Hillary snaps: I’m the secretary of state, not Bill
posted at 7:35 pm on August 10, 2009 by Allahpundit
I saw the wire reports about this earlier and rolled my eyes at the suggestion that she’d gotten truly angry, figuring the media was overplaying it to goose the “Bill’s marginalizing Hillary!” narrative after his North Korea trip. Then I watched the video. Dude.
Odds of any future diplomatic ventures for BJ: Low.
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It’s accurate that all this childish crap about Hillary’s appearance is, ah, puerile, and way beside the point.
I’ve been watching Hillary for a long, long time. If anything is germane re her appearance, it’s that it reflects the anger and envy that is apparently her only raison d’etre. She has been a proud resenter her entire adult life (and no doubt long before,) who only found her milieu in the Leftists’ Politics of Envy.
Whatever her political “accomplishments,” she’s a stone criminal who aided and abetted the First Rapist to maintain a massively profitable criminal conspiracy in the state of Arkansas, and didn’t even take a deep breath between Little Rock and Washington. After his childish peccadillos became public knowledge, she played the sympathy card to divert attention from the question of what she had to gain by enabling Billy Jeff’s pathology.
The most superficial investigation into the Whitewater cesspool will reveal everything you need to know about Hillary Rodham, who based her own career on resentment of the father who gave her a cushier childhood than any of us are likely to have experienced. This is a viper, folks, and the fact that she looks like somebody not to be trusted is only poetic justice.
Grow up, and bag the “cankles” meme. It’s only fit for 9-year-olds, and is evidence that the lefties have successfully shucked you into playing by their rules.
warbaby on August 11, 2009 at 12:55 AM
Barney!
yoda on August 11, 2009 at 1:03 AM
hmmmmm My guess is Bill is still thinking of Monica.
Just saying……………..
dugbru on August 11, 2009 at 1:09 AM
hmmmmm My guess is Bill is still thinking of Monica.
Just saying……………..
dugbru on August 11, 2009 at 1:09 AM
hmmmmm My guess is Bill is still thinking of Monica.
Just saying……………..
dugbru on August 11, 2009 at 1:10 AM
Man, she looks like that Willy Wonka girl who ate the blueberry with that one-tone suit.
Honestly, I feel bad for her. Why did she attach herself to the amateur dictator-in-chief?
amkun on August 11, 2009 at 1:14 AM
Hillary is not cute when she’s angry; with her mullet and irate Rottweiler attitude she’s giving off a distinctly Sapphic vibe.
Travis Bickle on August 11, 2009 at 1:44 AM
Going off on a student is one thing.
Going off on a student in a foreign country, as a key representative of the United State, that is simply not “smart diplomacy.”
coldwarrior on August 11, 2009 at 1:47 AM
This may have already been said in the comments (I can’t go through all 400 just to check) but I heard this reported on the radio this afternoon. Supposedly the translator messed up the question, which was supposed to be asking what Obama thought, not Bill.
UltimateBob on August 11, 2009 at 2:23 AM
Possibly true.
Have witnessed some doozies of mistranslation over the years.
But, one answers the question they have been given. In this case, Hillary showed a bit less “smart diplomacy” than one would have otherwise hoped.
coldwarrior on August 11, 2009 at 2:34 AM
So what if it was a messed up translation? The Secretary of State for the most powerful nation was pissed because she though she was being dissed.
She acted in a snarky, nasty, bitter way sitting on her large rear end in her aquamarine pants suit.
What a Bitch. So glad she represents the United States.
GunRunner on August 11, 2009 at 2:37 AM
Go back and read the thread, boys. It’s worth the time…
warbaby on August 11, 2009 at 2:45 AM
She looks like a somewhat younger version of that old TV actress
Pat Carroll.http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3486290432/nm0140946
jimboster on August 11, 2009 at 4:50 AM
Andrea Mitchell is explaining on Morning Joe that Hillary has jet lag and is tired. If the Republican’s, any of them would have snapped like that at someone, they would have been whipped up by the MSM.
yoda on August 11, 2009 at 7:08 AM
Wow she got fat.
Ronnie on August 11, 2009 at 7:25 AM
Geezus.
BTW, thanks for posting the Hillary link. The question to Hillary as translated did have a Linda Blair-in-the-Exorcist vibe to it. IMHO it’s too bad that, when practically asked about a seance with her husband, she took the question seriously instead of laughing it off.
RD on August 11, 2009 at 7:33 AM
What do you have against Sarah Palin?
