DOLLAR DIPLOMACY:While Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was making the case for stronger democracies among Southeast Asian nations during her two-day visit to Bangkok this week, her staff found time to do some jewelry shopping.
Dropping in Tuesday afternoon to Venus Jewelers, just a five-minute walk from the American Embassy, staffers bought a treasure trove of gems.
The most expensive buy was a black star sapphire and diamond gold pendant and earrings, which was wrapped up for $650. One member of the Democratic administration’s staff bought a gold elephant pendant, which in Thailand symbolizes the strength of the monarchy. ... About 10 staffers spent a total of close to $4,000 in their one-hour shopping spree.
“We didn’t expect them to spend much money because of the state of the economy,” a spokesman at Venus Jewelers said.
IT'S REASSURING TO FIND OUT HILLARY'S STAFFERS AT THE STATE DEPARTMENT HAVE THIS KIND OF DISPOSABLE INCOME.
- THEY MUST BE VERY WELL PAID.
- ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING ALL THEY DO IS GO ON JUNKETS AND CODDLE DICTATORS WHO THREATEN US AND OUR ALLIES!
- TOO BAD THEY DIDN'T SPEND IT IN THE USA! IT WOULD BE STIMULATING.
- I GUESS IF THEY WERE REAL PATRIOTS THEY WOULD HAVE.
It's good to be Queen?Or at least it's good to be an intimidating enough female entity that your staff thinks it's okay to spend money on items while American are suffering. Of course, then again, maybe they are going to come back here and put them on EBay. BTW, they did declare those when they came through Customs, right?
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