Obama’s Crony Diplomacy
We catch another glimpse of Obama the sharp Chicago pol as he appoints Louis Susman, the Democratic (Chicago-based) fundraiser and former vice-president of Citigroup, as the U.S. Ambassador in London. Susman, nicknamed the Vacuum Cleaner for his skill at sucking up cash, is known to have helped raise $500,000 for Obama’s presidential campaign and another $300,000 for his inauguration in January. He has very little foreign experience and no background in diplomacy. But hey, who cares?
Paranoiac Atlanticists are describing the appointment as further proof of Obama’s disdain for the Special Relationship. If only. Susman’s posting to London — as yet unofficial — just proves, yet again, that Obama, like every other globally successful politician, is adept at the dark arts of cronyism.
Still, at least Susman is not Oprah.
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