Tyrrell: Thunder Bolton

How fine a choice is Bolton? Well consider this response from Senator Jean-Francois Kerry: "this is just about the most inexplicable appointment the president could make to represent the United States to the world community." As a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, our Francophile friend will be reviewing Bolton's nomination. For his appearance before Kerry's committee I suggest Bolton bring along a copy of Michelin's Guide Rouge. Get the senator off on a discussion of his favorite Parisian restaurants. Ask him how he likes his canard. In fact congratulate him on his canard. Inquire as to why the French can never get the vichyssoise to the table while it is still warm. The senator is easily distracted