The search for America’s next ambassador to South Africa is over, but the long, excruciating search for a grown-up in the Obama administration goes on. The tweet above was the reaction last summer of Patrick Gaspard, executive director to the Democratic National Committee, to the Supreme Court’s controversial declaration that Obamacare was constitutional. Now that’s diplomacy.
Obama nominates Patrick Gaspard – Ambassador to the Republic of South Africa, Department of State
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) June 27, 2013
https://twitter.com/CuffyMeh/status/350382954159153154
@CuffyMeh Gravitas. @patrickgaspard
— Razor (@hale_razor) June 27, 2013
With outgoing U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice fishing for Twitter followers earlier, the administration is chock full of gravitas today.
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