And what grounds do you have for disparaging HotAir?
RD on August 11, 2009 at 7:34 AM
So, disparaging HotAir again, and a gratuitous insult all in one comment. And just who the he– are you again, newbie?
RD on August 11, 2009 at 7:35 AM
A bit over the top but I’d be annoyed at such a disrespectful question too. Translator fail excuses the question asker.
Dave Rywall on August 11, 2009 at 7:40 AM
LOL. Get a grip, Hil.
When she’s alone and looking in a mirror, does Hillary channel Travis Bickle (Taxi Driver)?
BuckeyeSam on August 11, 2009 at 7:43 AM
spot on my friend, spot on
cmsinaz on August 11, 2009 at 7:46 AM
I saw that too. Pathetic: jet lag, speeches, blah blah blah. I thought a requirement for serving as Secretary of State would be a temperament for diplomacy. As Scarborough finally said, put Condi Rice in that picture. We’d have an international incident on our hands, driven by the hard left.
BuckeyeSam on August 11, 2009 at 7:48 AM
Well according to the law of karma, “What goes around, comes around,” Slick Willie is getting exactly what he deserves.
try again later on August 11, 2009 at 7:55 AM
Let’s compare Hillary to her female peers; As first lady, she was engaged and involved – Laura Bush was a medicated highway killer who waved at the cameras and had a creepy smile. Then there’s Sarah Palin, a 6-year college attendee who couldn’t even get past 2 years as governor of an arctic wilderness. She is currently in the process of divorcing from
TellerTodd and working on a book with flags and eagles on the cover to support her klassy family.simplesimon on August 11, 2009 at 8:04 AM
I think the questioner knew exactly what he was asking, and his question elicited the type of response he was looking for.
What a great question.
chipandcharge on August 11, 2009 at 8:04 AM
And all this time I thought Michelle O would be the first ,outside of the obvious Biden gaffes, to open her big trap and make a terrible mess of things.
CommentGuy on August 11, 2009 at 8:05 AM
Does anyone think its a coincidence Hilary is touring 49 of the remotest African crap holes at a time when the health care debate is raging at home. Not.
elduende on August 11, 2009 at 8:06 AM
As much as I despise Barry, this woman would have been every bit as bad as he is.
Both unqualified, corrupt incompetents.
NoDonkey on August 11, 2009 at 8:14 AM
Good point. Too bad for Barry we still have the clips from the 1990′s, eh?
SouthernGent on August 11, 2009 at 8:17 AM
That was funny.
The question should have been:
What does Bill Clinton think of you gargantuan ankles and do you see that as a major factor in driving him in to the arms of all those other women?
TheSitRep on August 11, 2009 at 8:19 AM
yep. Lets see if when she gets back the media ask her opinion about the health care takeover.
elduende on August 11, 2009 at 8:20 AM
Do women cringe when they see this behavior?
Hilary is a Fifties throw back playing “modern woman” and building her career on the old liberal standby of unlimited abortion. This is someone that is partnered with an impeached president, and along with her bloat look needs to at least put some effort into acting fit to hold the position she does for this country. Many Africans have no idea how the nuances of “equality” for women work in this country, and why should they since most American men haven’t figured out the slanted system.
Comparing Clinton to Palin pretty much says it all. Independent conservative Alaskan that made it on her own merits, vs liberal trailer trash from Arkansas and her cheatin’, impeached hubby. How low does the bar go?
Hening on August 11, 2009 at 8:26 AM
Simpleton – Where did you get the news that Gov. Palin was divorcing from Todd? The National Enquirer?
To quote Dennis Miller:
kingsjester on August 11, 2009 at 8:29 AM
very professional behavior… what a disgrace
D2Boston on August 11, 2009 at 8:30 AM
That suit and her posture made her look overweight and out of shape.
She snapped quick – my guess is she’s tired of being marginalized in her current position.
HondaV65 on August 10, 2009 at 7:46 PM
Alabama Infidel on August 11, 2009 at 8:31 AM
Well, she rode Bill’s coat-tails to where she is. How can she be surprised when people would rather hear about her husband than her?
jeffn21 on August 11, 2009 at 8:38 AM
What’s up with Bubba’s ol’ lady?
Saltysam on August 11, 2009 at 8:39 AM
So UN Presidential. I think if she had any ability to channel her husband she might have been able to figure out what those cigars in the Oval Office were being used for.
