SubscribeHillary: I’ve Known Mrs. Bhutto Many Years
From a campaign press release:
Statement of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton on the Death of Benazir Bhutto
“I am profoundly saddened and outraged by the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, a leader of tremendous political and personal courage. I came to know Mrs. Bhutto over many years, during her tenures as Prime Minister and during her years in exile. Mrs. Bhutto’s concern for her country, and her family, propelled her to risk her life on behalf of the Pakistani people. She returned to Pakistan to fight for democracy despite threats and previous attempts on her life and now she has made the ultimate sacrifice. Her death is a tragedy for her country and a terrible reminder of the work that remains to bring peace, stability, and hope to regions of the globe too often paralyzed by fear, hatred, and violence.
“Let us pray that her legacy will be a brighter, more hopeful future for the people she loved and the country she served. My family and I extend our condolences and deepest sympathies to the victims and their families and to the people of Pakistan.”
She just can’t help herself:
I came to know Mrs. Bhutto over many years, during her tenures as Prime Minister and during her years in exile.
Sure she did.
From Hillary’s (ghostwritten) autobiography, Living History, pp 322-4:
Silence Is Not Spoken Here
The contradictions within Pakistan became still more apparent at my next event, a luncheon hosted in my honor by Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and attended by several dozen accomplished women in Pakistan. It was like being rocketed forward several centuries in time. Among these women were academics and activists, as well as a pilot, a singer, a banker and a police deputy superintendent. They had their own ambitions and careers, and, of course, we were all guests of Pakistan’s elected female leader.
Benazir Bhutto, a brilliant and striking woman then in her midforties, was born into a prominent family and educated at Harvard and Oxford. Her father, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Pakistan’s Populist Prime Minister during the 1970s, was deposed in a military coup and later hanged. After his death, Benazir spent years under house arrest. In the late 1980s, she emerged as head of his old political party. Bhutto was the only celebrity I had ever stood behind a rope line to see. Chelsea and I were strolling around London during a holiday trip in the summer of 1989. We noticed a large crowd gathered outside the Ritz Hotel, and I asked people what they were waiting for. They said Benazir Bhutto was staying at the hotel and was soon expected to arrive. Chelsea and I waited until the motorcade drove up. We watched Bhutto, swathed in yellow chiffon, emerge from her limousine and glide into the lobby. She seemed graceful, composed and intent.
In 1990, her government was dissolved over charges of corruption, but her party won again in new elections in 1993. Pakistan was increasingly troubled by rising violence and general lawlessness, particularly in Karachi. Law and order had deteriorated as the rate of ethnic and sectarian murders rose. There were also rampant rumors of corruption involving Asif Zardari, Bhutto’s husband, and supporters.
At the luncheon she hosted for me, Benazir led a discussion about the changing roles of women in her country and told a joke about her husband’s status as a political spouse. “According to newspapers in Pakistan,” she said, “Mr. Asif Zardari is de facto Prime Minister of the country. My husband tells me, ‘Only the First Lady can appreciate it’s not true.’”
Bhutto acknowledged the difficulties faced by women who were breaking with tradition and taking leading roles in public life. She deftly managed to refer both to the challenges I had encountered during my White House tenure and to her own situation. “Women who take on tough issues and stake out new territory are often on the receiving end of ignorance,” she concluded.
In a private meeting with the Prime Minister, we talked about her upcoming visit to Washington in April, and I spent time with her husband and their children. Because I had heard that their marriage was arranged, I found their interaction particularly interesting. They bantered easily together, and seemed genuinely smitten with each other. Only months after my trip, accusations of corruption against them grew more harsh, and in August 1996, Bhutto elevated her husband to a cabinet post. By November 5, 1996, she was ousted amid allegations that Zardari had used his position for personal enrichment. He was convicted of corruption and imprisoned; she left her country with her children, under threat of arrest and unable to return.
I have no way of knowing whether the accusations against Bhutto and her husband are well-founded or baseless.
That’s it. An official luncheon and a little “private conversation” afterwards.
But it’s not quite the stuff of “I came to know Mrs. Bhutto over many years, during her tenures as Prime Minister and during her years in exile.”
Of course the Hillary camp has quickly rushed out a photograph of their (one and only) historic meeting:
U.S. first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton with her daughter Chelsea, left, and Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, holding hands with her son Bilawal and daughter Bakhtawar, take a stroll in this March 26, 1995 file photo, in the garden of the prime minister’s residence, in Islamabad.
Still, now that Ms. Bhutto is dead Hillary will have no one to contradict her self-serving fantasies.
Speaking of which, this entire chapter in Hillary’s book is hilarious insofar as she tries to make her tour of five Middle Eastern countries with Chelsea (who was on spring break) sound like an important government initiative.
