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    Anna Wintour rumour met with a chill

     

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    <p>FILE &#8211; This Friday, Feb. 12, 2010 photo shows Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour before the start of the Rag &#038; Bone fall 2010 collection during Fashion Week in New York. Anna Wintour may be poised to follow in the footsteps of Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin and John Quincy Adams by becoming U.S. ambassador to England or France. Officials at the U.S. Embassy in London said they would not speculate on President Obama’s eventual choice for a successor to Ambassador Louis Susman, who has announced plans to step down. (AP Photo/Diane Bondareff, file)</p>

    FILE – This Friday, Feb. 12, 2010 photo shows Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour before the start of the Rag & Bone fall 2010 collection during Fashion Week in New York. Anna Wintour may be poised to follow in the footsteps of Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin and John Quincy Adams by becoming U.S. ambassador to England or France. Officials at the U.S. Embassy in London said they would not speculate on President Obama’s eventual choice for a successor to Ambassador Louis Susman, who has announced plans to step down. (AP Photo/Diane Bondareff, file)

     

    Wintour rumour met with a chill on Twitter

    Rumours that Anna Wintour is on the shortlist to be the next U.S. ambassador to the U.K. — or maybe France, some say — have been greeted with downright hostility on the internet and elsewhere. Here’s what Tweeps are saying about the ‘ambassador in Prada’ —

    Storified by Maclean’s Magazine · Wed, Dec 05 2012 07:30:57

    President Obama said to consider Vogue editor Anna Wintour as next ambassador to the U.K. | http://bloom.bg/TGIADFBloomberg News
    Article: Obama Is Reportedly Considering Anna Wintour for Ambassadorship to UK or France http://pic.twitter.com/8vYSkO4eNicholasSinghSG
    Is Anna #Wintour the new Pamela Harriman? #France #Obama… #RidiculousThePositionsToBeBought http://bit.ly/SF2jWv http://pic.twitter.com/qw6SMJDrcu_mr2ducks
    Anyone who knows me knows that I ADORE Anna Wintour. But appointing her as a diplomatic ambassador would just be ridiculous.Bernice McMillan
    Anna Wintour, an Ambassador? Really give up #Vogue mag b/c Obama asked? Anna, stick to your day job! #toocrazy http://pic.twitter.com/SqlPhIAWParish JM
    Anna Wintour is a ludicrous pick for US Ambassador to London: the Special Relationship is not a fashion statement http://soc.li/SpAW40kAndy Parker
    So Anna Wintour to become Ambassador to the UK? Is it #fashion truth or publicity for the Vogue HBO documentary? http://pic.twitter.com/LiDhq4ImTFNOW
    She just throws a dinner party and becomes ambassador! U gotta love Anna Wintour! http://pic.twitter.com/UBisrnbfLukasBlasberg
    If Anna Wintour is appointed US ambassador to the UK, they should retaliate by appointing Russell Brand.David Burge

    tags:U.S. politics