Comments on: An Insulting Question and a Pointed Reply http://www.jennqpublic.com/an-insulting-question-and-a-pointed-reply/ one part reason, two parts awesome Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:43:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Eclectic Radical http://www.jennqpublic.com/an-insulting-question-and-a-pointed-reply/comment-page-1/#comment-6028 Eclectic Radical Fri, 14 Aug 2009 10:31:53 +0000 http://www.jennqpublic.com/?p=1448#comment-6028 "It’s embarrassingly inconsistent to sit around gushing over how great it is for Sarah Palin or Sonia Sotomayor to speak frankly if we’re going to turn around and skewer HRC for doing the same. We’d all be better off with a little more honesty in our politicians." Oh, I agree completely with that. :) “It’s embarrassingly inconsistent to sit around gushing over how great it is for Sarah Palin or Sonia Sotomayor to speak frankly if we’re going to turn around and skewer HRC for doing the same. We’d all be better off with a little more honesty in our politicians.”

Oh, I agree completely with that. :)

]]> By: DodiaFae http://www.jennqpublic.com/an-insulting-question-and-a-pointed-reply/comment-page-1/#comment-5994 DodiaFae Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:41:20 +0000 http://www.jennqpublic.com/?p=1448#comment-5994 That sort of makes sense... But even if that's the case, you'd think they could find a translator for a political even that is more up to date on world politics. I mean... Clinton has been out of office for nearly a decade now. I'm just wondering if that little slip-up caused any problems for that translator. That sort of makes sense… But even if that’s the case, you’d think they could find a translator for a political even that is more up to date on world politics. I mean… Clinton has been out of office for nearly a decade now.

I’m just wondering if that little slip-up caused any problems for that translator.

]]> By: Jenn Q. Public http://www.jennqpublic.com/an-insulting-question-and-a-pointed-reply/comment-page-1/#comment-5983 Jenn Q. Public Wed, 12 Aug 2009 19:09:21 +0000 http://www.jennqpublic.com/?p=1448#comment-5983 Eclectic Radical, I'm certainly no Hillary Clinton cheerleader myself, but the reaction to this incident (from both left and right) is really off base. It's embarrassingly inconsistent to sit around gushing over how great it is for Sarah Palin or Sonia Sotomayor to speak frankly if we're going to turn around and skewer HRC for doing the same. We'd all be better off with a little more honesty in our politicians. DodiaFae, I've seen some speculation that perhaps the student referred to Obama as "the president" and the translator assumed that meant President Clinton. Eclectic Radical, I’m certainly no Hillary Clinton cheerleader myself, but the reaction to this incident (from both left and right) is really off base. It’s embarrassingly inconsistent to sit around gushing over how great it is for Sarah Palin or Sonia Sotomayor to speak frankly if we’re going to turn around and skewer HRC for doing the same. We’d all be better off with a little more honesty in our politicians.

DodiaFae, I’ve seen some speculation that perhaps the student referred to Obama as “the president” and the translator assumed that meant President Clinton.

]]> By: DodiaFae http://www.jennqpublic.com/an-insulting-question-and-a-pointed-reply/comment-page-1/#comment-5980 DodiaFae Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:27:01 +0000 http://www.jennqpublic.com/?p=1448#comment-5980 I agree... I'd have been more than a little annoyed as well. Geez... you'd think they could have found a better translator though. I agree… I’d have been more than a little annoyed as well.

Geez… you’d think they could have found a better translator though.

]]> By: Eclectic Radical http://www.jennqpublic.com/an-insulting-question-and-a-pointed-reply/comment-page-1/#comment-5978 Eclectic Radical Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:59:35 +0000 http://www.jennqpublic.com/?p=1448#comment-5978 While I am not the biggest fan in the world of Hillary Clinton, I have to agree entirely with your support of her reaction. I'd have been more critical of her had she not been offended, and would have been shocked if she weren't especially tender about it after the recent round-a-bout with North Korea. I'm glad the question was a mistranslation and that the kid wasn't really being that offensive. While I am not the biggest fan in the world of Hillary Clinton, I have to agree entirely with your support of her reaction. I’d have been more critical of her had she not been offended, and would have been shocked if she weren’t especially tender about it after the recent round-a-bout with North Korea.

I’m glad the question was a mistranslation and that the kid wasn’t really being that offensive.

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