• A labour leader with no interest in spin
• A prime minister who openly refused to answer a question
• A Tory leader’s three evasive answers to the same question
Whether or not Hillary Clinton’s reply to a Congolese student who seemed to have asked her what her husband’s opinion was (though apparently the translator had mistakenly said ‘Mr Clinton’ instead of 'Obama’) qualifies as another classic remains to be seen.
But it's already had more than 50,000 views on YouTube and generated a good deal of heated debate.
In case you missed it, here it is, followed by a sample of positive and negative reactions from YouTube viewers.
See what you think:
SELECTED REACTIONS FROM YOUTUBE
FOR:
Hillary, it's about time these sexist assholes got a piece of American common sense. WHAT THE HELL DOES BILL CLINTON THINK? WHO GIVES A SHIT? what assholes! GREAT RESPONSE!
Are these students STUPID?she is right why should she answer for Mutombo or mr clinton, she said the record straight
Hillary has lots of good reasons to be pissed. A philandering husband who has humiliated her, a wet behind the ears newcomer who took the presidency from her, and the fact that even though she is Sec of State, Obama has severely crippled her authority by naming others to diplomatically handle other parts of the world.
if i asked a question that was so disrespectful of her intellect and position, yes. but i also wouldn't consider an honest answer a problem. she said, directly, i'm not going to tell you what my husband thinks. I work i a professional and public capacity and people are publicly direct all the time. This is nothing new. But when Hillary does it, everyone changes the standard and caps on her for it. I don't get why CBS has to frame that as a "snap." It's not and CBS is being sexist by doing so.
AGAINST:
"Rude" question or not (and I do not think the question was rude), Hill is representing the our nation. She should sit up straight, behave in a gracious manner and answer the question with a touch of class and humor versus arrogance and bitchiness. Ugh.
what a bitch! does she even stop to think about difference of culture??
Her true colors continue to shine through that fake 'serve our country' attitude she cultivates for show. If anyone can't handle a simple provocative question from a student without looking like a nasty villain, they don't need to be our head Diplomat. What is she doing, trying to start another world war with her attitudes?
Can you imagine her in the White House with all the pressures of the first 200 days? She can't even handle a student. We need to keep her far away from our Capitol.
what am embarrassment to the USA!
AGAINST:
"Rude" question or not (and I do not think the question was rude), Hill is representing the our nation. She should sit up straight, behave in a gracious manner and answer the question with a touch of class and humor versus arrogance and bitchiness. Ugh.
what a bitch! does she even stop to think about difference of culture??
Her true colors continue to shine through that fake 'serve our country' attitude she cultivates for show. If anyone can't handle a simple provocative question from a student without looking like a nasty villain, they don't need to be our head Diplomat. What is she doing, trying to start another world war with her attitudes?
Can you imagine her in the White House with all the pressures of the first 200 days? She can't even handle a student. We need to keep her far away from our Capitol.
what am embarrassment to the USA!
OTHER POSTS ON MRS CLINTON'S COMMUNICATION PROBLEMS:
2 comments:
One of the reasons why Mrs. Clinton was unable to turn the tide against Obama was that she is not the most naturally gifted public speaker. And then when you line her up next to Obama AND Bill C. (two of the most gifted keynote speakers of all time) her shortcomings become that much more glaring.
Keep up the good work!
Alan
Alan - I certainly agree with this, but have also suggested that she and/or her communications people completely misunderstood one of the most important aspects of Margaret Thatcher's success (see http://bit.ly/1a0YHJ).
Comments about other aspects of Mrs Clinton's communication skills (or lack of them) can be seen at http://bit.ly/lcdmP and http://bit.ly/vBqYO
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