Car sales boss is Bush's UK envoy

[kskiska]

George Bush yesterday nominated Robert Tuttle, a Beverly Hills car dealer, presidential friend and fundraiser, as the next American ambassador to Britain.

The nomination of Mr Tuttle, who owns a car sales group called Tuttle-Click Automotive, comes after nearly a year without a US ambassador at the Court of St James.

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He served as director for presidential personnel in Ronald Reagan's White House. He was given the rank of "Pioneer" in President George Bush's re-election campaign last year, signifying that he had raised more than $100,000 in contributions.

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The long vacancy at the US embassy has provoked questions over how seriously the Bush administration treats the post. The British ambassador in Washington is Sir David Manning, a diplomatic heavyweight who was previously Tony Blair's chief foreign policy adviser.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1503558,00.html

[Historic NY]

1. A car salesman.........humm I wonder if he can speak the Queen's English.

How sad when we sink to making car salesman Ambassadors. He sells Chrysler, Ford, Jeeps and no Rolls Royces.

[Stinky The Clown]

2. Oh yeah ... this is an image we need

All I can say is .... wtF?????

[Javaman]

3. Oh great, nice image, we are now hiring used car sales men for envoys..

Well, given the fact that moron* has turned the US into a used up nation, it's kind of apropos

[Cornjob]

4. Fine qualifications for an ambassador!

There are probably one million Americans with better experience, education and training for the job!

Yeeeesssshhh!

[Historic NY]

5. I wonder how he will react when they ask him if he wants some....

"Spotted Dick".....

[leQ]

7. LOL... i know what i would have done

[DeepModem Mom]

6. kick

[Lori Price CLG]

8. Republican donor (car dealer) named as new US ambassador

Republican donor named as new US ambassador

President (sic) Bush has nominated Robert Tuttle, a Republican campaign donor and leading California car dealer, to be the next US ambassador to the Court of St James.

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Mr Tuttle, who spent six years as an aide and personnel director to former president Ronald Reagan in the 1980s, is a life-long Republican activist on the West Coast and one of the well-heeled group of "Pioneers" - individuals who contributed at least $100,000 (£55,000) to Mr Bush's re-election campaign last year.

For good measure he also donated $100,000 to help finance the President's second inaugural festivities here last January.

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Lori Price

[anitar1]

9. The Tuttles were big backers of Raygun and Nixon.

I can actually say that I bought a used car from them long ago--LOL

[JNelson6563]

10. Only the best and the brightest get to represent us

or the most willing to "just follow orders"....

Julie