It's so nice to see Obama's designated Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stick her foot in her mouth ... and so badly, too. I wonder where her aides were that should have properly briefed her before this embarrassing encounter with our neighbors to the south -- Mexico (emphasis added -- source):Hillary Clinton Leaves Flowers for Our Lady of Guadalupe, asks 'Who painted it?'
I snagged this from Babalú Blog, with him commenting:.- During her recent visit to Mexico, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made an unexpected stop at the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe and left a bouquet of white flowers “on behalf of the American people,” after asking who painted the famous image.
The image of Our Lady of Guadalupe was miraculously imprinted by Mary on the tilma, or cloak, of St. Juan Diego in 1531. The image has numerous unexplainable phenomena, such as the appearance on Mary’s eyes of those present in the room when the tilma was opened and the image’s lack of decay.
Mrs. Clinton was received on Thursday at 8:15 a.m. by the rector of the Basilica, Msgr. Diego Monroy.
Msgr. Monroy took Mrs. Clinton to the famous image of Our Lady of Guadalupe, which had been previously lowered from its usual altar for the occasion.
After observing it for a while, Mrs. Clinton asked “who painted it?” to which Msgr. Monroy responded “God!”
Clinton then told Msgr. Monroy that she had previously visited the old Basilica in 1979, when the new one was still under construction.
After placing a bouquet of white flowers by the image, Mrs. Clinton went to the quemador –the open air area at the Basilica where the faithful light candles- and lit a green candle.
Leaving the basilica half an hour later, Mrs. Clinton told some of the Mexicans gathered outside to greet her, “you have a marvelous virgin!”
This evening Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is set to receive the highest award given by Planned Parenthood Federation of America -- the Margaret Sanger Award, named for the organization's founder, a noted eugenicist. The award will be presented at a gala event in Houston, Texas.
I would like to point out the irony found in the final lines of the article: after placing flowers at the virgin's "painting", nitwit Hillary thereafter received an award from Planned Parenthood -- its Margaret Sanger award. I bet Margaret would have been in favor of aborting or sterilizing as many of those Mexicans as possible ....Imagine if George W. Bush had done this.
Of course it doesn't matter if you believe in miracles. The fact is that "the smartest woman in America" should have been briefed about what the Virgin of Guadalupe represents to her devotees before injecting her into this situation.
Like I said, if Bush had done this it would have been listed as reason number 999 that he was dumb. By the way the MSM is ignoring this latest faux pas by Hillary.
It seems Hillary has really been burning up the runways with her whirlwind tour. Earlier in March, Hillary embarrassed US again ...
Some Friends: Hillary Clinton undercuts the
State Department's wwn human rights reportingSECRETARY OF STATE Hillary Rodham Clinton continues to devalue and undermine the U.S. diplomatic tradition of human rights advocacy. On her first foreign trip, to Asia, she was dismissive about raising human rights concerns with China's communist government, saying "those issues can't interfere" with economic, security or environmental matters. In last week's visit to the Middle East and Europe, she undercut the State Department's own reporting regarding two problematic American allies: Egypt and Turkey.
According to State's latest report on Egypt, issued Feb. 25, "the government's respect for human rights remained poor" during 2008 "and serious abuses continued in many areas." It cited torture by security forces and a decline in freedom of the press, association and religion. Ms. Clinton was asked about those conclusions during an interview she gave to the al-Arabiya satellite network in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Her reply contained no expression of concern about the deteriorating situation. "We issue these reports on every country," she said. "We hope that it will be taken in the spirit in which it is offered, that we all have room for improvement.
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... the State Department has documented, Turkey is retreating on freedom of speech. In Egypt, the human rights situation also is getting worse rather than better. By minimizing those facts, Ms. Clinton is doing a disservice to her own department -- and sending a message to rulers around the world that their abuses won't be taken seriously by this U.S. administration.
(Go here for the rest of the article.)
Boy, this administration continues to fill me with such dreams of Hope and Change. I feel warm and fuzzy all over. If I keep chanting it over and over, it will happen ... right?
Hope and change ... hope and change ... hope and change ... hope and change ... DOH!!!!!!
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