You'd think that given the importance they'd leave it to professionals rather than well heeled political contributors. But lets not single out the current administration, this has been endemic for the last 60 years or more.
On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 12:31 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > I know that there is a lot of historical precedent for using low-risk > Ambassadorships as rewards for political supporters but the whole > thing just strikes me a horribly wrong. First we had the trainwreck of > an Ambassador in Luxembourg who spent most of her time concentrating > on interior decorating and now it seems that another former Obama > fundraiser turned Ambassador to the Bahamas basically spent no time in > the embassy of her posting, being absent for 276 days of her 2 year > posting. Political patronage, indeed. Disgusting system. > > http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/02/obama_fundraiser_turned_ambassador_was_largely_absent_from_bahamas_post.php > > Cheers, > Judah > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:347351 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
