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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCindy McCain Is Reportedly Biden's Top Pick To Be Ambassador To The United Kingdom
President-elect Joe Biden is expected to offer lifelong Republican Cindy McCain the position of ambassador to the United Kingdom, The Times of London reported Saturday. McCain, the widow of the late Arizona GOP Sen. John McCain, endorsed Biden in the presidential election after years of acrimony between Donald Trump and her husband.
Trump incredibly denounced the senator, a Navy pilot in Vietnam, for being shot down and locked up in Hanoi for five years as a prisoner of war. I like people who werent captured, slammed Trump, who dodged serving in Vietnam because of a dubious complaint about bone spurs.
Cindy McCains support for Biden was key in helping turn Arizona blue this election. She even recorded an emotional political message extolling Bidens friendship and cooperation with her husband that was played at the Democratic National Convention in August. Biden became the first Democratic presidential candidate to win Arizona since 1996.
If McCain, 66, would like the job in London, its hers if she wants it, a Biden insider told the Times. She delivered Arizona. They know that. Its still unclear if McCain an anglophile with long, important connections to Britain would accept the offer
Ambassador positions are frequently given as rewards for crucial presidential support by either party.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-cindy-mccain-ambassador-to-britain_n_5fc2e736c5b63d1b770c9a7f
Botany
(70,447 posts)How The Navajo Nation Helped Flip Arizona For Democrats
https://www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-2020-election-results/2020/11/13/934591289/how-the-navajo-nation-helped-flip-arizona-for-democrats
Stargleamer
(1,985 posts)left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)She had a lot to do with Biden winning Arizona.
Like her or not, the McCain name for Biden carried a lot of weight.
As for the Navajo, I suspect they're mostly Democrats and were Biden supporters and Trump haters, regardless --- god bless 'em.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,142 posts)I don't know how much time an ambassador is expected to spend in their post, but McCain's children and grandchildren are here. She's involved in several non-profits and she's still the chair of the third largest Anhauser-Busch distributor in the US.
Snake Plissken
(4,103 posts)Why should anyone care who he picks?
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)Shirley Temple (Black) was appointed United States Ambassador to Ghana by President Gerald R. Ford and Ambassador to Czechoslovakia by President George H. W. Bush.
BrightKnight
(3,567 posts)She is qualified and a lot of center right Republicans like her supported Biden.
MineralMan
(146,254 posts)anything else. Who holds that position matters much less than in some other countries.
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)What country traditionally has been more important to us than Great Britain?
MineralMan
(146,254 posts)The UK is a reliable ally with which we have cordial relations. We are not in conflict with them. So, the job is pretty easy. It is really a sinecure.
NYC Liberal
(20,135 posts)Its that the position is largely ceremonial because, well, there isnt a whole lot of major conflict and the possibility of war when precarious negotiations break down.
betsuni
(25,378 posts)Which Cindy McCain is used to.
When Caroline Kennedy was appointed ambassador to Japan, conservatives complained she wasn't qualified, dredged up decades-old Kennedy scandals as if it had anything to do with her. But the press covered her, I was aware of what she was doing. Good publicity. These last four years I've had no idea who the ambassador was.
Even though Kennedy is a little shy, she did an excellent job. McCain is a little shy too. I fully support shy women ambassadors.