Barack Obama Staffs White House with Top Donors
by Wynton Hall
Over half of the President Obama’s 47 top fundraisers–individuals who helped bag a minimum of $500,000 for his presidential campaign–have been given jobs in the Obama White House.
The latest revelation of crony capitalism, which was reported by the Washington Post, also found that nine more top bundlers landed appointments to presidential boards and committees and that 24 more were given foreign ambassadorships.
White House spokesperson Eric Schultz spun the revelation this way:
“In filling these posts, the administration looks for the most qualified candidates who represent Americans from all walks of life. Being a donor does not get you a job in this administration, nor does it preclude you from getting one.”
The Foreign Service Act of 1980 expressly prohibits the consideration of political donations as a factor in appointing ambassadorships. Presently, 59 of Mr. Obama’s ambassadors were not career Foreign Service officers, and of them, thePost says 40% were Obama fundraisers.
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