From Soap Opera to Ambassador?

[Cow Poke]

We all know that Ambassadorships are rewarded as political favors -- I don't think anybody would dispute that.

But even CNN has a problem swallowing THIS one!

She wasn't even prepared to be QUESTIONED about Hungary!

Source: CNN

White House stumbles explaining soap opera producer as ambassador

It's not every day that White House has to defend its decision to nominate a soap opera producer to represent the country on one of the highest diplomatic levels.

But it was that kind of Tuesday.

Asked at the daily press briefing what makes "The Bold and The Beautiful" producer Colleen Bell qualified to serve as U.S. Ambassador to Hungary, White House spokesman Josh Earnest didn't exactly have an explanation.

"(She's) somebody who obviously has succeeded in, you know, in the business world," Earnest said.

"And she is somebody that the President has confidence will be able to maintain our relationship with the government and the people of Hungary."

Earnest also denied that Bell's hand in raising millions of dollars for the President's re-election campaign had anything to do with her appointment.

"Well, I can tell you that that's not the reason she was chosen," he said.

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Mahybe Josh should have just been honest and said, "yeah, it's a political appointment, so what?"


ETA: Was she the producer of "As the World Burns" or "As the Stomach Turns"?

[Sparko]

Makes sense to me. Obama's administration is obviously a soap opera, and she probably produced it.

[Cow Poke]

Makes sense to me. Obama's administration is obviously a soap opera, and she probably produced it.

She's pretty!

[Sparko]

He should have made her Ambassador to Mexico though, since they are big on telenovelas. She would have fit right in there.

[Cow Poke]

He should have made her Ambassador to Mexico though, since they are big on telenovelas. She would have fit right in there.

Does she speak any foreign languages? (Ordering tacos doesn't count)

[Sparko]

Does she speak any foreign languages? (Ordering tacos doesn't count)

She has assistants for that.

[KingsGambit]

Obama missed an opportunity on this one. He could have spun it as a jobs plan...

[Jedidiah]

Makes sense to me. Obama's administration is obviously a soap opera, and she probably produced it.

He had producers alright but not like her. A very different sort of producers. I might use the term handlers. (told you I was an extremist)

[Sparko]

He had producers alright but not like her. A very different sort of producers. I might use the term handlers. (told you I was an extremist)

Like Nancy Pelosi?

[Cow Poke]

Like Nancy Pelosi?

Valerie Jarrett -- she is his creator and puppet master.

[Epoetker]

Melodrama over comparatively minor events is the very soul of day-to-day diplomatic activity, but you should probably actually speak the Hungarian before you start writing your script about the aid package delayed due to 15-year amnesia.