08-31-2009, 11:18 PM
Quote:I believe her emotional response to the question asked of her in Kinshasa said so much about her. A states(wo)man might have handled that teachable moment with more grace.
When I first heard about that, 2 things immediately came to my mind.
First was, that's spectacularly bad timing. Second was, is it possible that things were fudged around to save face, as in the question was not lost in translation and 'Bill\Mr. Clinton' really was in the question.
Not that you see much of that angle in most of the news, at best it's examined later and when everybody had their potshot chance. 'Clinton needs a midol LOL'
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08...-in-the-jungle/
Frankly, in that context I can certainly understand her reaction. If it wasn't a mistranslation at all, it was quite an inappropriate question.
So yeah, there's a teachable moment there all right. But maybe not the one you had in mind.
*And no, I'm not a Clinton apologist. I still remember the AWB, and what a fine example of magical thinking that was. Because the problems of urban crime revolves greatly around rifle bayonets and rifle attached grenade launcher. The absence of drive by bayonetting speaks greatly of the success of the AWB.
Policy and politics wise, for the most part I loathe, -loathe- the Clintons. That still doesn't give me license to attack Bill or Hillary on a personal level disguised as just a 'political difference'.