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joether -> RE: Harry Reid Tells Asians He Can't Keep His Wongs Straight (8/24/2014 1:01:49 PM)
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ORIGINAL: subrosaDom
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ORIGINAL: Lucylastic
yep thats for sure, there was a humdinger at the end of last mongth
In an intensely awkward congressional hearing of the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Thursday, freshman Rep. Curt Clawson misidentified two senior U.S. government officials as representatives of the Indian government.
The two officials, Nisha Biswal and Arun Kumar, are Americans who hold senior positions at the State Department and Commerce Department, respectively. Although both Biswal and Kumar were introduced as U.S. officials by the chairman of the Asia and Pacific subcommittee, Clawson repeatedly asked them questions about "your country" and "your government," in reference to the state of India.
"I'm familiar with your country; I love your country," the Florida Republican said. "Anything I can do to make the relationship with India better, I'm willing and enthusiastic about doing so."
Apparently confused by their Indian surnames and skin color, Clawson also asked if "their" government could loosen restrictions on U.S. capital investments in India.
"Just as your capital is welcome here to produce good-paying jobs in the U.S., I'd like our capital to be welcome there," he said. "I ask cooperation and commitment and priority from your government in so doing. Can I have that?"
The question prompted a lengthy pause and looks of confusion from State Department and congressional staff attending the hearing.
"I think your question is to the Indian government," Biswal said. "We certainly share your sentiment, and we certainly will advocate that on behalf of the U.S."
http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2014/07/25/exclusive_freshman_congressman_mistakes_senior_government_officials_for_foreigners
Lucy, you trot out a freshman Republican. Clearly, pretty stupid, I agree. Right up there with POTUS's "corpsman" which obviously was blatant ignorance and an indication his brain ain't quite what it's been cracked up to be. Agree with him or not, Dr. Ben Carson has more intelligence in one hemispheric lobe than Obama in his entire brain. As for your reference to Clawson's obvious stupidity, how does that exactly compare to the SENATE MAJORITY LEADER's continually making abject racist comments. Maybe after Reid dies, he'll join Robert Byrd in KKK meetings in hell. But at least Byrd was smart but racist. Reid is a stupid and racist. Of course, Maxine Waters is a communist and a racist, but she's black, so she gets a pass. Speaking of stupidity, while you're right about Clawson, I can assure you that stupidity is equally prevalent among Democrats in Congress.
I've heard people pronounce 'Corpsmen' as both 'Corpse Men' and 'Core Men'. Just as I've heard people pronounce Worcester, MA as 'War Chester, MA". Or native Bastonian: Bastin, Mass' to those outside as 'Boston, MA'. Not everyone speaks the American English language the exact same way. It takes intelligence and an education to help determine what the person might have stated. It also takes being a decent and good person to acknowledge what the person might have stated without teasing to much.
While the Bushisms can be amusing and funny, I have to wonder what sort of pressures were on the man at the time. When we hear politicians make gafts, we are not privileged to their schedule. That we foolishly assume they are well rested and relaxed. Go back and look at those individual's schedule for the day and the ones before it. Getting 4 hours of actual sleep, hopped up on caffeine, and a very busy schedule over a period of a week; and you have the recipe for weird and dumb things to get spoken. When President Obama stated 57 states, what was he doing before than? Campaigning across multiple states, pushing his body like it was a 20 year olds? I can rattle off dozens upon dozens of politicians from both the Democrat and Republican sides that stated weird and dumb stuff to not being well rested and relaxed. And then there are people that say dumb shit, because they are dumb as shit (i.e. Sarah Palin). And there are people that say weird shit, because they are weird as shit (i.e. Rand Paul). Curious how they are both favorites of the Tea Party....
But when groups of people behave in a racist way and over a length of time (i.e. the Tea Party), the same view on individuals can not be taken. The Tea Party is an organization that attracts racists like the 1%er's attract the Republican Party.
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