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| Another diplo blunder by our 'best and brightest' | |
| 2009-03-28 | |
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| #13 * I figured that - I was just entertained enuf to inject my usual snark :-) |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-03-28 20:30 |
| #12 (An aside to Frank: I just wanted an excuse to use the punchline, to tell you the truth) |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2009-03-28 20:23 |
| #11 I think there are almost as many Catholics in the United States as there are Protestants of various denominations _combined_. While the noo-age neo-pagans may emphasize Our Lady of Guadalupe as a peculiar Mexican variant goddess or soemthing like that, HOWEVER the last time I checked _CATHOLICISM_ still regarded her as the same Mother of Jesus that all the other Marys/Marias/whatever. She doesn't "belong" to the Mexicans any more than she "belongs" to America. Considering how much they lecture us on our need to transcend nationalism, they sure like pee-ing all over anything that actually transcended nationalism in the past. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2009-03-28 20:22 |
| #10 I'll be Frank and you're f*cked. She knew the backstory, having already visited once. This indicates incompetence, top to bottom. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-03-28 20:08 |
| #9 If it were my staff there would be blood on the walls of the conference room as the result of some 'free and frank discussions' with my subordinates. "We're going to have a frank and earnest discussion. I'm going to be frank and you're going to be earnest." |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2009-03-28 20:05 |
| #8 Does she do ANY studying up before she opens her fat trap? State Dept. staff prepare briefing packets. The question is, are they deliberately undercutting her or are they simply incompetant? If it were my staff there would be blood on the walls of the conference room as the result of some 'free and frank discussions' with my subordinates. Their job is to make sure she has the relevant local info. Yeah, she probably should've known this one, but sometimes when you're travelling heavily and going from issue to issue it's hard to keep track. That's what the staff and briefing packets are for. Whether intentionally or not, her staff are messing up big time. |
| Posted by: lotp 2009-03-28 19:59 |
| #7 She has being saying dumb things for years. Just the MSM never paid any mind. They don't report, we don't know. |
| Posted by: Skunky Glins 5*** 2009-03-28 19:20 |
| #6 Does she do ANY studying up before she opens her fat trap? What an embarrassment. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2009-03-28 18:18 |
| #5 even better: German |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-03-28 17:42 |
| #4 "present Sarkozy with a case of fine box wines" California wine, no doubt, Sgt. Mom. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2009-03-28 17:27 |
| #3 a palette of Chinette tableware for China? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-03-28 17:03 |
| #2 I sear to G*d, the official gaffes just keep on coming... Me, I am betting that this administration will present Sarkozy with a case of fine box wines and a gift-wrapped tube of deodorant... Any one else have any awful official gift ideas? |
| Posted by: Sgt. Mom 2009-03-28 16:46 |
| #1 Leaving the basilica half an hour later, Mrs. Clinton told some of the Mexicans gathered outside to greet her, “you have a marvelous virgin!” "I was surprised, given your culture" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-03-28 15:12 |