New American Ambassador to Barbados
Tuesday, August 1, 2006 at 10:12PM The Washington Post announced it, and the good folkes over at Barbados Free Press also posted about the new American ambassador to Barbados - now that's a job worth having!
Here's what the Post had to say . . .
She's cute, she's blond, she's Texan, and yep, it's finally official: Mary Ourisman is going to be the ambassador to Barbados.
The wife of car tycoon Mandy Ourisman is a high-profile figure on Washington's social and cultural scene; Laura Bush attended her 60th-birthday party in February.
The White House formally announced the nomination last week, months after word leaked out that President Bush had tapped her for the job.
The Caribbean postings are often reserved for political appointees with ties to the Republican Party, the Ourismans have donated $443,620 to GOP candidates and committees since 1999.
We'll almost $500,00 is P-O-L-I-T-I-C-A-L enough! LT
Like a good nominee, Ourisman is keeping mum until confirmed, but her husband says, "She's on cloud nine -- she's very honored. And I'll be supporting her and going with her."
They'll be leaving homes in Washington, Palm Beach, and Jamaica for the ambassador's residence on the west coast of the laid-back island nation, where their pals will undoubtedly pour serious bucks into the tourism industry.
"Remember, in Barbados the prime minister walks down Broad Street and pushes his own trolley in the market -- without security," says Roy Morris, editor at Barbados's Daily Nation newspaper.
If confirmed, Ourisman will become not only "Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary" to Barbados, but will also represent the United States in St. Kitts, St. Lucia, Antigua, Dominica, Grenada and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Lots of drinks with little umbrellas in her future!
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