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Friday, 16 June 2006

Taunted & Jeered Bolton Bolted

by Michael Carmichael

Facing an increasingly hostile group of law students in an Oxford
seminar that had somehow gone dreadfully wrong, beads of sweat began to
pop out on John Bolton's furrowed brow.

Amidst a rising chorus of taunts, jeers, hisses and outright
denunciations, Bolton was swiftly surrounded by his entourage of three
American security agents and whisked out the door of the seminar room
at Oriel College on Friday, the 9th of June.

Pursued by vocal recriminations from angry and frustrated American
students who led the incisive questioning and the equally incisive
jeering -- with taunts like, "You should be doing a better job!" Bolton
bolted.

He turned sharply on his heel and took flight out the door and then
fled down the mediaeval passageway and into the relative safety and
calm of his bullet-proof diplomatic limousine, Bolton swiftly headed
out of Oxford, rudely foregoing the well-established tradition of
lingering to talk with interested members of the audience.

Bolton's swift exit contrasted sharply with Oxford appearances by two
other American politicians earlier this term.

Both John Podesta and Richard Perle enjoyed lingering for discussions
with Oxford audiences after their talks.

John Bolton would have none of it, and the reason was obvious.

Throughout the questioning, the audience became increasingly hostile
and combative towards his neoconservative agenda.

Numbering over one hundred and consisting of a large contingent of
Americans intermingled with British and international students, the
audience was eager to hold Bolton accountable for the neoconservative
arguments he put forward in his talk.

The keen attitude of the audience infused Bolton with a noticeable
reticence to remain and exchange viewpoints even though it is a
time-honoured Oxford tradition.

Bolton's performance was tantamount to arriving late for dinner,
wolfing one's food and then leaving abruptly before the cigars and
Amontillado.

Bolton had been invited to Oxford for a one-hour seminar organised by
The Law Society.

His talk would be followed by the routine question and answer session.

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Crazy John wasn't gonna have any o' that friggin' question and answer
*****. He moved his ***** outa there tout suite. Ssssssssssmokin'

Harry
(see all of Harry Hope's excellent posts as they break, put this link
in your browser, use it, this is a search on google groups, on the
author Harry Hope sorted by date... nothing fancy):
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