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Senate Democrats muscle big Obama donors into ambassadorships
Posted: Dec 3, 2014
In one of their final acts before losing their majority to Republicans, Senate Democrats confirmed as ambassadors on Tuesday two big donors to President Barack Obama’s reelection campaign, despite a controversy overtheir qualifications.
David Bryson Mamet won confirmation as envoy to Argentina in a 50-43 vote, while senators agreed 52-42 to send Colleen Bell on her way to Hungary. No Republicans voted for either nominee, and several senators missed both ballots.
Before the votes, Sen. John McCain, R.-Ariz., passionately urged his colleagues to reject Bell’s nomination. He argued that whatever her talents for scooping up campaign cash and for producing “The Bold and the Beautiful,” Bell was “totally unqualified” for the ambassadorship.
“She is the producer of a soap opera, has no experience in foreign policy or national security, no familiarity with the language, country or region, has never been there, and lacks meaningful knowledge of history or economics,” McCain thundered on the Senate floor. “I’m sure television viewing is important in Hungary, but the fact is that this nominee is totally unqualified for this position.”
Being qualified for a position is not one of this administration's priorities; in fact, Obama, a prior community organizer, was not qualified to be POTUS either, and his inexperience has been devastating.
Link: http://news.yahoo.com/senate-democrats-muscle-big-obama-donors-into-ambassadorships-175252008.html
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Well, if Ms. Bell managed to handle the B&B (sm) - LM
[ In Reply To ..]I'm sure she can handle Putin. This stuff is really unbelievable, isn't it?
My skewed thinking... - Debi
[ In Reply To ..]After what happened to Ambassador Chris Stevens, I would not want an ambassadorship position under this so-called "leader."
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