Obama vs. Greenwald on appointing bundlers to ambassadorships

[Exciting Trip]

President Obama just appointed a bundler -----who donated half a million dollars to Obama's campaign-- as ambassador to Argentina.
Glenn Greenwald believes this should not be the way our government works.

Which of these two views do you identify with the most?

[QC]

1. Glenn Greenwald is a meanie and a poopiehead!

Therefore, appointing bundlers to high positions if the right thing to do.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

2. Eat your peas and let the politicians do your thinking for you.

[Agony]

3. Corruption rules

[liberal_at_heart]

4. Certainly not surprised. I think I can count the number of appointees I am happy with on one hand

and I would still have fingers left over.

[quinnox]

5. I'm sure its just a coincidence

Because we all know Obama is perfect and divine, and would never take into consideration raising large sums of money for his campaign and giving an ambassadorship as "payback".

[jehop61]

6. Who elected Glenn Greenwald?

Getting so tired of him and his drip, drip, drip journalism

[jaysunb]

8. Journalism ? LOL ! n/t

[Enrique]

7. he bought it fair and square n/t

[Cha]

9. Fuck the profiteering a$$hole Greenwald.

At least Noah Bryson Mamet seems like he's into the truth and reality. Which is way more than can be said for GG and his fucking Lies.

[KG]

10. i think it would for the best if we all pretended the prez isn't a politician.

that way we can pretend he would never lie, compromise his principles,trade favors for donations, etc.

[struggle4progress]

11. There's nothing very new here: current law allows both career and political appointments

And the fraction of political to ambassadorial appointees under Obama administration falls within the range of the past administrations: for all administrations since the Ford era, this fraction varies from a low of 0.27 (Carter) to a high of 0.38 (Ford), with an overall average of 0.32 over all ambassadorial appointments during the six administrations

[Enrique]

12. you're right

there's not much change.

[struggle4progress]

13. Perhaps you will share with us your favorite proposed amendments to existing law?

[kelliekat44]

14. WoW!!!! This has never been done before....Obama is lawless!!!