After a seventeen-hour flight, we landed in Islamabad, Pakistan, in the late evening in a pounding rainstorm. The State Department had asked me to visit the subcontinent to highlight the administration’s commitment to the region, because neither the President nor the Vice President could make a trip soon. My visit was meant to demonstrate that this strategic and volatile part of the world was important to the United States and to assure leaders throughout South Asia that Bill supported their efforts to strengthen democracy, expand free markets and promote tolerance and human rights, including the rights of women. My physical presence in the region was considered a sign of concern and commitment.
But Hillary and Chelsea didn’t go on their jaunt unprepared. Not by a long shot:
I had given a lot of thought to how Chelsea and I should dress on the trip. We wanted to be comfortable, and under the sun’s heat, I was glad for the hats and cotton clothes I had packed. I didn’t want to offend people in the communities I was visiting, but I was also wary of appearing to embrace customs reflecting a culture that restricted women’s lives and rights.
On Jackie Kennedy’s historic tour of India and Pakistan in 1962, she was photographed wearing sleeveless shifts and knee-length skirts―not to mention a midriff-baring sari that caused an international sensation. Public opinion seemed to have grown more conservative in South Asia since then. We consulted State Department experts, who offered tips on how to behave in foreign countries without embarrassing ourselves or offending our hosts. The South Asia briefing papers warned against crossing legs, pointing fingers, eating with the “unclean” left hand or initiating physical contact with the opposite sex, including a handshake.
I made sure to pack several long scarves that I could throw around my shoulders or put over my head if I entered a mosque. I had noticed the way Benazir Bhutto covered her hair with a light scarf. She wore a local form of dress called shalwar kameez, a long, flowing tunic over loose pants that was both practical and attractive. Chelsea and I decided to try out this style. For the extravaganza at the Lahore Fort that night, I wore a red silk shalwar kameez, and Chelsea donned one in a turquoise green that complemented her eyes.
Yes, Mrs. Clinton definitely has the experience it takes to be President.
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December 27th, 2007 at 2:27 pm
I’ve seen manure piles with less BS in them than what’s in Hitlery’s pronouncements.
Someone shut that skank up!
December 27th, 2007 at 3:12 pm
“We consulted State Department experts, who offered tips on how to behave in foreign countries without embarrassing ourselves or offending our hosts.”
Sheezzz…..It’s been many years ago but I’ve been to Pakistan and Saudi Arabia and Oman and Lebanon and Sri Lanka and Indonesia among many other Asian countries and I didn’t have to be briefed by State on how to not embarrass myself or offend my host. Well, except for the time in VietNam when I tried and failed to earn a Purple Heart by falling off the latrine drunk and cracking my head open.
And I’m sure the Pakis were very impressed by Shillary and Chelsea dressing up like harem girls to compliment Chelsea’s eyes. How freaking vain can you get?
So that’s it, I’m running for President cause I’m obviously as qualified as Shillary.
December 27th, 2007 at 3:52 pm
“We consulted State Department experts, who offered tips on how to behave in foreign countries without embarrassing ourselves or offending our hosts.”
Can someone please direct the Mrs. Clinton, junior senator from NY to the appropriate department that offers tips on how to behave in OUR COUNTRY without embarrassing herself NOT TO MENTION THE REST OF US!!!
December 27th, 2007 at 5:34 pm
Recommend Highly - Debbie Schlussel on Benazir Bhutto and the Bush administration. http://www.debbieschlussel.com/
December 27th, 2007 at 5:34 pm
Maybe I should read those tomes of wisdom that I’ve avoided to realize how really stupid those two power mad cretins from Hope are. Because the snippet is pure drivel - she is not only stupid - she got a stupid ghostwriter, she can’t proof read at all and the publishing company and editors are either stupid or cowards - to not point out the vapidness of the ‘recollections’ from the former First Lady.
I guess everyone in the DNC and left really thinks that the entire US is made up of very stupid, base people who actually do think that the Bill & Hill show should be made into a sequel. I just hope that all the people I know and talk to really do go out and vote - because none of them are for sloppy seconds - on our dime.
December 27th, 2007 at 5:53 pm
LOL, this is just too easy….
‘So that’s it, I’m running for President cause I’m obviously as qualified as Shillary.’
Hmmm, and why is that?
‘Shillary and Chelsea dressing up like harem girls’
Wow, must be a Seabee thing.
December 27th, 2007 at 6:05 pm
Bwahahaha, Navy that was cold, Hey who laughed.
December 27th, 2007 at 6:12 pm
Ok ncj…..there’s goes your tip for the ride when we get to Hawaii. But if you must know the truth, I’d probably make a better looking harem girl than the skank ever would. Although I’m not sure her colors would “compliment” my eyes….LOL.
December 27th, 2007 at 6:42 pm
Being a lying sack of s**t just comes natural to every member of the Clinton clan.
