The "Daily Show" turned its satiric lens on the media's coverage of the Clintons in the wake of Bill's trip to North Korea last night. The fallout included speculation about Hillary's role in the negotiations and anger at the results, which, of course, led Hillary to actually get angry.
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How can anyone not love the Clintons? They are the best. They have enough drama here and there to keep it interesting, but you know both of them are wicked smart, super talented, a true power couple, and always do the right thing for We The People. They're like two nutty parents who can banter in private, but in the end will close ranks and kill for their young. I absolutely thank god they are in charge in this country. Lord knows with this inexperienced clown in the White House, we sure do need them.
Hillary's reaction, to me, appeared as though something else was going on..wasn't BC in vegas for his birthday? I don't know..her innappropriate response for a SOS and unusual reaction, appeared more like a wife..an angry wife..who had a fight with her husband in the morning and the mention of his name invoked anger..but I don't think it had anything to do with No. Korea..
I watched the whole unfortunate event numerous times on various channels and frankly there was more than enough time for someone to correct the gaff BEFORE HC responded.
Hillary was looking around in disbelief and no one ...no one ... stepped up and corrected the interpreter.
I'd have been pissed too.
You do not send our Secretary of State into something like than without backup.
And yes, men in general do not seem to like Hillary and never will.
Apparently some believe BC is PW'd and resent the H out of Hill.
I know plenty of men who admire Hilary Clinton very much, and I happen to be one of them myself.
Same here..admire and respect her
I think everyone is trying their best to outso Jon Steward here and others are trying to defend Hillary Hillaryious is it not?
Good ole Hillary Clinton. Once again she displays the class and temperament that led to her stunning loss in the Democratic primary.
Oh, I don't think it was her class and temperament that led to her loss in the primary. I'm pretty sure it was her negative attacks on Obama that resulted in fewer votes for her.
Those attacks---which were primarily designed to appeal to white racism---were the prime example of her lack of integrity and class. She and Bill deserve each other.
Guys,
Diplomats & Honesty don't go hand in hand.(Even if u r right, atleast not infront of the media)
I certainly expect much better behaviour from a Secatery of State, then getting annoyed by question posed by a college student.Her answer was like she just had a breakup with Bill & was angry someone delibratley asked her a question refering Bill.
What was so upseting ,even if the question was mistranslated, it was only about her husband.
BC did a great job of smoothing over Waco. I say give him a chance!
Janet Reno smoothed over Randy Weaver's wife as well, didn't she?
Short answer: no.
No! But we are waiting for that day.
Absolutely, YewNeekId...Stewart is boring.
He found a mannerism 10 years ago - smirkiness - and continues to ride it night after night. Is he providing any real insight? or, merely looking for the same laugh-track following each issue? After awhle, it's not funny or informative...just, how you say...BORING!
His ratings are not suffering
so I guess many people don't share your assessment
They all like to say they're "with it" when they tell their friends they watch The Daily Show. When you ask them a question about what's happening in the world, they quote Jon Stewart's mantra and make his foolish-looking gestures. The Kool-Aid tastes the same.
I'm really not mad at Hillary for this... Whether or not the question was translated correctly isn't really the point to me. She addressed the question that was posed to her in a way she saw fit. I bet nobody will make the mistake of asking her about Bill Clinton again though!
Stay fiesty Hillary...
Cosign completely.
Furthermore, if a man had answered that question the same way, we wouldn't even be having this discussion.
Exactly!! If that was the way the questioned needed to be answered, she did well. We all can keep on nitpicking on the Clintons till the cows come home. None of us were present there.
mountains out of molehills
Unfortunately...no matter what she does, there are individuals who will find fault. They simply don't like her. Folks are entitled to their opinions, but her personality is less important to me than the quality of her work. As the chief diplomat, her neck swiveling was not a good look, but I understand why she responded that way....especially if she felt the participant was asking the Sec. of State for her husband's opinion.
I blame the press for this. Cable news folks did not care about the facts related to the North Korea rescue - that it was a team that made the rescue possible, not Clinton acting alone; that the decision to release them had been made prior to Clinton hitting NK soil. They cared more about the drama that could be created by suggesting that Bill was stealing Hillary's thunder. They gossiped and hypothesized instead of reporting the facts.
She was annoyed. She's human. Get over it.
I don't like Hillary for her performance or lack of in the senate. I don't think she did anything wrong in honestly replying to the question. it does seem odd though with her education that she doesn't speak French or Spanish. a foreign language was required when I went to school and we are the same age.
bill, get her a Rosetta stone program for xmas.
Eh, I took Advanced Placement Spanish in High School, but lack of use has caused me to forget most of it. Heck, my first language was Malayalam (SW Indian Language, not derived from Hindi or Sanskrit), but I'm barely able to speak it a quarter as well as I understand it. My Japanese is alright though, but I only learned that a couple of years ago and my vocabulary and kanji are on the limited side.
I guess what I'm saying is that its not too surprising that she doesn't know French or Spanish. Even if its not just her being rusty in them, maybe she took Italian.
It's not the Clinton's who cause the flummox in the media it’s the media that create it.
The media, the right wing conspiracy, evil men, the haters, the judases..... Hillary has never ever made a mistake.... she is always unfairly victimized by anyone and everyone...else.
Only in the tiny, bitter fantasies of the jealous Clinton-h8ers.
John and Stephen have been on their A game all week, nobody else sorts through the bull $hit in the news like these 2.
keep up the good work boys.
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Huffington Post | Alex Leo
First Posted: 08-12-09 11:51 AM | Updated: 08-12-09 12:14 PM