Obama’s Sec. of State Hillary Clinton with Another Blunder at the Our Lady of Guadalupe Shrine … Who Painted it

Oops, she did it again!!! Being uniformed seems to be a prerequisite of Obama cabinet members. It’s amateur hour at the Obama White House happens again …with the following comments of “who painted it” and “you have a marvelous virgin” … WTF

During a recent visit to Mexico, Sec. of State Hillary Clinton went to the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe and laid followers. After observing the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Hillary asked the unthinkable and uniformed questions, “who painted it.”

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!”

First it was Hillary messing up the Russian translation of “overcharge” and the reset button gaffe. 

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Barack Obama Metaphor: Hillary Clinton Gaffe RED RESET BUTTON … “overcharge” … ‘peregruzka’

OBAMA METAPHOR … OVERCHARGE

Barack Obama Administration … Not Ready for Prime Time. What a great way to make a first impression with the Russians. So this is how one resets relations … with a gaffe. As The Weekly Standard aptly puts it, Restoring Our Standing in the World One Gaffe at a Time. How fitting that the Obama Administration would use the word overcharge.

Reset (’peregruzka’) = Overcharge in Russian

Obama Change You Can Believe In = Overcharge in America

Overcharge: A trillion in spending there . . . A billion for the Palestinians . . . A plunging Dow, wiping out retirement and college funds . . . Cap ‘n trade that will cause energy prices to soar and potentially bankrupt the coal industry . . . Higher taxes for small business owners . . .

Could there be a better metaphor for the Change promised by Barack Obama than the recent gaffe by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Russia with regards to the “Red Button”? Can the Obama Administration get anything right?

Hillary Clinton thought she was giving  a Russian diplomat a reset button fir foreign relations, instead she gives them an “overcharge” button instead. DUH!!! Are you telling us that there is no one in the Obama Administration that does not know how to translate Russian? Funny, go to Babelfish and reset is translated as ??????? in Russian.

After promising to “push the reset button” on relations with Moscow, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton planned to present Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov with a light-hearted gift at their talks here Friday night to symbolize the Obama administration’s desire for a new beginning in the relationship.

It didn’t quite work out as she planned.

“You got it wrong,” Lavrov said, to Clinton’s clear surprise. Instead of “reset,” he said the word on the box meant “overcharge.”

We want to reset our relationship and show the world that the Obama Administration isn’t ready to lead, fix an economy or translate words correctly.

 We worked hard to get the right Russian word … You got it wrong. [God only knows what word might have been used if they did not work hard.]

As the Gateway Pundit stated, Hillary Clinton was sure to have dropped some F-bombs behind closed doors after this incident. It is amateur hour in the White House … there is some change you can believe in.

So the LEFT claims that the usual wingnuts are making a big deal out of this, yet these are the same people that ridiculed GWB and any Republican when they make a gaffe. There’s some consistency you can believe in. Like it or not, your Obamamessiah’s Administration is a gaffe a day and VP Biden has not even gotten he gaffe legs yet.

UPDATE I: Lost in Translation as Hillary’s joke goes awry. I guess its a good thing that Clinton was not in the Middle East trying to translate that Islam is a religion of peace. Or as Jules Crittenden states, “I thought Hillary was supposed to be the one with the 3 0′clock in the morning wake-up call experience.”

UPDATE II: Russian media teases Clinton over ‘reset’ button

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Caroline Kennedy Out … Enter Congresswoman Kirsten Gillibrand as Gov Paterson’s Pick to Fill Hillary Clinton’s Senate Seat

It seemed that Caroline Kennedy was the odds on favorite to fill the Senate seat vacated by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Then suddenly Caroline Kennedy withdrew her name as speculation arose. The New York Post is reporting that according to a source close to Governor Paterson, Caroline Kennedy never had a shot due to issue over taxes, her nanny and possibly her marriage. We knew something was not right with Caroline’s abrupt withdrawal announcement.

