Hill's 1st Sec of State gaffe

[Abbey Marie]

Not an auspicious start for Hillydilly...


MOSCOW (AFP) – Russian media has been poking fun at US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton after she gave her Russian counterpart a "reset" button with an ironic misspelling.

Clinton's gift to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at their meeting in Geneva on Friday evening was meant to underscore the Obama administration's readiness to "to press the reset button" in ties with Moscow.

But instead of the Russian word for "reset" (perezagruzka) it featured a slightly different word meaning "overload" or "overcharged" (peregruzka).

Daily newspaper Kommersant put a prominent picture of the fake red button on its front page and declared: "Sergei Lavrov and Hillary Clinton pushed the wrong button."
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090307/od_afp/russiausdiplomacyoffbeat_20090307074740

[Kathianne]

Not an auspicious start for Hillydilly...

Hey, we're in 'good hands.'

[avatar4321]

imagine if she had been President

[Kathianne]

imagine if she had been President

I think she would have been better than what we have now. Then again, I voted for neither.

[Mr. P]

Don't we have linguistic specialist in the state Dept.? Not to mention the rest of the Gov.

Just another GLARING example of Gov. incompetence.

Can't wait for that health care!

Shall we talk about how efficient the Social Securty system is? Damn we've had clients DIE while waiting for benefits!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Big Brother ain't gonna take care of us...regardless of the COST!

[hjmick]

She also got a few EU dignitaries names wrong. Nothing like not doing your homework.

[Jeff]

I just hope the American ppl. finally realize what a idiot she is has been and always will be !!!

[avatar4321]

The "smartest woman alive" is an idiot.

[Kathianne]

I've been giving this some thought; Russian is not one of the languages that we are short on translators for; there may be trouble within State with Hillary? Seems I'm not the only one thinking that:

http://www.blackfive.net/main/2009/03/i-have-two-ques.html


HAVE TWO QUESTIONS...
POSTED BY BLACKFIVE
Ref: Button gaffe embarrasses Clinton

1. Who thought a "That Was Easy!" Button would be a good idea?

Really? That's the level of sophistication we have nowadays?

If it magically produced vodka, maybe I would think it would be a good idea.

2. Who thought our State Department knew how to speak Russian? I did. But then immediately thought of all kinds of messages you could put on there to embarrass the Secretary of State.

"Got Georgia?" comes to mind.

Oh and a third question:

3. How long do you think before Darth Vader visits the poor sap who mistook "Overcharged" for "Reset"...?