Tongue-tied Clinton gets warm EU welcome

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Tongue-tied Clinton gets warm EU welcome


By David Brunnstrom David Brunnstrom
Fri Mar 6, 1:48 pm ET
BRUSSELS (Reuters) –


Hillary Clinton raised eyebrows on her first visit to Europe as secretary of state when she mispronounced
her EU counterparts' names and claimed U.S. democracy was older than Europe's.



Clinton has set herself a gruelling pace on visits to Egypt, Israel and Brussels soon after touring the Far East,
attending dozens of meetings and giving speech after speech, with little time worked into her schedule for sleep.


A veteran politician, Clinton compared the complex European political environment to that of
the two-party U.S. system, before adding:

"I have never understood multiparty democracy.

"It is hard enough with two parties to come to any resolution, and I say this very respectfully, because I feel the
same way about our own democracy, which has been around a lot longer than European democracy."


The remark provoked much headshaking in the parliament of a bloc that likes to trace back its
democratic tradition thousands of years to the days of classical Greece.



One working lunch later with EU leaders, Clinton raised more eyebrows when she referred to EU foreign
policy chief Javier Solana, who stood beside her, as "High Representative Solano."

She also dubbed European Commission External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner as "Benito."




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We're going to give Obama a chance so let's give her a chance.

but if it was bush he would be crucified for it

KK wrote:

but if it was bush he would be crucified for it

This bunch will piss more people off with their arrogance than the Bush crowd did with their stuff.

KK wrote:

but if it was bush he would be crucified for it

There is a differance, he did it for 8 years.

Joebert wrote:

KK wrote:

but if it was bush he would be crucified for it

There is a differance, he did it for 8 years.

with any luck this group will only get to do it for four

KK wrote:

Joebert wrote:

KK wrote:

but if it was bush he would be crucified for it

There is a differance, he did it for 8 years.

with any luck this group will only get to do it for four

>crosses fingers<

BMG wrote:

KK wrote:

Joebert wrote:

KK wrote:

but if it was bush he would be crucified for it

There is a differance, he did it for 8 years.

with any luck this group will only get to do it for four

>crosses fingers<

let's hope the republican clean up their act in time for 2012

2012, don't forget to vote.

Joebert wrote:

2012, don't forget to vote.

Let's just hope we have some viable candidates

KK wrote:

Joebert wrote:

2012, don't forget to vote.

Let's just hope we have some viable candidates

I think that with the nature of politics being what it is today the best applicants dont apply for the job.

BMG wrote:

KK wrote:

Joebert wrote:

2012, don't forget to vote.

Let's just hope we have some viable candidates

I think that with the nature of politics being what it is today the best applicants dont apply for the job.

more like they don't exist lol