Obama Nominates Soap Opera Producer as Ambassador of Hungary
Raised more than $500,000 for the president
Colleen Bradley Bell, producer for soap opera production company Bell-Phillip Television Prods., has been nominated as ambassador to Hungary, becoming the latest of President Obama's campaign supporters to be tapped for foreign posts.
Bell's nomination must be approved by the Senate. She raised more than $500,000 for the Obama campaign, according to its disclosure of campaign bundlers. According to the New York Times, the actual figure was more than $2.1 million by the fall of 2012.
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Ambassador *to* Hungary. I'm pretty sure Obama doesn't get to appoint any ambassadors *of* Hungary.
Ambassador Calculon. In other words, fuck you, Hungary.