Article: "Obama Offers Prime Posts to Top Campaign Contributors"

The link: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=washingtonstory&sid=adfv4RHV3Kmk

" May 29 (Bloomberg) -- Louis Susman has one thing in common with many of his predecessors nominated to be the U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom: money.
Susman, 71, a retired Citigroup Inc. senior investment banker, raised between $200,000 and $500,000 for President Barack Obama’s presidential campaign and another $300,000 for his inauguration. On Wednesday, Obama nominated Susman to the post formally known as the Court of St. James. "

Of course, a great many past Presidents have done this. Reagan did, as did both Bushes and Mr Clinton. But one of the Obamessiah's campain promises was "Change We Can Believe In." This is change? Continuing the practice of appointing as Ambassadors people who hadn't earned the spot, you could say they bought it. Of course, that should remind you of Mr Blagojevich, who allegedly attempted to sell the Obamessiah's vacant Senate seat to the highest bidder! Of course, the Obamessiah states he never knew about it. From the Wikipedia article about Mr Blago:

" He is currently the target of multiple federal investigations[10][11] and had historically low approval ratings within Illinois; at one time the Rasmussen Reports ranked him "America's Least Popular Governor"[12] even before the news of his corruption investigation broke. "
(Links are Wikipedia's and have been left intact.) But there's actually more to that story, which we won't go into here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Blagojevich

To get back to the main article, yes, other Presidents have named as Ambassadors people who hadn't earned it. But the Obamessiah promised change ... I guess you could say he lied?

" Even with his pledges to change government, Obama is following the tradition of his predecessors by offering some ambassadorships to top campaign backers, including four of the 12 nominations this week. "

Remember that, according to my ex-wife, my math skills are none too good. You'll (I hope) forgive me as I do the math ... lesse ... 4 of the 12 nominations this week. Four divided by 12 equals ? 4/12 = .33333333333. We need this as a percentage, so we multiply by 100. .33333333333 (x) 100 = 33.333333333 Or 33 per cent ... one third. One third. This is change?

" On Jan. 9, when Obama conceded he wouldn’t abandon the practice, he said, “It would be disingenuous for me to suggest that there are not going to be some excellent public servants but who haven’t come through the ranks of the civil service.” "

Let's translate that: "I would be lying to you if I said that there are not going to be some excellent public servants who bought their appointments. There will be."

Liar.

(H/T: Drudge Report)