In the end it turns out that Caroline was “not ready for Prime Time.” As Hot Air stated, they counted at least 7 trail theories floated as the reason for why she quit. So much for Camelot III, over before it ever began.

Kennedy was “mired in some potentially embarrassing personal issues,” the source said, citing tax liabilities and worker compensation liabilities connected to the employment of a nanny.

The source also said the state of her marriage may have presented a problem as well.

“She has a tax problem that came up in the vetting and a potential nanny issue,” the source said. “And reporters are starting to look at her marriage more closely,” the source continued, refusing to provide any specifics.

Ted Kennedy’s Circle Upset by Caroline’s Awkward Exit

With Caroline Kennedy’s departure from consideration, it appears that New York Governor David A. Paterson is ready to make his pick. It is being reported by WPIX that Congresswoman Kirsten Gillibrand will be Paterson’s choice to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Hillary Clinton. Personally, I would have thought Paterson would have gone with Attorney General Andrew Cuomo. Although there is pressure to fill Clinton’s seat with another woman. The Gillibrand choice is already causing the LEFT to go nuts as Kirsten Gillibrand is a supporter of the NRA, heaven forbid.

One of the contenders, long-term Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney canceled a scheduled appearance on “PIX News Closeup” Friday because of a “conflict,” which she did not disclose. She too will be in Albany. According to the sources, Gillibrand, now in her second congressional term, is favored by Secretary of State Clinton herself. Paterson has been under pressure to select a woman.
 
With most Democratic leaders in Albany coming from the New York City area, one source said this would be an important move for the Governor to have a Senator from upstate. Sources say Gillibrand, a blue-dog Democrat and a good fundraiser,  would be an asset to Paterson in any bid for election in 2010.

UPDATE I: DAVE PATERSON PICKS GILLIBRAND AS LIBERAL DEMS GO INTO HYSTERIA

It’s official, Kirsten Gillibrand is the new junior Senator from New York.

A note to the LEFT, every one who runs or gets picked for a position in the Democratic party does not have to be a bed-wetting liberal. I thought your party was supposed to be one big tent, not a monolith of moonbats. News Busters asks whether the MS will label incoming NY Senator as ‘Maverick Democrat?’

The big question now is if Gillibrand will be “educated” by Senate Democrats to change her views to become more liberal or will she continue to irk them by being a maverick? According to NewsDay, Gillibrand didn’t “moderate” her views after she won her Congressional seat.

The surprising - and, for many Democrats shocking - decision to pick the conservative Gillibrand, 42, from Hudson in Columbia County, was disclosed by the governor in calls to party officials and some members of the state’s congressional delegation, many of whom said they were unhappy with the selection, sources said.

UPDATE II: GOV SAYS CAROLINE KENNEDY TURNED ‘NASTY’

Gov. Paterson rapped Caroline Kennedy at a private event the night before he tapped Kirsten Gillibrand for the Senate, telling guests Kennedy had been “nasty” to him and shown “disrespect” with how she bowed out, attendees told The Post.

Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State and Past Donors … Conflict of Interest, Quid Pro Quo … Developer Robert J. Congel?

Every one wants to focus on Blago-gate and the “pay for Senate seat” scandal that has rocked Democrat Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich and his brazen attempt at profiteering. The quid pro quo that is being alleged and has now created impeachment proceedings against the Illinois governor. The question that really needs to be answered is if these types of dealings are commonplace and Blagojevich just got caught.

Politics dealings in states and at the federal level seem to be a cross between the “cockroach theory” and the principle of “pigs get fat and hogs get slaughtered.”

This leads us to Hillary Clinton and the recent disclosures of the donors to the Clinton Library. What about Hillary Clinton and her what all but seems to be quid pro quo donations for favoritism? An upstate New York developer, Robert J. Congel, donated $100,000 to President Bill Clinton’s foundation shortly after Senator Hillary Clinton helped secure a provision in a highway bill that set aside $5 million for Destiny USA roadway construction.