FireBlogger on August 11, 2009 at 8:41 AM
President Clinton is in Vegas celebrating his birthday, think he gives a rats ass what Hillary says or is doing?
Wade on August 11, 2009 at 8:41 AM
If you think about it, even if the interpreter got the correct president, it was still worded in a pretty insulting manner. “Through the mouth of Mrs. Clinton.” It would have been offensive even if the interpreter said barry. Having said that, hillary should be more thick skinned, that’s what being a “diplomat” is all about. Also, if she had stopped and thought about it for a second she would have known it was the wrong president. Afterall, bill doesn’t do anything through the mouth or in the mouth of hillary.
peacenprosperity on August 11, 2009 at 8:45 AM
Next thing you know she will be questiong the citizenship status of The One. This situtation is so darned enjoyable. Life is good.
JonRoss on August 11, 2009 at 8:47 AM
Hillary was pissed because she was in an auditorium without AC, speaking to a bunch of students, who a)can’t vote for her, b)were the wrong color, c) were on the wrong continent
It was clear that she held them all in complete contempt, just by looking at her posture.
thgrant on August 11, 2009 at 8:49 AM
Another reason why Palin is better.
bluelightbrigade on August 11, 2009 at 8:53 AM
i really need to get my sound fixed.
i was thinking of cutting my hair that way. not now.
kelley in virginia on August 11, 2009 at 8:54 AM
She didn’t look very comfortable there – In more ways than one ;-)
hoakie on August 11, 2009 at 8:56 AM
I’m not Hillary fan but I give her big pass on this one. She should have been pissed. What an insulting stupid question. Just imagine if Hillary was president and Bill was in white house this would coming up all the time. people would assuming her as getting advice and help from Bill all the time. She said something interesting, channeling, Channeling is something you do for dead people, maybe wishful thinking on her part. Bill was a populist, this administration is Communist hard core. If Hillary wants to be president and be appreacitated as such, then she needs to divorce Bill first. People will give her a pass on that. God help US if she dose get elected in 2012.
Ed Laskie on August 11, 2009 at 8:57 AM
She’s needin’ some. Her PlentyoFish account isn’t getting any views.
bloviator on August 11, 2009 at 8:59 AM
Hillary looked really Butchy. Not attractive.
THE CHOSEN ONE on August 11, 2009 at 9:03 AM
Let’s just work together so that in 2012 neither one is Sec. of State.
Dollayo on August 11, 2009 at 9:05 AM
About what? The only reason she is Secretary of State, is because of that jackass. She’s an idiot.
If only worthless, corrupt and incompetent Democrat blowhards were insulted by the press more often.
When you are clearly unfit for the position you occupy (and this woman clearly is), can you really be insulted by a question like this?
NoDonkey on August 11, 2009 at 9:05 AM
I’d be ticked if I were Hill too. But wonder, in this case, if a woman would have been effective given Kim Jong’s wild ideas about things.
jeanie on August 11, 2009 at 9:07 AM
That was an insulting question and Hillary didn’t get pissed off enough. I thought her reaction was one of genuine dismay at first. I think she couldn’t quite believe someone would ask such a blatantly sexist question.
The fact that the question also didn’t make any sense didn’t help.
Jaynie59 on August 11, 2009 at 9:13 AM
I’m thinking she would have been better off if she had learned to bake cookies; all things considered. Oh well, maybe there is value is serving as a warning to others who may be tempted to become professional nags. Or as Gump might say; pretty is as pretty does.
MikeA on August 11, 2009 at 9:16 AM
I feel bad for her. Why did she attach herself to the amateur dictator-in-chief?
amkun on August 11, 2009
I think it was a desperate grasp at relevance after failing to snatch the brass ring. She just doesn’t see herself as one of one-hundred, but separate and above all others. This was as close as she could get to that lofty perch and she jumped at it. She played into Obama’s hands and her political career ends here…I hope.
SKYFOX on August 11, 2009 at 9:18 AM
“You think that’s bad? You should see her in private.” — BJ Clinton
petefrt on August 11, 2009 at 9:20 AM
Get a grip.
She was in a foreign country, which presumably doesn’t have the same culture as the United States.
More important, as it turns out, the interpreter actually botched the translation of the student’s question. Apparently, the interpreter used her husband’s name for Obama’s name. And a question about what Obama thinks about something seems like a relevant question.
That leads me to my third point. She’s fricking Secretary of State. If she wants to have a hissy fit behind closed doors, have at it. But where’s the diplomatic temperament? She responded like a petulant college football coach getting grilled for his playcalling after his team’s fifth loss in a row.
