Buying an ambassadorship
June 15th 2009 04:09
This just needs to stop:
Both parties do it. George W. Bush picked a number of his rich friends/donors to be ambassadors. Other presidents have also done the same thing. Now, Obama is continuing the tradition. Is it any surprise people are so cynical about politicians? The rich and the privileged scratch each others' backs so much that they give each other rashes.
Here's a suggestion. There are lots of unemployed Americans in the country today. Set some baseline standards for what's required of an ambassador and put together a list of unemployed Americans who fit the bill. Then, draw one of those names out of a hat and give him or her the job. If you need to, send the person to ambassador school for some training on how to bow/curtsy and how to properly hold a fork at formal dinners. We could call it the Ambassador Works Program. That wouldn't solve any big problems for the country, but it would make me feel a little better about our political system than I do today.
President Barack Obama on Thursday tapped four big Democratic Party donors for plum ambassadorships in Europe and Latin America while naming six career diplomats to posts in Africa, the Mideast and the Pacific.
Both parties do it. George W. Bush picked a number of his rich friends/donors to be ambassadors. Other presidents have also done the same thing. Now, Obama is continuing the tradition. Is it any surprise people are so cynical about politicians? The rich and the privileged scratch each others' backs so much that they give each other rashes.
Here's a suggestion. There are lots of unemployed Americans in the country today. Set some baseline standards for what's required of an ambassador and put together a list of unemployed Americans who fit the bill. Then, draw one of those names out of a hat and give him or her the job. If you need to, send the person to ambassador school for some training on how to bow/curtsy and how to properly hold a fork at formal dinners. We could call it the Ambassador Works Program. That wouldn't solve any big problems for the country, but it would make me feel a little better about our political system than I do today.
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