From the AP:

A former chief of the State Department’s bureau of intelligence and research castigated John R. Bolton on Tuesday as a “kiss-up, kick-down sort of guy” who abused analysts who disagreed with his views of Cuba’s weapons capabilities.

We’ll hear that phrase a lot more. Whether it’s accurate or fair to say that about Bolton, I have no idea. But should it matter? The notion that this isn’t the attitude of blajillions of career government types — and business people in general — is laughable on its face. In other words, if people are going be disqualified for kissing up to their superiors and being gruff with their subordinates than we’re going to have to fire a lot of government workers. Which, on second thought, isn’t such a bad idea.