John Bolton is Further Confirmation of Bush as the Best Appointer in History

John Bolton is on fire at the UN. At the bottom of this post is a running chronicle of his extraordinarily bold initiatives that go to the heart of its necessary reform.

He is turning out to be a typically excellent appointee for the first MBA president. I believe history should judge Bush as the best president in terms of selecting subordinates.

Here is how I described Bush's greatness regarding an overlooked policy initiative earlier:

It is classic Bush to spend political capital...to attempt ideologically contrarian initiatives to radically restructure approaches to intractable problems.

Bush envisioned a bold defense restructuring based on missile defense, so he appointed Donald Rumsfeld, the owner of the best resume imaginable for that role in terms of ideological vision and history of executive success. Bush wanted to reform the State Department to take up his global democracy initiative so he appointed the excellently suited Condoleezza Rice. John Roberts was a perfect choice to promote all the way to Chief Justice to push back creeping judicial activism over a potential span of decades. In the same way that Ford recovered from the Edsel with the wildly successful Mustang, Bush rebounded from the Harriet Miers debacle with one of the best proponents of strict constructionism in the form of Samuel Alito. Even low-level appointees fit the Bush model of heavy credentials and contrarian ideology. Recently one of the few accomplished Near East Studies professors who takes the global Jihad seriously was appointed to oversee that area of the National Security Council.

Bush's most surprising pick will hopefully never demonstrate why he was the best of all. Dick Cheney may be the last vice president to be chosen in spite of his level of charisma. He fit into the Bush vision, however, of the ideal backup president in the event of a crisis. Ironically that leadership masterstroke nearly cost Bush the opportunity to lead.

Updates:

Feb. 26: Bolton Blasts U.N. "Sex and Corruption"

Feb. 21: Bolton Hits Annan Over Sudan Talk
"Mr. Bolton signaled America's sense of urgency on Darfur when he elevated the issue to the top of the Security Council's agenda." Sudan is the leading victorious front for the Global Jihad. The genocide and mass rape is a harbinger for all non-Muslim countries

Jan 15, 2006: Bolton Blasts UN's 'Map Without Israel'

Dec. 30, 2005: Bravo! Bolton Aide Smacks Down Payola Pundit

Dec. 14: US Ambassador Bolton: It's a Fantasy That Israel Is Treated Fairly at UN

Dec. 8: The UN Press Corps Shafts Bolton--Again

Dec. 7: U.S. Blasts Security Council for Failing to Condemn Terror Attack in Israel

Dec. 7: UN Silent on Netanya Bombing
Bolton Again Accuses Algeria of Blocking UN Security Council Condemnation

Dec. 2: Bolton Says Palestinian Resolutions Demonstrate UN Irrelevance

Nov. 30: U.S. Moves to Shrink Palestinian Programs at UN
This is the second-best initiative ever to be taken up at the UN

Nov. 25: US Forges Trail-Blazing UN Condemnation of Hizbullah