887 The John Bolton appointment

The left is apoplectic. The right is ecstatic. That cowboy sure does dig in the spurs.

Frank Gaffney Jr. at NRO reports:

"President Bush is responding to these tough times at the U.N. with a bit of tough love. His selection of Undersecretary of State John Bolton to be the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations signals a call for systemic change, not merely superficial behavior modification.

After all, Bolton has been one of this country’s most thoughtful critics of past U.N. misconduct. During his stint during the Bush-41 administration as assistant secretary of State for international organizations — the bureau in Foggy Bottom responsible for relations with the United Nations — Bolton became intimately familiar with the institution and its shortcomings."

Many of the left bloggers made a joke of the appointment with Michael Bolton playing a reluctant second banana:

"What’s that?

Not MICHAEL Bolton?

Someone even LAMER than Michael Bolton, you say?

It’s hard to imagine someone lamer than Michael Bolton, but leave it to George W. Bush to find him…." American Street