Obama nominates fundraiser to Paris post

[MADem]

42. I wouldn't let it trouble me. If the Number Two was an idiot as well, I'd be concerned.

But I have dealt with obtuse ambassadors, myself, and the best way to handle them is to Go Around Them. And that is easily done, because the more hubris they have, the more inattentive they often are. They're too busy worrying about themselves to worry about anything that can be made to sound a bit boring.

Like I said, that piano picture thing could have been easily managed--were it me, I'd pick the 2nd photo, more formal, but makes him look just a hair drunk. OR, I'd take every frigging picture off the piano when I knew that The Nitwit was on the guest list, and replace it with a giant bowl of expensive flowers.

Rome-London-Paris are the Big Three for Big Money, and this applies no matter who the POTUS is. The staffs at these places are generally outstanding, even when the principal is a moron, and the local national hires are a treasure trove of background. And I'm not saying Romania does not matter, but it's not one of those Big Three joints.

It is what it is--other countries do it too. The ambassadors on Embassy Row in DC are a damn sight richer and more worldly than their counterparts in some shit outpost in the middle of nowhere, and those DC denizens have an inside track with their leaders, too.