GOP Fundraiser Nominated As Ambassador

[flvegan]

FORT MYERS - Al Hoffman, a top fundraisers for President Bush and Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, has been nominated by the president to be the U.S. ambassador to Portugal.
Hoffman, 71, is chairman of Bonita Springs home-building firm WCI Communities and a longtime Bush family friend. His nomination must be approved by the Senate.

The West Point graduate was finance chairman for the Republican National Committee, headed President Bush's fundraising effort in 2000 in Florida and Gov. Jeb Bush's in 2002. He has raised about $300,000 for Bush's presidential campaigns.

Portugal was one of the first nations to establish diplomatic relations with the United States in 1791 and is a member of the European Union.

more:
http://tampatrib.com/floridametronews/MGB0AJRRSBE.html

[Wetzelbill]

1. And to think, I was expecting Joe Wilson to get the nod

:sarcasm:

[saigon68]

2. 62 "Super Rangers" Round Up $28.5 Million for Bush Campaign

WASHINGTON - July 1 - The biggest of President Bush's big-money backers were revealed yesterday when the Republican National Committee (RNC) released the names of 62 "Super Rangers" - fundraisers who have collected at least $28.5 million for Bush's re-election efforts, according to an analysis by Public Citizen posted today at WhiteHouseForSale.org.

The "Super Rangers" are high-powered fundraisers who have collected at least $300,000 for the RNC. All but a handful of these rainmakers already ranked among Bush's largest financial backers. Forty-five of the Super Rangers previously had been crowned "Rangers" after raising at least $200,000 for the 2004 Bush-Cheney campaign - meaning they each have raised at least $500,000 this cycle. Nine more had achieved "Pioneer" status by collecting at least $100,000 for Bush.

"The fact that any individual is allowed to bundle half a million dollars for the president is an affront to our democracy," said Public Citizen President Joan Claybrook. "But the Bush administration has made clear from day one that it will shower its supporters with special favors, insider access and plum appointments. No wonder so many executives and lobbyists are competing for these titles."

MORE

http://www.commondreams.org/cgi-bin/newsprint.cgi?file=/news2004/0701-04.htm

[woodsprite]

3. Can all these appointed "diplomats" get the rug pulled out

from under them if we ever get the *astard impeached?

[Demeter]

4. Ship Them ALL Out of the Country

on one way tickets. That's the kind of extraordinary rendition I could support!