And Hitleries narcissistic ways always surface when ever her cud chewing trap starts flapping, every story has to revolve around her.
I am so fed up with the phony smiles and dimwitted platitudes from this stump stupid bobble head that I could scream.
December 27th, 2007 at 7:14 pm
” My physical presence in the region was considered a sign of concern and commitment.”
The same is felt in the USA only not in a good way!
Can you believe this drivel? Talk about rewriting History!
You guys are too funny! ….Seebee thing…..hahaha! What color of harem girl outfit would work for you WI? LOL
December 27th, 2007 at 7:21 pm
Condolences to Ms Bhutto’s family and friends.
December 27th, 2007 at 7:22 pm
Don’t forget, Chelsea is getting older, soon will be 35.
December 27th, 2007 at 8:39 pm
Hey Tex……it’s SEA-bee, not see-bee. Brown would be good with hazel eyes don’t you think…..LOL.
December 27th, 2007 at 9:08 pm
SG: when are you gonna tell us which candidate you are endorsing… Sweetness & light is endorsing?
A moch primary would be interesting here.
December 27th, 2007 at 10:45 pm
SG has already endorsed the 1sttofight, SJ, DW , DEZ and WI ticket.
Anymore questions?
They best be in English, Comprende?
Excuse me for being a little testy, I just lost over a million play dollars to some ***hole with a straight flush while I had 4 A’s.
December 27th, 2007 at 10:58 pm
“Don’t forget, Chelsea is getting older, soon will be 35.”
Notice to all males, If you think she is OK to look at now, see an optometrist, If you think her looks will improve see a psychiatrist.
If that’s not enough look at her mom.
If you go digging in that vault she calls a nose for quarters, You may hit a jackpot,
just dont ask me to wash the coins.
December 27th, 2007 at 10:59 pm
“1sttofight, SJ, DW , DEZ and WI ticket”
Some people might say that sounds like the “
FourFive Horsemen of the Apocalypse”.Sounds like the young Marine kicked your ass 1st…….lol.
December 27th, 2007 at 11:00 pm
Hell DEZ , she is a dog now.
There is a reason she is 35 and still single…
December 27th, 2007 at 11:03 pm
“SG has already endorsed the 1sttofight, SJ, DW , DEZ and WI ticket.”
I heard it was called the Tater Stick Coalition. Hey, I’d vote for them! LOL
Woops WI, I should know that… I grew up in Oxnard, Ca. in the 50-60’s and lived not too far from the Seabee base. (my bad.) :-)
December 27th, 2007 at 11:06 pm
Sounds like the young Marine kicked your ass 1st…….lol.
No , that was online .
Would you bet the farm on 4 A’s?
December 27th, 2007 at 11:08 pm
There is a reason she is 35 and still single…if I had a swing like that, I’d paint it red and hang it in the bck yard. I dont think chelsea is single because of her looks….I think she is single by choice. She doesnt want to bring anyone home to meet her parents.
December 27th, 2007 at 11:08 pm
Damn 1st, even I wasn’t mean enough to call her a dog.
Dogs never did anything to me that they should be compared to that nasal vessel.
“1sttofight, SJ, DW , DEZ and WI ticket”
I like it, Terrorists sure as hell would not!
December 27th, 2007 at 11:10 pm
Or maybe she can not find anyone willing to meet her parents…
December 27th, 2007 at 11:11 pm
SJ if I had a mug like Chelsea, I would shave my butt and walk backwards.
Rumor has it the pigs are going on strike refusing to hunt truffles until a ring is placed in her nose.
December 27th, 2007 at 11:14 pm
That’s not a nasal vessel on that girl, it’s a genuine bonafide snot locker…..ARF…ARF…ARF…..ARF.
December 27th, 2007 at 11:16 pm
Bout time we did away with the position of Sec. of Defense.
We need a Sec. of Offense.
Kick ass and don’t worry what their name is.
December 27th, 2007 at 11:23 pm
WI, I typed that and wondered if anyone would catch it or just think it was a typo.
You never miss a thing!
Maybe we can call her nose……..Snort Knox, Snot Knox?
December 27th, 2007 at 11:39 pm
The 1sttofight, SJ, DW, DEZ and WI ticket would be superb! We would eliminate the secretary of defense, replace him with our secretary of ATTACK. A new office would be created, the Department of Targeting and Elimination. Our foreign policy would be Trident based, and we would immediately have a press conference with a live feed at Mecca…showing the world what it looked like before the implementation of the Trident policy. It would be impossible for a live feed for centuries afterward.
