So someone tell me why Hillary Clinton is Secretary of State?

[Genx87]

World class diplomat right there. Somebody have a case of the mundays?

 

[StageLeft]

At least she isn't pres, that would have been so painful to watch.

Billy would have been a better one, though, seriously. People like him in great part outside of the US and his experience is beyond reproach. He would have been a killer addition to the cabinet.

 

[MikeyLSU]

kind of an ironic answer since she only has the position she does because her husband is Bill Clinton. She would be a nothing if he lost the 92 election.

 

[Peelback79]

If I were her, I'd be upset too. This isn't the first time he said or done things that have damaged or undermined her political career.

The real question should be: "So someone tell me why Hillary Clinton is still with Bill?"

Originally posted by: rchiu

Originally posted by: rudder

Originally posted by: UberNeuman
and, rudder, what is so wrong about her not wanting to speak for him?

Nothing wrong with that at all. It is the way she handles herself. Especially in foreign countries. I swear if you watch the video she wanted to throw a shoe at the guy. She could have handled the situation much better.

Bush handled himself pretty well with a shoe thrown at him. Doesn't mean that he had any good foreign policy ideas.

And in this case, Hillary is bad on both counts.

 

[spittledip]

When I heard the clip on the radio this morning, I thought she sounded kinda insecure.

 

[ZeGermans]

lots of misogyny in this thread

 

[Stuxnet]

Originally posted by: ZeGermans
lots of misogyny in this thread

Only in response to Hillary's mrogyny.

Meh... wasn't as clever as I'd hoped, but I'm running with it anyway.

 

[piasabird]

All the idiots in office (many conservative) gave her an almost overwhelming confirmation. She has no experience qualifying her for this job. Plenty of other people who have served in the State Deparment with decades of experience and a lot more tact.

 

[nageov3t]

Originally posted by: piasabird
All the idiots in office (many conservative) gave her an almost overwhelming confirmation. She has no experience qualifying her for this job. Plenty of other people who have served in the State Deparment with decades of experience and a lot more tact.

experience didn't factor in when it came to choosing a president, why should it when it comes to his underlings?

 

[MagicConch]

lol, I'm not hillary fan but it's funny how she can't win no matter what. when she shows her petty personal issues side she is inexperienced, when she acts formal she is not charismatic enough. I am sure if she was super-pleasant she would be labelled as not genuine. It's her own fault for wanting the attention I suppose, i feel as little pity for her as for Palin.

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by: MagicConch
lol, I'm not hillary fan but it's funny how she can't win no matter what. when she shows her petty personal issues side she is inexperienced, when she acts formal she is not charismatic enough. I am sure if she was super-pleasant she would be labelled as not genuine. It's her own fault for wanting the attention I suppose, i feel as little pity for her as for Palin.

Eh it's just the sniveling Wingnuts chipping their teeth about her.

 

[Gonad the Barbarian]

Maybe she feels she's in Bill's shadow somewhat after the NK prisoner release but regardless she handled herself really poorly here.

 

[Stuxnet]

Originally posted by: Gonad the Barbarian
Maybe she feels she's in Bill's shadow somewhat after the NK prisoner release but regardless she handled herself really poorly here.

I think that's a given .

 

[nobodyknows]

Originally posted by: rudder
She is an utter embarrassment...

You don't let that stop you, so why do you think she should?

 

[rudder]

Originally posted by: Red Dawn

Originally posted by: loki8481

Originally posted by: rudder

Thats the thing,... the question was about Bill Clinton at all... kind of like her reset button... the question got mis-translated.

She just flew of the handle. She should have more self control. I think she was up to late dancing in Kenya.

she responded to the question she thought she was asked; afaik, she has no psychic way of knowing that it was mistranslated.

if her response fits your definition of flying off the handle, you must live your life in constant fear and terror.

Well like many of his generation his formative years were spent on the Internet so he probably doesn't really have a clue about real life so he somewhat has an excuse for being so ignorant.

I will take that as a half compliment as I look younger than my actual age... despite living in the blistering tropics and being sunburned 90% of the time.

But for someone in her position... she did fly off the handle. The eyes... did you not see the eyes in the video? She probably gave Willy the same look when she found out about his oval office antics.

 

[imported_inspire]

Originally posted by: jbourne77
Mistranslated or not, I can understand being a offended. However, you would expect your SoS to handle such situations with a touch more grace. At least she didn't spit.

This. :thumbsup:

 

[JEDIYoda]

Originally posted by: nobodyknows

Originally posted by: rudder
She is an utter embarrassment...

You don't let that stop you, so why do you think she should?

hehehe...thats is so very true...rofl@rudder!!

 

[marincounty]

Originally posted by: rudder
She is an utter embarrassment...

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/vid...ost.in.translation.cnn

She could have handled this situation a little more cordial. Basically she was taken aback after someone asked her what Bill thought... and she snapped back that she is not her husband.

The only problem was she is in a non-english speaking country and the question was not translated correctly.

Obama should have made her an infidelity Czar or something.

"She is an utter embarrassment..."

Possibly, but she is doing far better than the last couple of Secretaries of State, Colin Powell, caught lying to the U.N., and Condoleeza Rice, utterly incompetent and a liar.

 

[SpunkyJones]

Originally posted by: glenn1
Methinks the lady protests too much. As far as why she's Sec of State, IMHO it was because Obama saw a chance to neutralize his most likely primary challenger for 2012.

I also believe this was the main reason, he didn't want her sitting around planning a campaign.

 

[sandorski]

I bet no one asks her that question again.

 

[nageov3t]

Originally posted by: SpunkyJones

Originally posted by: glenn1
Methinks the lady protests too much. As far as why she's Sec of State, IMHO it was because Obama saw a chance to neutralize his most likely primary challenger for 2012.

I also believe this was the main reason, he didn't want her sitting around planning a campaign.

you'd have to be insane to run a real primary campaign against a sitting president.

 

[exar333]

LOL!

She is kist pissed because NK asked for Bill Clinton and not her. Does this really suprise anyone? She hasn't done jack since arriving in office anyway...

 

[Deeko]

Mistranslation??

I will agree that the question was very poorly translated - however, the name "Obama" does not get translated into any words close to "Clinton" as far as I know. It was a mistake, but I'd hardly call it a "mistranslation", and she has every right to respond the way she did to the question she was asked.