Jon Karl to State Department: How Much Does It Cost to Become an Ambassador?

freebeacon.com ^ | 2/7/14 | Washington Free Beacon Staff

[ColdOne]

ABC reporter Jonathan Karl asked how much it costs to be named an ambassador by the Obama administration during the State Department press briefing Friday, in the wake of embarrassing gaffes by Obama bundlers nominated for diplomatic posts.

“The percentage is 37 percent, which is considerably more political appointees than George Bush had, considerably more than Bill Clinton had,” Karl said. “I mean, most of these gave hundreds of thousands of dollars or raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for the Obama campaign. How much does it cost to become an ambassador, to be named ambassador, in the Obama administration?”

The remarks drew laughter from the press corps, and spokeswoman Jen Psaki called it a “TV question,” but Karl pressed for an answer.

[Paine in the Neck]

[Tupelo]

I have a couple of takes on this one.
Selling Ambassadorships is damn near as old as the Republic.
Poor Jonathan Karl has jumped the reservation and will probably be hunted down and brought back.

[skinkinthegrass]

from article:
"Two prominent Democratic donors, George Tsunis and Noah Mamet, recently made headlines for revealing their shortcomings as ambassadors for their respective countries.
Tsunis wrongly said Norway was a republic and stated a member of its ruling coalition was a fringe element, and Mamet admitted he had never even been to Argentina."and the (USA) ppl. wonder why we're not respected in the World today, b/c it's called respect..and the 0'Dungo administration has none for the rest of the world (except the Arabs/Islam & it's terrorists).

[Cyber Liberty]

The remarks drew laughter from the press corps, and spokeswoman Jen Psaki called it a “TV question,” but Karl pressed for an answer.

What I want to know is, did the question wipe that semi-permanent smirk off her ugly face?

[PAR35]

He shouldn’t be wasting time on questions like this. He needs to be getting ready for his IRS audit.

[Dawggie]

Sounds like somebody is going to get a special parting gift, a nail gun.

[Capt. Tom]

And I’m going through the list. I mean, most of these gave hundreds of thousands of dollars or raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for the Obama campaign.

Isn't it odd that you can buy an ambassordorship for hundreds of thousands of dollars,but Dinesh D'Souza donating $20,000 to a campaign is under investigation. - Tom

[vette6387]

She learned her craft well from Victoria Newland of the “Eff the EU school of Diplomacy.”

[bandleader]

As Gloria Vandsrbilt used to say:”If You Have To Ask The Price Of Something,You Can’t Afford It”(just ask the idiot at CNN)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[grania]

Jon Karl has been pretty good lately. I’m just assuming that he’s going out in style.

[Dick Bachert]

YOUR LIFE!

Sounds like a crappy deal to me.

[Popman]

Selling Ambassadorships is damn near as old as the Republic.

True, but in most cases the non career appointees in the past had a passing interest in the country being nominated for...or at least studied up on the country...before going before Congress...

[Tymesup]

The price is higher if you want security in, for example, Libya. Right, Mrs. Clinton?