Well a lot of the day to day producing is done by associates, so Brad can over see a lot using the internet and commuting at times. As for the writing, he can frame the stories anywhere and the other writers do the actual writing. But if worse comes to worse Brad might just step down and hand over B&B to a new team. I don’t think she would have agreed to the appointment if they didn’t work out how they were going to manage everything from a distance.

what a sexist comment. Would you say the same if a man was Ambassador? Probably not

LOL. su0000, I love your hilarious comment. John Mccain needs to wash his undies. He is a very miserable man. Congrats to Colleen Bell, you go girl.

Cry Baby the man is a POW if you know what that is. He spent 5 1/2 years in a prison camp. He is absolutely right she has no business being an Ambassador she knows nothing about Hungary or what our interest are there probably could not even find it on the map. Show some respect for a man who served our country to fight for our freedoms!

I like B&B and admire the Bell family and what it has accomplished. That being said, I think John McCain makes a valid point. I read Colleen Bell’s responses to the questions asked during her confirmation hearing and, to put it very mildly, I was unimpressed. Ms. Bell may be accomplished and experienced in the television arena. However, there is nothing on her resume to indicate that she has background to make her a qualified diplomat and, in particular, has any knowledge or insight about Hungary. Her vague and irrelevant comments to the questions asked during the hearing also suggest that she did little (or no) homework about Hungary before the interview.

Again, I like the Bells and B&B. That being said, I think McCain is right on this issue. Once the (rightful) criticism was raised about Ms. Bell’s qualifications were raised, I think Ms. Bell should have withdrawn her name for consideration for the post.

This appoint is all about the $$$$ that Ms. Bell raised. It clearly is NOT about her qualification for the job.

NO CHRIS F, I DON’T KNOW HER AT ALL, BUT I HEARD WHEN SHE WAS BEING INTERVIEW SHE KNOWS NOTHING, WE ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH RUSSIA AND WE NEED SOMEONE WITH A BRAIN OTHER THEN SOMEONE WHO PRODUCES SOAP OPERAS AND PAID FOR THE JOB TO BE AMBASSADOR FOR HUNGRY, SO MAYBE I SHOULD SAY I KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT HER THAT SHE SHOULDN’T HAVE THAT JOB, ARE THE SOAPS GETTING BORING FOR HER, SHES A SPOILED WOMEN WITH MONEY AND BELIEVE ME I WOULD SAY THE SAME THING IF THIS PERSON WAS A PART OF THE SOAPS I WATCH.

Hi jared ..
I think it is horrible how the republicans disrespect the 1st black President , elected twice by the people, of my America..
Barack Obama is the President of the United States of America.. our presidents have always been held in high esteem and respected,
Republicans do not like Obama and will do anything to shame him in the eyes of the world….. totally disrespect for the man, the president 🙂 heh

Who is Barry Obama?

WELL SAID JARED, I BELIEVE THAT IS HOW SHE WILL GET THIS JOB, MONEY IN BARRY’S POCKET, WHAT IS HAPPENING TO OUR COUNTRY. IT’S NOT GOOD, IT IS SICKENING TO READ THOSE NASTY COMMENTS ABOUT MCCAIN, I AGREE IT IS SHAMEFUL. JOHN MCCAIN IS A HERO.

Im with you on this, I may not be a Republican but the only reason she is in this position is because she has the $$ to back it up.

Period.

Please review the late Shirley Temple being elected to Ghana in 1974 by Ford. That is more cringeworthy than this appointment

A lot of these posts have been about glad handing for both parties. They are largely viewed as ceremonial.

His name is NOT Barry. Shame on you! For name calling.

Good one!

And a philantropist.

Agree I believe that was the point Senator McCain was trying to make as others including myself she did not even have any knowledge of Hungary she ran around the questions and I was embarrassed for her yet angry at the same time. I do not think he was slamming the entertainment business just making a point you need to know something about the country you are going to be Ambassador for she did not bother to educate herself before she went in there. Typical low information voter.

1) Diplomatic – Being the top-ranking representative of their own country to the host country in which they’re stationed; conducting negotiations with the host government on behalf of their own government; representing their state in meetings and delivering messages on behalf of their own government to the host government; receiving messages and communications from the host government for relay back to their own government; being the spokesperson for their own government and its policies in the host country.

2) Ceremonial – Representing their own government to the people of the host nation at public events in that host country and being the most visible symbol of their own country, within the host country and to its public.

3) Administrative – Being the top ranking official within the embassy at which they’re posted, overseeing operations at the embassy and of other diplomats and staff members. They’d often be assisted in this role by other officials at the post who would actually handle, in greater detail and more directly, such internal embassy duties but it is the ambassador who is officially the chief of the mission and top-ranking embassy official.

Dan, it seems so easy for you to make these sweeping generalizations about Republicans and they couldn’t be further from the truth. As a gay man, I can say I try to ride the middle, but you have to admit that this back and forth between Republicans and Democrats has been going on a helluva lot longer than since Obama has been in office…and that is truly what it boils down to. Furthermore, CNN and MSNBC, etc…have just as much political BS on their websites as FOX does.

I disagree with your analogy. Comparing an appointment as ambassador to a place like Belize or Mexico, which are not political “hot spots” for American foreign policy interests, is NOT the same thing as being appointed ambassador to a country, such as Hungary, that is very adjacent to the Ukraine, a virtual political “volcano” right now.

I highly doubt Ms. Bell’s appointment to Belize, Mexico, Iceland, or Belgium would generate the same type of criticism. An appointment to one of those countries clearly would involve a LOT of ceremonial activities and I am sure, with her fund raising and party-throwing “skills,” Ms. Bell would be perfectly suited to such a task. However, to name this woman as ambassador to a country that presently is in the eye of a political hurricane is inane. She didn’t appear to even know enough about Hungary to sound competent in her confirmation hearing!!! What makes you think that she will suddenly turn into a Jean Kirkpatrick on Hungary when she gets to Budapest???

BTW, I’m a Democrat and clearly think this appointment is a BAD idea. I’m not some Fox News watching fanatic.