Terror would be treated as such. Any country harboring terrorists would be the subject of the next “live feed” and given twenty minutes to straighten up. The Trident policy would follow twenty one minutes later.Every sanctuary city would be cut off immediately from federal funding….as a matter of fact, federal funding would be eliminated. States would be forced to prove their track record on having common sense, eliminating political correctness, and ridding themselves of illegal aliens for funding. Choosing the liberal way would mean choosing not being able to use taxpayer’s money for feel good programs.
Schools would be forced to go back to teaching the basics. If little johnny’s self esteem is damaged because he is a stupid idiot, then johnny can cry with in the unemployment line, which, by the way, will only dole out baloney sandwiches until he finds work. Anyone who cannot do basic math, or read, or understand history as it happened and not the cleansed version they have now, will be really really hungry and still in school until they can read, write, and do math. Most kids arent dumb, the system teaching them is. Teach a kid, they will learn. Teach them to piss and moan because life isnt fair, they will become liberals.
The 1stSJDWDEZWI ticket……will restore order to America!!! Peace by force. Elimination of stupidity! A solid policy of “if you cant live here by our rules then get the f*ck out” will be implemented, and enforced. Dont want to work? Starve. Cant read or write? Replace the illegals who cant live here anymore….you will do the jobs intelligent people dont have to because of dumb f*cks like you. Income tax? NOPE! no more…..everyone pays a level 20% on everything they buy…..and if you are poor, you pay 20% on everything you buy…..you just wont be able to afford all of the things that you cant afford now….they will just cost more.
Earmarks? Anything on a bill that has nothing to do with the bill will result in the congressman or senator being jailed for fraud. Line item vetoes wont be necessary then….If you are voting on the Military budget, and there is an “earmark” for a new train museum in West Virginia in it….well, there wont be. Every bill will be made public….any attempts at adding anything will result in that Congressman’s district being blocked from any funding for the term of the offending Congressman….
I could go on and on……Our ticket would create millions of jobs by eliminating the totally useless jobs the government offers….thousands of useless bureaucrats would have to work in a factory for ten years to make up for taking our money. People would have to actually be responsible for themselves again.
December 27th, 2007 at 11:50 pm
Hey sj, I want in.
December 27th, 2007 at 11:59 pm
LOL SJ, I second what Zilla just said, I want a spot in that cabinet.
December 28th, 2007 at 12:44 am
Our new government as duly elected will be the new U.N.
1sttofight will be our of executor of defense, He is Americas pitbull and his bite is worse than his bark. He carries the nuclear football with the intent to toss it.
DW, Its obvious, he is well suited as a diplomat, Our foreign minister of foreign relations.
Yes you may hire Ann Coulter as an advisor.
SJ, Our new commander and chief, He will give us the new state of the union address every Tuesday.
He will also address liberals with a good piece of hickory.
His legacy will be using Jimmy Carter’s head as a jackolantern.
WI, Our new vise president will give a new meaning to the word vise.
He will use the vise to gleam information from the gitmo crowd and the liberals will plead that he uses water boarding and attack dogs instead.
DEZ, Top secret. But always has rock salt and a disk grinder at the ready in case the vise fails.
ATLien, Our intelligence at the highest level, Even if he is wrong 1sttofight makes damn sure the enemy is not around to moan about it.
Zilla, he keeps us in good spirits.
Makers Mark is on the top of the list.
December 28th, 2007 at 1:00 am
Don’t forget term limits for all senators, as well as any politician. Four years? Nah, one year will prevent them from getting to know too many loopholes and ways to steal from the taxpayers.
December 28th, 2007 at 9:45 am
Any photos of Hillary kissing Suha Arafat? Why doesn’t she brag about that moment? It is Hillary Clinton’s magical mystical mideast tour!
December 28th, 2007 at 4:45 pm
“turquoise green that complimented Chelsea’s eyes” . . . what lousy turgid purple prose her ghostwriter uses. Isn’t turquoise in the “blue” family anway? Maybe the ghostwriter is color blind.
December 28th, 2007 at 6:26 pm
JulieJ…
Blue family, green family….who cares? It’s an ugly color anyway. But you’re right, what a stupid and vain statement. Just what I want from someone who would be
Her Royal Highness The Queen of the Worldpresident.December 28th, 2007 at 7:58 pm
“The State Department had asked me to visit the subcontinent to highlight the administration’s commitment to the region, because neither the President nor the Vice President could make a trip soon.”
So even though the Clinton Administration felt that Pakistan was a “strategic and volatile part of the world was important to the United States” , they didn’t make an effort to negociate with them??? How diplomatic of them! What a sloppy foreign affairs strategy, just send the first lady and her daughter for a “wag the dog” moment, photo op and everything will be hunky dorry. Talk about having your priorities straight. (Must have been during the cigar incident.)
December 28th, 2007 at 8:19 pm
Personally I have always sent Mrs. 1st and the kids to Pakistan when I felt like getting a little strange tail.