Mr. Bolton, a hard-line conservative with decades of service in Republican administrations, is no anti-Trump zealot, which makes his allegations against the president that much more devastating.
No it doesn’t.
What makes the allegations so utterly devastating is that genuinely decent, reasonable Americans — Vindman, Hill, Yovanovitch, and many others — had the courage to testify publicly. Bolton, in contrast, has behaved like a coward who puts his own selfish interests above his principles.
And the Times describing Bolton as a ‘hard-line conservative?” That’s like calling a regurgitated kumquat “edible. ” Well, I guess so, but it kind of misses the point in a nauseating way.
Please don’t misunderstand. Of course, Bolton must be called as a witness. Of course, he must obey a subpoena and tell the truth — he risks serious penalties if he doesn’t. But this little episode is being used by the press to normalize Bolton into some kind of sober, credible patriot. He’s not.
The real patriots are the whistle-blower, those who have already testified, and the amazing team of investigators led by Schiff and his colleagues. And what they described was devastating: grossly criminal and unethical behavior by the president of the United States.