The very diplomatic-looking Dan Rooney, owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers and new ambassador to Ireland.
Candidate Barack Obama condemned what President Barack Obama is now doing – selling ambassadorships. In fact, Obama is so blatant about it that even the ultra-liberal LA Times has condemned it.
In case you were napping, we repeat: The LA Times has condemned the Obama administration.
Ambassadorships for sale
Fifteen of Obama’s 62 ambassador nominees were campaign money ‘bundlers.’ Appointments should be based on merit, not fundraising.
When candidate Barack Obama spoke of change, we thought he meant a new way of doing business, but apparently he also meant coinage. Because President Obama has kept the unsavory tradition of doling out some of the cushiest ambassadorial posts to fundraisers who brought in some of the biggest chunks of change to his campaign. Fifteen of the 62 ambassadors nominated so far were money “bundlers” for the campaign, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, among them Pittsburgh Steelers owner Daniel M. Rooney, retired Chicago investment banker Louis B. Susman and Los Angeles entertainment executive Charles H. Rivkin.
The formula is simple: The more money you give Obama, the better ambassadorship Obama gives you.
$1,000,000 gets you an ambassadorship in Paris. $100,000 gets you the South Korea. $10,000 gets you Zimbabwe. $1,000 gets you Yemen. $100 gets you a bunk in Joe Biden’s basement.
Sweet.
Source: LATimes.com
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Uh, the picture associated with the story is of ART Rooney, who is deceased.
So you’re saying we were only one generation off? Cool. We’ve improved our accuracy rating.
Yeah, come on guys…That is The Chief, Mr. Rooney’s father. Art, shown in picture, has been dead since the 80s.
OK, OK, we give up. Here’s a photo of the real Dan Rooney.
And $10 gets you the ambassadorship to Oakland.