BuckeyeSam on August 11, 2009 at 9:24 AM
What’s up with the 80′s Meredith Baxter Bernie hairdo?
NickelAndDime on August 11, 2009 at 9:25 AM
I used to feel sorry for Willy, matrimonially speaking, but then it dawned on me that without him, we’d have never heard of her.
Akzed on August 11, 2009 at 9:30 AM
Waaaaaaaahh! I’m the Scty of State. Me, me, me.
Alden Pyle on August 11, 2009 at 9:30 AM
Looks like Bambi is playing the Clintons just like he played the Democrap voters.
It’s a real biatch when you get beat at your own game,right Hill?
If this continues,2012 could be real interesting.
DDT on August 11, 2009 at 9:37 AM
Yea, well, why wasn’t she the one going to NK to secure the release of those journalists, anyway? Was she afraid of sniper fire?
scalleywag on August 11, 2009 at 9:39 AM
Does she still channel Eleanor Roosevelt? href=”http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/2007/10/15/2007-10-15_hillary_clinton_i_get_inspiration_from_e.html”>
singer on August 11, 2009 at 9:42 AM
Actually, I never thought I’d say this, but I’m with Hill on this one.
That guy was a demeaning, insulting, disrespectful POS.
LimeyGeek on August 11, 2009 at 9:43 AM
I think she was rude was showed her a$$. I bet money it was a translation issue.
Oink on August 11, 2009 at 9:43 AM
Wasn’t the guy who asked the question black? Wouldn’t it make Hillary a RACIST in the eye of the left???
poxoma on August 11, 2009 at 9:45 AM
Smart diplomacy sure don’t look all that smart.
Another anti-American kid just created.
coldwarrior on August 11, 2009 at 9:55 AM
Who did not see this coming?
Thanos on August 11, 2009 at 9:57 AM
Erm, I don’t really understand some of you folks. Her reaction was more than justified. If I was at work fielding questions and someone asked me what my completely uninvolved wife thought, a significant “WTF?!?!” would cross my mind and, likely, my lips.
I got sick of the comments right away, so forgive me if I missed one, but did anyone bother to address the fact that the “reporter” may have simply been backward/sexist? If this had happened to dear little Sarah, you all would be in an uproar. Some consistency would certainly serve you folks. I’m all for laughing at the other side, but this transcends that.
On the other hand, this is what the administration asked for when Bill was deployed to North Korea.
Levinite on August 11, 2009 at 9:59 AM
Hillary is nothing more than an old-time Liberal who typically reacts before thinking things through. Supposedly the “smartest woman in the world”, the translated question should have had alarms clambering in her head and caused her to seriously pause and reflect.
She should have responded: “Oh, excuse me, but I may not have heard the question correctly. Did you intend to ask what my “husband” would say, or were you intending to ask what “President Obama” would say?”
For an ‘intelligent’ woman, she sure missed a golden opportunity to prove it instead of confirming otherwise.
KendraWilder on August 11, 2009 at 10:08 AM
I don’t understand her reaction. The person asked, since she was his wife, what the ex-President thinks about a situation.
The only official jobs she has had is senator and sec. of state. That’s hardly on the same plane as a President, and usually no one cares what a senator or sec. of state thinks.
Besides her husbands opinions have more importance since he’s a man. Let her worry about what pant suit to wear.
Jeff from WI on August 11, 2009 at 10:10 AM
3…2…1…BOOM!
Jeff from WI on August 11, 2009 at 10:11 AM
She’s fugly; inside and outside.
ex-Democrat on August 11, 2009 at 10:13 AM
I’ll give you this one.
I saw this last night and thought wow the birthers, teabaggers and health care thugs are going to have a well-deserved field day with this sound bite. She did sound very un-secretary-of state-ish.
Blueneck on August 11, 2009 at 10:14 AM
I think Hillary needs some time with Stuart Smalley (Al Franken) –
gosh darn it, I am good enough and (most) people like me….
izoneguy on August 11, 2009 at 10:27 AM
Whatevs–
The Won gave her a job that her ego couldn’t refuse and has now rendered her utterly powerless within it.
