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2009-02-22 Home Front: Politix

Barack Obama under fire for picking a crony fundraiser as his ambassador to Britain

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Posted by Fred 2009-02-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 It's not like its the most important assignments in the personnel list anymore. Now who they send to Beijing to sell those T-Bonds (and sell out the Tibetans), that's important.

Posted by Procopius2k 2009-02-22 03:48|| 2009-02-22 03:48|| Front Page Top

#2 ...Well, good grief - how do people think Joe Kennedy got that job back in '38?

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2009-02-22 07:29|| 2009-02-22 07:29|| Front Page Top

#3 .....a lawyer and banker from the president's hometown of Chicago, rather than an experienced diplomat

And the downside is?

Posted by Besoeker 2009-02-22 07:53|| 2009-02-22 07:53|| Front Page Top

#4 I was gonna bet it was gonna be Joe's grandaughter you know.

Posted by .5MT 2009-02-22 08:02|| www.cybernations.net]">[www.cybernations.net] 2009-02-22 08:02|| Front Page Top

#5 ...to sell those T-Bonds (and sell out the Tibetans)

Tibetans were sold out before Abraham Lincoln was even an itch in his daddy's pants.

Posted by badanov 2009-02-22 08:07|| http://www.freefirezone.org]">[http://www.freefirezone.org] 2009-02-22 08:07|| Front Page Top

#6 Mr Susman, a lawyer and banker...

So that's what happens to lawyers/bankers in the hard current times. During the Great Depression, some jumped off tall buildings.

Posted by JohnQC 2009-02-22 10:31|| 2009-02-22 10:31|| Front Page Top

#7 Strange we can believe in.

Posted by HammerHead 2009-02-22 23:00|| 2009-02-22 23:00|| Front Page Top

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