He doesn't speak German, he has no experiance in diplomacy - but he is a devoted supporter of Pres. Bush.
William Timken probably is becoming the new US embassador in Berlin.
In the short notification from the W.H. on Tuesday is written in four short sentences about William Timken's career: studies in economy, boss of a big family company, since two years retired. That's it.
Why "Super Ranger"? - Guys who bring more then $ 300.000 into the fund of the republic party get that name. Timken collected $600.000 in only one fund raiser during the election 2004 in Ohio.
A "Ranger" has to pay (collect) at least $200.000 and a "Pioneer" at least $100.000. The "Super Rangers"get the acceptance to an exclusive circle of friends of the Pres. They sometimes get a nice job as embassador as a reward.
I read this in an article written by the German correspondent of FOCUS (journal) in Washington DC, Peter Gruber.
Is money the only yardstick for everything? Sorry - it sounds very funny to me. Kings and emperors in former times (200 and more years ago) acted like that - but today we live in 2005 - don't we?
Juergen