Hillary Clinton Now Destroying Other People's Countries, Too

[Why Syzygy]

April 10th at 4:02PM
Hillary Clinton Now Destroying Other People's Countries, Too
POSTED BY: CubbyChaser

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A deeply embarrassed Gordon Brown today found himself being wrongly lauded by Hillary Clinton for "boycotting" the Beijing Olympics.

To the fury of No. 10, his decision to miss the rituals that will start the 2008 Games was being reported around the world as a snub to China.

Downing Street desperately tried to douse the story by pointing out that it had been saying for months that the Prime Minister would only attend the closing ceremony, where the torch will be symbolically passed from Beijing to London 2012.

See, Hillary has been going around praising Brown for his decision to skip the opening ceremonies, and the media has been all "Oooh, Hillary's pal Gordon is totally giving China the proverbial finger here, just like she wanted him to," and now the British government is trying to explain that really, Brown never intended to go to the ceremonies, but it was just some kind of scheduling issue, not a self-aggrandizing symbolic statement.

An aghast Downing Street desperately put out the message that there was no boycott and no snub...
http://blog.indecision2008.com/2008/04/10/hillary-clinton-now-destroying-other-peoples-countries-too/


The accidental hero
Hillary Clinton credits Gordon Brown with a noble boycott of this year's Beijing Olympic games. But he's done nothing of the sort
April 11, 2008 12:42 PM

Downing Street is distressed. Why? The rest of the world is at risk of thinking the British prime minister a hero.

Hillary Clinton interpreted Gordon Brown's announcement that he wouldn't be at the opening ceremony of this year's Beijing Olympics as some lesser-spotted political idealism and called on George Bush to follow his example.
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Brown has a history of snubbery. His decision to stay away from a European summit in protest at Robert Mugabe's attendance was an example of a snub of which he was so proud he let it be called a "boycott". His decision to arrive very late at the signing ceremony of the European treaty last autumn was more of a sheepish snub.

The pity for Brown is that he's probably not boycotting the games. And he's so in awe of China's economic might, he won't even be able to bask in Clinton's warm words.
more...
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/news/2008/04/the_accidental_hero.html

[meow mix]

1. canada, bosnia, columbia, england, china. tips of many icebergs if hillary is the nominee

thank goodness that wont happen but how much damage will she do before the convention?

[redqueen]

2. Can her campaign manage to not screw up for just one day?

Why the hell ANYONE would want to put the keystone kops running her campaign up against the GOP in the fall is beyond me!

[SIMPLYB1980]

3. Daughtfull Obama supporters need their dose of FAUX outrage for the day.

[redqueen]

4. Outrage?

What outrage?

:crazy:

[Why Syzygy]

8. No outrage here.

I am reminded of her assuming every woman in the country is in her pocket. Like, everyone is *on her side*. :eyes:

[redqueen]

9. Yup...

it's weird, huh? Guess she really did think she had it all sewn up.

Oh well.

[flor de jasmim]

5. It would be real outrage if she were our Prez -- talk about a bull in a china shop!

One of the most important things in diplomacy is to GET THE FACTS before you open your mouth!

[damntexdem]

6. Just getting in a little practice time.

[quantass]

7. k&r