with the big, bushy mustache.

Josh Bolton is George Bush’s clean-shaven, intelligent, softly-spoken chief-of-staff, but like all members of this administration, however intelligent, however conversant with facts, he is all talking points, all the time, which makes him boring to listen to, of course, but far worse, dangerously deficient in the area of reality-testing.

Thus, quite a perfect spokesperson for this administration. BTW, this was Bolton’s first network interview since taking over for Andrew Card, an exclusive for Timmeh.

Nothing exclusive about the topics up for discussion, and God knows, nothing exclusive about what the Bush administration has to say on any of them - damn those talking points.  Read more