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August 11, 2009 By Fausta

Hillary’s tantrum: Conduct unbecoming

Hillary Clinton throws a tantrum while on tour:

For those of you who were wondering whether Hillary Clinton has unresolved “issues,” this video suggests the answer might be “well, yeah.”

After that outburst, how about some beer diplomacy? May that ease Hillary Clinton’s tantrum?

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  1. Mark30339 says

    August 11, 2009 at 11:08 pm

    I expected this clip to float in the conservative blogosphere — but now it’s prominent in the MSM; that’s the surprising thing. I think we give Hillary a pass. Executives, whether male or female, should not be faulted for displaying a capacity for aggression. The reaction was not wrong based on the information she had. But alas, similar to her Russian reset button, her command of information is getting lost in translation. Too bad she spent the 1990’s raising the expectations bar with regular reports about her being one of the smartest women in the world.

  2. Pat Patterson says

    August 12, 2009 at 12:51 am

    I was just thinking the opposite. She had a perfect right to note that she was the Sec of State and she earned it on the basis of starting off a a precinct walker, a campaign organizer, the local pol and then arriving at her present postion completely on her own merits. No nepotism here, nosiree!

  3. Stogie says

    August 12, 2009 at 1:51 am

    Hee hee, now we have a new way to yank Hillary’s chain. My question at her next public meeting:

    “How do you find time to balance cooking, cleaning and shopping with your position as Secretary of State? And just who is this Mr. State, anyway?”

  4. Helen says

    August 12, 2009 at 7:14 am

    Obviously, she should not have thrown a tantrum and should have smiled while she said it. But she IS Secretary of State. In other words, do you really think that the SoS of the Unite State be pandering to the sexism, misogyny and many other unpleasant aspects of those other cultures? You rightly dislike it when Obama panders to them.

  5. Bridge says

    August 12, 2009 at 8:26 am

    Can’t really blame her …. I find it extremely unpolite to ask her what her husband thinks !
    The “tantrum” I find rather moderate ……

  6. Fausta says

    August 12, 2009 at 9:55 am

    Absolutely no pandering to any of it. Instead, she should have said, as codly as possible, “What my husband thinks is besides the point. As Secretary of State, I think…”

  7. Helen says

    August 12, 2009 at 7:08 pm

    Well, yes, Fausta, how one says it is important. It’s just that I do get the feeling that people are objecting to what she said.

  8. Fausta says

    August 12, 2009 at 8:06 pm

    I understand, Helen. No objection to what she meant. But a cold withering look with the most acutely polite sharp wording would have been my preferred way of delivering the same message.

  9. Kathy says

    August 13, 2009 at 9:30 am

    I cannot agree with naming Hilary Clinton’s response a tantrum. Instead she was blunt and accurate. Of course, she was in a country where women are not of the same political stature as men. Either that man is not polished enough not to treat her differently than he would the women the Congo, or he was purposely treating her with disrespect. Either way, he was wrong. She could have been nicer, but she is under no obligation to be sweet and kind or roll over to be a doormat. Diplomacy does not mean being nice. Diplomacy is about strategy. In my opinion her response was appropriate.

    By the way, I find Hilary Clinton (and her husband and all the liberal elite) despicable, but she IS Secretary of State. Respect and restraint should be used in addressing her in any country.

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