Madame Secretary of State clearly has some runway remaining, before all is forgiven on the home front. Endure the advertisement.
Can’t help thinking that the framing for that interview was, well: Unfortunate.
Needs more podium.
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PricklyBy lex, on August 10th, 2009
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Her time away from her husband seems to make her edgy, but the food seems to be agreeing with her.
Sir, should you not have spelled it “pr!ckly”?
BTW, if Bill had his say, how many goats you think he could get for Hillary? http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8190292.stm
I’d think the offer would be how many goats would Bill have to sweeten the deal with to get the man to take her………
“Hey Clem, where’d ya get that pig and that goat?” “I got em for my wife”. “Sweet deal, Clem!”
sorry, couldn’t help it, I love that joke.
Clarifications and extensions of what Madam Secretary “really” said or meant to say will come tomorrow from a spokesperson for the Department of State . . .
In the meantime, Bill is still partying in Hollywood with the Asian chicks.
She is such a pygmy and so maladroit. I’m sure Janet Reno could eat a Cuban and puke a better representative of the United States.
Obama knew that one of the tricky situations in selecting Billary was that she was a twofer. That is: Bill was indeed going to be “channeled” somehow. She is obviously sensitive about hubby’s star power.
Vaguely reminiscent of Al Haig when he famously said “I’m in charge here” at the time Reagan was shot.
In reading about this elsewhere it sounds like it may have been a translation error. The person who asked the question in English was not the one actually asking the question. I’m willing to bet the question should have been soliciting Mr. Obama’s opinion on the subject at hand.
Which, given the language barriers in the room – Clinton could have asked to have the question repeated for clarification.
Which makes it worse. She’s so full of her own self-importance it didn’t occur to her that someone for whom English is not their first language, may have mis-stated something.
“She’s so full of her own self-importance …”
That is the nail on the head. She has no grace or class (as it used to be called). How can the wife of a President of the United States (ret) or the Secretary of State of the US take offense at a question from a student in any country? That she is both makes it still worse.
A person of class would take a compliment from the question before declining to answer. “I am very proud of all my husband has been able to accomplish, but we have been very busy, several thousands of miles apart, and I am not able to speak for him on that issue, but the opinion of the US administration is….”
Potosi Joel … A wonderfully tactful suggestion for what the Secretary of State should have said. It’s too bad that she isn’t capable of making it. Oh, well. Another TV moment in the neverending entertainment of watching our professional politicians disgracing themselves.
Popcorn, anyone?
Marianne
4th in line to the Presidency? How embarrasing.
And just think how she must treat the people who work for her, behind closed doors. President Obama picked another winner for his cabinet.
I’m rather surprised that she’s in line for the Presidency at all… appointed, not elected and all that. But indeed she is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_line_of_succession
(Above link prevented me from saying something stupid….)
Idaho Joe,
What do you expect after a bunch of morons picked a “real” winner last November?
Ah Hillary–to paraphrase the old Henny Youngman joke: “Take my Secretary of State—puhleeze!”
She really shouldn’t go around beating up young Africans asking questions. Of course I can recall from sad personal experience how frustrations can grow on a hot African night. (Business trips to Nigeria in the early 80′ss–standing in line for three hours in the middle of the night at immigration etc. Question from official –”Do you have a return ticket”–silent answer to self, “No way I’d come to this hellhole without one.”)
So I’ll cut her some slack–just hope she doesn’t have a return ticket to the USA.
Maybe Mrs. Clinton is a little more than edgy if she is in the Congo and Mr. Clinton is in the land of, “what happens here, stays here”! Mr. Clinton is hoping that if the Mrs. goes to the Congo, she STAYS there!
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/10/bill-clinton-celebrates-his-63rd-in-las-vegas/
“needs more podium”
Can’t believe no one as of yet picked up on Lex’s little snark. The “framing” of that interview was indeed, “unfortunate.”
M’thinks the Dear Lady needs a little more treadmill time–I was shocked, really to tell the truth. Perhaps it was the camera angle and I realize she, like many of us (she’s younger than me, but close) no longer (except for Byron, that rotten….
) have the teen-age physique. But still, was NOT a pretty picture, to say the least.
“Highly unflattering” is perhaps the MOST polite way of describing it.
I noticed (just ignored it).
I’m certainly not one to throw stones, but I admit she has obviously relaxed on the exercise, etc., since she ran for president. However,what is most unflattering is the angle combined with her awful, awful posture. She’s lounging back in the chair when sitting up straight with shoulder’s back and jacket pulled close would look a LOT better and would’ve probably made her appearance completely un-notable.
(I miss the Edit function! Stupid random apostrophe…)
I’m shocked, shocked I say at your punctuation! A teacher, no less! ;P
I was a music teacher.
Mee-iau! FuzzyBear, pull those claws back in!
Hey, guys, here’s a question: if Sarah Palin got what she considered an insulting question, and pushed back at the questioner, would you gripe this much?
So Sarah is feisty, while Hillary is bitchy, then? I suppose it depends on whose ox is being gored.
Nah, no claws. Simply an objective and solution-focused look at the problem–she isn’t doing the best with what she’s got. And as I said, I don’t have room to throw stones about appearance. If I was being catty, I’d call her names or say she was irretrievably ugly.
As far as Palin vs. Clinton… I certainly can understand Mrs. C being offended, but she did rise to it rather quickly. I suspect the difference is that Palin’s response to an such an insulting question likely would be delivered with a wink and smile that would soften the blow, while Mrs. C’s irritation was on bald display.
I suppose that goes back to my original question, which was motivated by the (apparent) willingness to cut some slack for those on “our” side, while cutting off those on the “other” side at the knees.
I don’t have much problem with Ms. Clinton developing a sharp edge; IIRC many on the right enjoyed John Bolton’s tart comments in the public domain.
This reminds me of the time in ’08 when Giuliani was still considered a front-runner, and several articles popped up in the MSM to the effect that he was an SOB. My response was “fine, as long as he’s a competent SOB.”
I don’t care if Hillary is a marble-buster. I do care if she is competent in that respect. So, I’ll cut her a little slack on this issue.
I definitely prefer someone who can bust chops (as required) vs. some “can’t we all just get along?” whinger.
Me? I’m dad-gummed glad she IS Secretary of State. Cuz the alternative – her in the Oval office – is just too horrible to contemplate. Can you see this reaction if she were POTUS? Geez Louise – push the re-count button.
It doesn’t get better looking at it a second time.
What she lacks in the ability to respond with grace and good manners to one of the “little people” of the third world, she apparently makes up for in the ability to elbow her way to the front of the buffet line at the many diplomatic dinners that she suffers through (on our behalf).
Piggish behavior on both counts.