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Caroline Kennedy Possibly to be Named to Hillary Clinton’s NY Senate Seat … What is Wrong with Today’s Govt … Entitlement!

More “Kennedy Entitlement” coming soon to the US Senate? Is this the pay back that Ted Kennedy will receive for his early endorsement of Barack Obama?

Who will fill the role of Hillary Clinton as Senator from New York after Clinton begins her new role as Secretary of State in the Obama Administration? One name out there is Caroline Kennedy, a daughter of America’s most storied political family who for many years fiercely guarded her privacy.

However, it appears that an entitlement legacy for the Kennedy’s is now more important to Caroline Kennedy. According to the NY Post, Ted Kennedy has been working behind the scenes to have Caroline Kennedy, an individual who’s only qualification to be a senator is her last name, be Hillary Clinton’s replacement. The sense of entitlement by the Washington elite must end if there is to be any perception by “We the People” that politicians even pretend to care about their bob of serving the people.

What is one of the biggest issues that confronts American politics today? The sense of entitlement. The idea that name and money trumps accomplishment and a willingness to do the work of the people. It is the entitlement that comes with the “Kennedy” name where everyone is supposed to stop what they are doing and bow, drop to their knees and pray toward Hyannisport, MA and the Kennedy compound. Why does every fool think that a Kennedy in office is going to some how bring back the days of Camelot? I cannot say that I agree all that often with Firedog Lake; however, in this case we will make an exception.

The woman has never run for office in her life.  We have no idea how she’d fare on the campaign trail, or how well she could stand up to the electoral process.  She simply picks up the phone and lets it be known that she just might be up for having one of the highest offices in the land handed to her because — well, because why?  Because her uncle once held the seat?  Because she’s a Kennedy?  Because she took part as a child in the publics romantic dreams of Camelot?  I’m not quite sure.

There’s an enormous problem in the Senate right now with entitlement, with the sense that its members owe their allegiance to each other and not to the public.  Witness Joe Lieberman’s recent confirmation of Homeland Security Chairman, when Democratic Senators circled the wagons and helped him hold on to power — despite the fact that he refused to hold hearings into the government’s response to Hurricane Katrina and protected billions of dollars in contractor graft from being investigated.  Nobody, including Howard Dean, seemed to think that his performance record as head of the Committee was something that should even be taken into consideration.

As the QandO blog states, it is rather amazing how selective that Democrats can be when it comes to entitlement and individuals who have no experience to serve in certain positions. Funny how 99.9% of Democrats did not have the same opinion of Barack Obama when it came to the idea that the presidency was “not a place for anyone to be wearing political training wheels.”

The new Senate [country] is going to face incredible challenges in the upcoming session, and we’re lucky this year that it will be infused with some much-needed new blood. It’s not a place for anyone to be wearing political training wheels.

UPDATE I: PATERSON COOL ON CAROLINE, SHE’S A 20-1 SHOT

I would not bet on it. This would be a great going away present to Ted Kennedy, a staunch supporter of Obama. Politics is nothing more than repaying favors.

THE odds of Gov. Paterson choosing Caroline Kennedy to re place soon-to-be Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in the US Senate are no better than 20-1, a source close to the governor said yesterday.

The source was responding to news that Sen. Ted Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other family members have been pushing hard for Caroline to replace Clinton.

“It looks to me like [Caroline's cousin] Bobby Kennedy may be trying to push Caroline more than Caroline is pushing herself,” a Paterson administration source told The Post.

UPDATE II: Kennedy Is Said to Be Politicking for His Niece

Is it any wonder why politicians have such a low approval rating these days. Serving in the House and Senate is no longer about working for the people, its about privilege, entitlement and a family names legacy.

While Caroline Kennedy is maintaining her public silence about whether she wishes to succeed Senator Hillary Clinton, her uncle, Senator Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts, has been working behind the scenes on her behalf, according to Democratic aides.

Change You Can Beleive In … Obama Continues Boycott of Fox News … Can’t We All Just Get Along?

