NOT TO MENTION...:

Ambassadorships for sale (LA Times, July 12, 2009)

When candidate Barack Obama spoke of change, we thought he meant a new way of doing business, but apparently he also meant coinage. Because President Obama has kept the unsavory tradition of doling out some of the cushiest ambassadorial posts to fundraisers who brought in some of the biggest chunks of change to his campaign. Fifteen of the 62 ambassadors nominated so far were money "bundlers" for the campaign, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, among them Pittsburgh Steelers owner Daniel M. Rooney, retired Chicago investment banker Louis B. Susman and Los Angeles entertainment executive Charles H. Rivkin.

...that the 30 pieces he owed Doug Kniec were paid in an ambassadorship.

Posted by Orrin Judd at July 12, 2009 10:06 AM