Obama nominates fundraiser to Paris post

[MADem]

26. I'm not pissed--I think it's a good deal all around.

The country gets an ambassador with the President's ear, and we save money by letting rich bastards pick up the tab for a change. See: http://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/politics/plum-posts

Your friend should have stooped to conquer, and put THIS pic of Bush on the piano, perhaps with a tiny little annotation at the bottom, saying, "In honor of (name of busybody)." Further, he could take the thing off the piano and shove it in a drawer any time she wasn't in his house. This is how you say FUCK YOU with a smile:



Or this one:



See? Subtle, but snarky.

If your friend wants to stay "politics free" in his work, he needs to get out of the diplomatic corps, at least the upper reaches. That IS what functionaries have to deal with--it goes with the job. It's a milieu rife with politics, and every four years, there's a rumble in the jungle as a consequence of the Presidential election. It's just the nature of the beast.

And here's the real bottom line--when STATE needs to resolve an issue with a country that has a "money" ambassador, who gets the call? The principal, or the deputy? Answer--the latter. The deputy fixes the situation and briefs the principal. The principal pretends that they're the big cheese, but anyone who MATTERS knows better. No, the deputy doesn't get the glory, but the deputy isn't spending tens of thousands at a pop to make the USA look good either.

That's just how it works.