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About Damn Time, Woman!
Karen Hughes is leaving Government service at the end of the year.
About damn time, woman!
From the moment she was rewarded for putting Bush in office with a State Department job burnishing the image of the United States abroad, she has not been just a national, but an international embarrassment to herself and the Administration she serves.
It's not just that the Associated Press notes Polls show no improvement in the world's view of the U.S. since Hughes took over.
It's that this is a woman who the British called most parochial person ever to hold a senior state department appointment. Who popped off profundities like "Government policies really affect people’s lives."
Who stood in front of an audience of Saudis and told them how she'd answered the questions of an Egyptian official by citing the Constitution.
Wrongly.
I had one person at one lunch raise the issue of the President mentioning God in his speeches. And I asked whether he was aware that previous American presidents have also cited God, and that our Constitution cites "one nation under God." He said "well, never mind" and went on to something else.
It's hard not to think that maybe he changed the subject because there's no talking to someone that ignorant of the country they're supposed to be talking up. Whose goverment they're part of. That maybe someone who doesn't know the fucking difference between the Constitution, Bill of Rights, and the 1954 amendment to the Pledge of Allegiance shouldn't be permitted to open their mouth about religion OR politics, much less in front of a Muslim audience in defense of a nonexistant pro-Christian clause in regard to what is widely seen as a modern Christian crusade against a soverign Muslim nation?
(Would you be surprised to hear that I ranted about this at the time?)
And what does Ms. Incompetent say about the image that she splattered still further?
"This will take a number of years," Hughes said of the challenge of improving the world's view of the U.S., calling it a "long-term challenge."
Well at least she'll have enough time to sit at home and finally read the Constitution. If she's crunched for time, maybe she could just try the Bill of Rights. Just the first one might be an eyeopener.
About damn time, woman!
From the moment she was rewarded for putting Bush in office with a State Department job burnishing the image of the United States abroad, she has not been just a national, but an international embarrassment to herself and the Administration she serves.
It's not just that the Associated Press notes Polls show no improvement in the world's view of the U.S. since Hughes took over.
It's that this is a woman who the British called most parochial person ever to hold a senior state department appointment. Who popped off profundities like "Government policies really affect people’s lives."
Who stood in front of an audience of Saudis and told them how she'd answered the questions of an Egyptian official by citing the Constitution.
Wrongly.
I had one person at one lunch raise the issue of the President mentioning God in his speeches. And I asked whether he was aware that previous American presidents have also cited God, and that our Constitution cites "one nation under God." He said "well, never mind" and went on to something else.
It's hard not to think that maybe he changed the subject because there's no talking to someone that ignorant of the country they're supposed to be talking up. Whose goverment they're part of. That maybe someone who doesn't know the fucking difference between the Constitution, Bill of Rights, and the 1954 amendment to the Pledge of Allegiance shouldn't be permitted to open their mouth about religion OR politics, much less in front of a Muslim audience in defense of a nonexistant pro-Christian clause in regard to what is widely seen as a modern Christian crusade against a soverign Muslim nation?
(Would you be surprised to hear that I ranted about this at the time?)
And what does Ms. Incompetent say about the image that she splattered still further?
"This will take a number of years," Hughes said of the challenge of improving the world's view of the U.S., calling it a "long-term challenge."
Well at least she'll have enough time to sit at home and finally read the Constitution. If she's crunched for time, maybe she could just try the Bill of Rights. Just the first one might be an eyeopener.
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