Did she get a pantsuit allowance for this job? She certainly didn’t get a personal trainer or stylist because it’s lookin’ like dis job is wearin’ her flat out brah.
coulda been a contenda…coulda formed a third party and won… but, just like in her past, she lets the men in her life walk all over her. She’s a professional martyr and now she speaks up for herself….hmmmph, yawn.
ted c on August 11, 2009 at 10:30 AM
Yo Hill, ever hear of Red Bull?
ted c on August 11, 2009 at 10:31 AM
When will the Clintons go rogue? That’s the real question, she isn’t a happy camper. The Clintons have a brand, and what we are witnessing politically, domestically and foreign by Team Obama isn’t it. Has Obama managed to marginalize Hillary Clinton, I really don’t think she would stand for that…as far as Bill is concerned, he discussed the NK journalist pick up with her, before he did it. Without the Clintons and their support, this Administration would get a real WEAK rating.
I was reading trail mix Craig Crawford floating Hillary as Obama’s VP running mate in 2012….7 months in the faithful think he needs help- a political crutch. That’s not a good sign.
Dr Evil on August 11, 2009 at 10:41 AM
LOL
Jeff from WI on August 11, 2009 at 10:44 AM
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/10/bill-clinton-celebrates-his-63rd-in-las-vegas/
Check out Chickaboomer.
Dr Evil on August 11, 2009 at 10:44 AM
I always thought “ugly American” was just a slap at our superior attitude.
SKYFOX on August 11, 2009 at 10:47 AM
Seriously, we just got a token woman on the Supreme Court, (there’s no way anyone can claim she got it for her skills), so how many token women are we going to have in government spouting off. Tell Hillary to shut up no one cares what she thinks and collect her $ for her token assignment.
Jeff from WI on August 11, 2009 at 10:51 AM
…and that’s why you are not the Sec of State answering questions on behalf of the United States…
blue1 on August 11, 2009 at 10:57 AM
Yeah, I had a feeling this wasn’t going to go over well at home. ;o)
NoLeftTurn on August 11, 2009 at 11:05 AM
In all the years that President Bush took abuse from the media, and Condoleeza Rice was effigied and posterized as a vampire, they never lost their temper, class, dignity, or reverance to their official capacity or the country.
Hillary is supposed to be our top diplomat and she acts like that at the drop of a hat; the utter mention of her husband? And she is only SOS because she’s ridden her husband’s coattails!.
Brat on August 11, 2009 at 11:05 AM
Refresh my memory. Did Condi ever slump in a chair like a bored slug?
whitetop on August 11, 2009 at 11:07 AM
We should thank her for this demo of her keen diplomatic skills and her “give-a-shit” attitude that is sure to make the rest of the world love us.
whitetop on August 11, 2009 at 11:11 AM
Condi was soooo much better than this self-absorbed buffoon.
bluelightbrigade on August 11, 2009 at 11:11 AM
Pardon our confusion.
Queen0fCups on August 11, 2009 at 11:14 AM
So is Obama going to get on a plane to go apologize for Hilary’s “arrogance”?
nickb on August 11, 2009 at 11:14 AM
While Africa is a big place with plenty of room for many cultures. I knew a man from Nigeria. (my mother’s best friend’s husband) It took repeated slap-downs before he was able to see a woman as being able to hold a position of authority on her own.
A diplomat, or politician should have handled that better.
darktood on August 11, 2009 at 11:16 AM
Nevah. But then Sec. of State Rice always exuded respect for those around her as well as herself. We NEVER heard her respond to a diss – and there were many both at home and around the world – in such an unprofessional and ungracious manner.
inviolet on August 11, 2009 at 11:17 AM
I doubt the response would have been much different even with the correct reference…
karl9000 on August 11, 2009 at 11:24 AM
I said from the beginning that we will probably find out that Kim Jong Ill wanted Bill for this very reason, not because it is Bill, but because it is the Secretary of State’s husband.
People that rely on heavy propaganda for their rule are well versed on how the media works.
LevStrauss on August 11, 2009 at 11:24 AM
Clinton Condemns Conviction of Burma’s Suu Kyi
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/08/11/clinton-condemns-conviction-burmas-suu-kyi/
Hey!! Maybe Bill can go to Burma???
izoneguy on August 11, 2009 at 11:27 AM
OMG That was golden.
Thanks for the video.
RedbonePro on August 11, 2009 at 11:57 AM
It’s Judge Judy’s little sister.
Oil Can on August 11, 2009 at 11:59 AM
I am not at all inclined to like Hillary, but let me say that she didn’t seem all that “snappy” in her response to me. Upset? Yes. Uncivil? No. There are plenty of other reasons to dislike her, but this response is small potatoes.
ksm on August 11, 2009 at 12:08 PM
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