Here's a link to a story that lists George Bush's top fund-raisers who have been rewarded with ambassadorships in nice places like France, Bahamas, Spain, Sweden, Netherlands, Switzerland...
Imagine that: George Bush is rewarding his biggest campaign fundraisers by letting them live in posh mansions, giving them full-time U.S. Marine bodyguards, while they throw and attend and endless string of U.S. taxpayer funded dinner and coctail parties.
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2004/11/18/build/nation/22-bush-fundraisers.incYou can fight the right wingers by helping to end this reward program. You can help get these ambassadors sent packing back to Texas, or wherever they came from. If there is an anti-American/anti-George Bush sentiment in your current home, then tie the name of Bush's fund-raising ambassador to team Bush. Teach the citizens, and the activists that the ambassador that Bush has sent to their country, is every bit as odious as President Bush himself.
Encourage your friends and neighbors to organize protests, or write letters, post handbills etc. that criticize the offending ambassador for being so closely tied to George Bush. If you can stir up enough sentiment against the ambassador, then they will have to be recalled, and brought home. Perhaps their replacement will not be so closely tied to Bush Fundraising Inc.
The appointment of these fundraising "pioneers" as ambassadors, is an afront to the people of the countries where they get sent. They deserve better. Let Bush know it.
Here's a list of countries, and their ambassadors, all of whom are major fund-raisers for Team Bush:
Ireland, Richard Egan
France, Howard Leach
Spain, George Argyros
Portugal, Hans Hertell
Belize, Russ Freeman
Uruguay, Martin Silverstein
Norway, John Ong
Sweden, Teel Bivins
Netherlands, Clifford Sobel*
Belgium, Stephen Brauer
Czech Republic, Craig Stapleton*
Slovak Republic, Ronald Weiser
Hungary, Nancy Brinker
Austria, Lee Brown
Switzerland, Mercer Reynolds
Vatican, Jim Nicholson
Malta, Anthony Gioia
Mauritius, John Price
Singapore, Franklin Lavin
New Zealand, Charles Swindells
* spouse is the fundraiser