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| India-Pakistan |
| Biden ready to name Eric Garcetti ambassador to India |
| 2021-05-28 |
| Hey, Dron, you're gonna love this one! Los Angelinos know him as Mayor Yoga Pants. He's famous for a $2 billion bond issue that he convinced voters to pass to provide housing for the homeless. The resulting housing units, the few of them that have actually been built, cost $750,000 a pop. And there are those of us who will never forget the road diet in which he appropriated car lanes on which commuters depend to get to and from work for bike lanes. Gotta go green, you know. He's pretty thoroughly discredited so there was no way he was moving on to another elected office after his term as mayor ended. Nice of the Big Guy to find something for him. [Axios] President Biden is ready to nominate Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti as his ambassador to India, sending a trusted political ally to the world's biggest democracy, people familiar with the matter tell Axios. Driving the news: Biden is planning to name his first slate of political ambassadors as soon as next week, rewarding political allies like Garcetti, as well as big-dollar donors, many of whom covet postings in elegant European capitals. The White House is still finishing the vetting process for potential ambassadors, including Garcetti, whose office called an Axios report earlier this month that he was being considered for an ambassadorship "speculative." When the vetting process is complete, Biden is expected to formally send more than a dozen names to the Senate to begin the confirmation process for his first batch of political ambassadors. Garcetti, who served as the co-chair of Biden's presidential campaign, was initially considered for the Cabinet. However, his chances diminished after a sexual harassment lawsuit against one of his former aides, Rick Jacobs, received national attention after journalist Yashar Ali reported about his own experience with Jacobs. A Garcetti spokesperson, as well as the White House, declined to comment. |
| Posted by:Abu Uluque |
| #12 Considering how inept and corrupt he must be, they sent the poor bastard to the right place. Ima guessing the Ambassador to New Orleans spot was already spoken for. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2021-05-28 20:55 |
| #11 Among the criteria for selecting Ambassadors to India, one is probably their digestion. According to Mr. Wife, learnt the hard way in Egypt, the key is to completely avoid meat, sticking to bread and cooked vegetarian dishes, alcoholic beverages, factory-sealed water bottles one opens oneself, and fruits one peels ditto. He enjoyed the food in India so much he brought me home a Madhur Jaffrey cookbook. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2021-05-28 15:55 |
| #10 "Ed Buck" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2021-05-28 12:43 |
| #9 I guess it's been long enough (I mean, with Biden's memory) that this little tidbit has been forgotten: Biden drops LA Mayor Eric Garcetti from event after two more men accuse close adviser of sexual misconduct |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2021-05-28 11:54 |
| #8 What did India ever do to Zhou Bei-Den? They invaded his favorite 7-Eleven. |
| Posted by: Omotle Sholuns7857 2021-05-28 10:56 |
| #7 Comes across as someone whose digestive abilities are without question. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2021-05-28 10:50 |
| #6 What did India ever do to Zhou Bei-Den? |
| Posted by: Ulusoger Clalet8473 2021-05-28 08:39 |
| #5 Yoga-Pants Meets Yogi |
| Posted by: Slaimp Snegum9036 2021-05-28 07:28 |
| #4 Considering how inept and corrupt he must be, they sent the poor bastard to the right place. |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2021-05-28 03:43 |
| #3 Thanks, Abu. Among the criteria for selecting Ambassadors to India, one is probably their digestion. I think it was a Remmer or Roemer who was perpetually in the loo. I met Nancy Powell once at an event. She was rumored to be very particular about her diet. As for work, they get no time for anything much from all the weddings and chief guest invites and ribbon cutting and bollywood hoopla. They come expecting a chaperoned princely supervision of US interests and are swept up in the ride of their lives, and before they know it it's over. |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2021-05-28 03:37 |
| #2 Come on man, you know, the thing... |
| Posted by: Threreck Angeaque5095 2021-05-28 02:10 |
| #1 If he can remember Eric Clapton's name eerrric Gerabaldi Joe Montana Amerigo Vespuchi Cetti Gargoyle Erotic Garcetti Dancers Come on man, you know, the thing... |
| Posted by: Threreck Angeaque5095 2021-05-28 01:57 |