Change You Can Believe In … Silencing the media.

Finally we have seen a change in President-elect Obama that has been different that GWB. It Appear that Obama is continuing his boycott of Fox News and not calling on them for questions.  It appears according to Mediabistro that Fox News is 0–5 in Obama Press Conferences. Fox News shut out again at Obama’s fifth Press Conference; however, questions instead went to such outlets as ABC, New York Times, CBS, Reuters and the Associated Press.

Is it as the Gateway Pundit states, is The One afraid that he might get a tough question of substance from Fox? It is a frightening though when one, in this case The One, completely dismisses what he perceives as the opposition media and their questions. If this was the case for any Republican president the White House Press Conference would have been an awfully quiet event. Why won’t Barack call on Fox News, it is not like he did not go on The Factor with Bill O’Reilly?

Upon naming Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, check out the video below of Obama attempting to answer what he deems a tough question from the liberal media. Barack Obama was asked about dissing Hillary’s foreign policy credentials during the primary. The One’s response … dismissive.

Talk about bringing back the Clinton Administration, check out the very beginning on this video and the biting of the lip ala Bill Clinton

Hillary Clinton to Get Secretary of State, Bill Must Provide Secret Donor Names

According to reports, Barack Obama will introduce Hillary Clinton on Monday as his Secretary of State. As Michelle Malkin stated, in the past the Clintons had long “refused to tell the public who was donating millions upon millions of dollars to Billy Boy’s charitable foundation and library fund during her presidential run”. However, it does not come without numerous strings attached. One can only speculate how a Clinton-Obama alliance will manifest itself in the future. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are the ultimate “Odd Couple”, throw former President Bill Clinton into the mix and this may only represent headaches to come for the Obama Administration.

Clinton, Obama seal the deal

Clinton to Be Introduced as Part of Obama Security Team

If nothing else, this should be interesting

The officials requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly for the transition team.

To make it possible for his wife to become the top U.S. diplomat, the officials said, former President Clinton agreed:

• to disclose the names of every contributor to his foundation since its inception in 1997 and all contributors going forward.
• to refuse donations from foreign governments to the Clinton Global Initiative, his annual charitable conference.
• to cease holding CGI meetings overseas.
• to volunteer to step away from day-to-day management of the foundation while his wife is secretary of state.
• to submit his speaking schedule to review by the State Department and White House counsel.
• to submit any new sources of income to a similar ethical review.

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So Saturday Night Live Thinks Incest is Humor … SNL Skit suggests Todd Palin Had Sex with Daughters

SNL THINKS INCEST IS A LAUGHING MATTER.

Incest is not humor, its sick. There is a reason why SNL fails miserably in their political humor these days, because its not funny … its mean and hateful. Humor is not supposed to be bias or another form of Palin Delusional Syndrome. It is supposed to be funny. Joking about incest is as funny as calling someone disabled and using the term in a negative conotation. There was a reason why the Tiny Fey skit last week portraying Sarah Palin was funny at times mostly because it actually poked fun at Hillary Clinton, it had some truth in it.

However, this week SNL was out of line and out of bounds doing a skit that was designed to on the surface make fun of the media but instead put forth the notion as humor that Todd Palin sleeps with his daughters. With all the things that SNL could have used as material for humor, SNL picks incest? Imagine, just imagine for one second that some one said this in whatever forum or medium that Barack Obama had sex with his two daughters. Imagine the outrage and heads that would be called for if the Obamamessiah was accused of incest. However, there is no bias at SNL, not one skit about Obama or Biden … how original.

A week after a high-profile send-up of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on “Saturday Night Live,” the NBC comedy show returned to making fun of the Alaskan governor in a skit where New York Times reporters sought to probe the possibility Palin’s husband, Todd, was having sex with the couple’s own daughters.

“What about the husband?” asked a Times reporter during a mock assignment meeting for the paper. “You know he’s doing those daughters. I mean, come on. It’s Alaska.”

