RNC Drafts John Bolton to Respond to Obama’s U.N. Speech

The Republican National Committee has sent reporters a “radio actuality” by John Bolton, President George W. Bush’s controversial ex-U.N. ambassador, who has parlayed a 16-month stint in that office into a career as a quotable defense hawk. So one of the GOP’s official responses to the President’s speech to the United Nations General Assembly is a short clip of Bolton talking into a telephone, clipped for “radio stations and websites wishing to use the audio for broadcast.” A sample:

That speech capped a series of events over the past week or so that also signaled weakness on a variety of fronts, starting with the decision to abandon construction of the missile defense sites in Poland and the Czech Republic. These are sites that were intended to defend America, defend the homeland against missile attacks from Iran or other rogue states. And the president has simply given that away to Russia with getting nothing in return.