Posted on 07/11/2013 3:07:37 PM PDT by Kaslin
What’s the going rate for the US ambassadorship to London? Apparently around $2.3 million, judging by President Obama’s latest appointment to the Court of St. James’s, the most prestigious diplomatic posting in the world for a US official. This is the amount personally raised by Matthew Barzun, the chief fundraiser (finance chairman) for Barack Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign, which raked in $730 million in total. Mr Barzun, an internet businessman, was handpicked by the White House to be Obama’s representative in London, despite the fact he has no connection to modern-day Britain and his main qualification for the job appears to be that he has been an effective “bundler” for Barack Obama's two successful presidential election campaigns. His only diplomatic experience has been his recent stint as ambassador to Sweden, hardly a global powerhouse, itself a reward for his role in helping Obama win election in 2008. Ironically, Barzun once interned for John Kerry, when he was Senator for Massachusetts.
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Ping.
“Is there any evidence or suggestion that the threat was carried out?”
Joe Kennedy died decades later.
Also, Churchill told the former king and ardent Nazi supporter that if he opened his pro-Hitler mouth one more time he’d be killed. They sent him off to be ambassador to a Caribbean island. To my knowledge the former king decided to keep his yap shut.
The list, Ping
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Article, then check out comments through # 22. Esp # 6 , # 7 and # 22.
Fascinating historical facts.
Thanks, Nachum.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
My old New York Dutch were here before the Roosevelts...
BTW that “Irishman” was a Catholic one...
Not exactly a WASP
I think one might add that Joe Kennedy made his money as a liquor-smuggling Chicago mobster. That’s where the Kennedy money came from. Not exactly proper Bostonians.
Once again, the British will say what the ignorant Americans won’t.
Makes me shamed.
Joe Kennedy was pond scum.
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