The assignment editor for the Times, portrayed by actor James Franco, responded: “He very well could be. Admittedly, there is no evidence of that, but on the other hand, there is no convincing evidence to the contrary. And these are just some of the lingering questions about Governor Palin.”

I wonder why SNL does not have this “INCEST” skit posted on their web site as they do the rest? Why don’t you let NBC and SNL know how non-funny incest really is. Contact info can be found HERE.

UPDATE I: CNN – SNL Palin Incest Skit, VIDEO

Hmm, I though SNL was in the business to be funny. The first rule of comedy is to be funny. With that in mind , it bombed.“I like my funny to be funny”. Some how making a skit about a taboo like incest was supposed to be funny. They did it under the guise of clueless reporters. They also failed miserably. It was not tasteful or funny.

Hint to SNL … Child molestation is not funny and not a laughing matter.

Joe Biden … More Inspired Words from Obama’s VP … “Hillary Clinton Might have Been a Better Pick Than Me”

FINALLY, a Biden sighting … Maybe he should have stayed in hiding.

As soon as Barack Obama chose Delaware Senator Joseph Biden, a long time Washington DC Insider many were left scratching their heads wondering how Biden was a better VP candidate than Hillary Clinton. Many also wondered how this represented change.

Who knew that Joe Biden felt the same way that Hillary was a better pick? What happened to the Obama/Biden ticket? This is nothing short of pathetic. There is praise and then there is this … Did Joe Biden just question Barack Obama’s judgment in choosing Biden for VP?

At a town hall in Nashua, N.H., this afternoon, Senator Joe Biden seemed to veer off into the latter when talking about Hillary Clinton, whom many of her supporters wanted Barack Obama to pick as his running mate instead of Biden.

“Hillary Clinton is as qualified or more qualified than I am to be vice president of the United States of America,” Biden said. “Let’s get that straight. She’s a truly close personal friend; she is qualified to be president of the United States of America. She’s easily qualified to be vice president of the United States of America and quite frankly it might have been a better pick than me, but she is first-rate.”

The Biden VP pick has been nothing short of an uninspired bust. The Biden choice opened the door for McCain and the Palin phenomenon. However, it was an insight into Obama’s first decision as a potential President. Thus one might say that Obama’s first decision was a colossal disaster. Joe Biden stated in the Democratic primaries that Obama was not ready to be President and it turns out that Biden was right.

As Hot Air surmises, is it possible that Obama will play a Mulligan, dump Biden and put Hillary Clinton on the ticket? Will Obama throw Biden under the bus and trade him in for Hillary?

Biden preps for debate with Sarah Palin. Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm may be stand-in. For who Biden?

Bill Clinton Poses a Real Hypothetical Question,”Why Vote for a guy (Obama) you agree with if he can’t get things Done?”

Bill Clinton posed a hypothetical question …. sure it was Bill, they do not call him slick Willy for nothing. On the afternoon before his wife, Hillary Clinton, takes center stage at the Democratic National Convention Bill Clinton just out of the blue and unrelated to any faction of disgruntled Democratic supporters who are trying to decide between a “wet behind the ears” candidate who they agree with and an effective and experienced veteran with independent crossover appeal asks a hypothetical question. This is a classic … as reported at The Politico.

Make way for the Bubba Express

Bill Clinton appeared to undermine Sen. Barack Obama again Tuesday. The former president, speaking in Denver, posed a hypothetical question in which he seemed to suggest that that the Democratic Party was making a mistake in choosing Obama as its presidential nominee.

He said: “Suppose you’re a voter, and you’ve got candidate X and candidate Y. Candidate X agrees with you on everything, but you don’t think that candidate can deliver on anything at all. Candidate Y you agree with on about half the issues, but he can deliver. Which candidate are you going to vote for?”

Hey Barack, that was no bus … that was a train that just ran you over called the Bubba Express. If the hypothetical question was not priceless enough, Clinton’s later comment that “this has nothing to do what is going on now” is golden. Think Bill Clinton is over it yet?