Clinton Hits Wrong ‘Re-Set’ Button With Russia

How embarrassing, though not quite as bad as Obama’s tacky gift to Gordon Brown. The Brits are having a field day over that one.

Kristie – shrill and whiney? You mean Sarah Palin is our Secretary of State???? Somebody help!!!

Yes, Kristie….you’re right: Please can we have “Cold War” Condi back so we can keep slapping all of our allies in the face? I miss the bomb shelters and the pounding of shoes.

So here is the Russian Foreign Minister with Shrillary.
All he hears is “blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah”
He looks down because Shrillary hands him a button.
He reads the button and is says “overload”
Imagine what is going through his mind at that instant.

You didn’t think it was possible for Hillary to fit both feet in her mouth, well, she did.

It is hard to believe that US State Department could not (even after: “We worked hard to get the right Russian word…”) to come up with the correct translation.
Makes me wonder what can they really do right?
By the way, the Russian word “Peregruzka” means OVERLOAD or RELOAD not OVERCHARGE and the word “RESET” in its short version translates into Russian as “Sbros” .

Geecee,
Respect? Do you mean respect like when Obama reached out to the Iranians, and they told him they’d agree to talk after HE apologized for our “crimes against the Iranian people,” and told the world Obama’s request to talk was a sign of our weakness?”
Or do you mean respect like when Obama told the Russians last week he’d cancel the missile shield we promised our allies if they stopped helping Iran obtain nuclear weapons, and the Russians told him to get lost?”
Barack, Hillary, Biden and co. traveling the world groveling and begging for approval doesn’t get you respect, it gets you contempt, from everbody. These clowns are gonna get steamrolled. The world could care less about our “mutually beneficial pregrams,” whatever that sort of liberal drivel means.

Wow humility towards Russia and China. Kind of happens when your country is broke and on the decline. Ron Paul had humility even when we were on top. Too bad it takes an economic collapse to make us polite to other nations not emulating us.

I just wonder when and where the stupidity being committed by these politicians in DC will stop? Good Lord, I thought we were voting for change and a new way of doing things, but I guess once a pack of buffoons, always a pack of buffoons (yes I am referring to spending bills, throwing money at failed banks and businesses, tax cheats, earmarks, et al). Misusing a word in Russian pales in comparison even if it is embarrassing.

So you actually think groveling and begging are effective ways to gain support from other nations? I’d like to know what color the sky is in your world.

Maybe this wouldn’t matter so much if it didn’t like BO, JB, and HC were auditioning for the roles of the Three Stooges. How can an administration screw up so much in less than two months?

Maybe this wouldn’t matter so much if it didn’t like BO, JB, and HC were auditioning for the roles of the Three Stooges. How can an administration screw up so much in less than two months?
Posted by: John | Mar 6, 2009 6:12:53 PM
Name one thing they have screwed up. This isn’t the first time translations have gotten screwed up, won’t be the last. At least Obama and his administration are doing something unlike the last administration.

Have you seen the markets? BO’s policies are destroying our economy. They are doing something alright – unfortunately that something is going to cost our children and our children’s children and on and on.
Posted by: John | Mar 6, 2009 6:26:03 PM
If something had been done a year ago I don’t think this would have gotten as bad as it did. We have been in a recession since Dec 2007. Who was President? I guess you think Obama should have done what GWB did and that was NOTHING. Yeah those policies of the last 8 years did a wonderful job!

And how are enjoying you fake tax credit that you will have to pay back? Brilliant!
Posted by: John | Mar 6, 2009 6:32:33 PM
That is all you GOP backing drones know how to do is criticize. Why didn’t GWB do something about this a year ago? Answer that for me.

Actually he did – do you call lowering interest rates. And when he warned people about Freddie and Fannie, nobody listened.
And another thing, the market is great about correcting itself. Throughout history when the market experienced a correction and the government tried to “fix” they managed to make it worse.
The market has declined over 30% since inauguration day, and every time BO opens his mouth it declines more.

Oh and if you want another example of his poor judgement, what about the closing of Gitmo??? Where exactly does he plan on putting all those detainees? No plan at all, just sign an executive order that he didn’t even understand and Voila! Pure genius, I tell you.

I see John is here to criticize and not answer questions. That’s what I thought, bash Obama for actually doing something but can’t tell me why Mr. Bush didn’t do something a year ago.
Obama has been in office 6 weeks. Give this stuff time to work for God’s sake.

jwench – I answered your question. Maybe you missed it?

Actually he did – do you call lowering interest rates. And when he warned people about Freddie and Fannie, nobody listened.
———And how is that Obama’s fault tell me? I am interested in how that solely falls on his shoulders.
And another thing, the market is great about correcting itself. Throughout history when the market experienced a correction and the government tried to “fix” they managed to make it worse. ——–
Even the economists don’t know what’s happening, but I guess you are much smarter than the average bear.
The market has declined over 30% since inauguration day, and every time BO opens his mouth it declines more.————-
Gee..look at that a Rush, Hannitty talking point. Get some fresh material.
Posted by: John | Mar 6, 2009 6:49:56 PM
I guess you think holding people who aren’t charged with anything is upholding the laws of this land. Think if you were one of these detainees.
How do you know they have no plan, because Rush told you that? I guess you like the wiretapping of private citizens and torturing thing. I’ll tell President Obama to call you personally to let you know what he is going to do about Gitmo.

I’ll tell you something else. I don’t necessarily believe that President Bush made the best decisions in regard to the market. I really don’t think anything should have been done. It would have corrected on its own. If banks and automakers fail, their assets will be absorbed and they will be replaced. That’s how capitalism works. Government interference and control is the wrong answer.
Posted by: John | Mar 6, 2009 7:05:35 PM
You drones have all the answers don’t you…lol. Quit whining and do something contstructive for your country.

OK, on the detainees – those were not just innocent bystanders. Do you realize the at two of them that were released went back to terrorist organization and planned and executed terrorist acts that did kill innocent bystanders?

OK, on the detainees – those were not just innocent bystanders. Do you realize the at two of them that were released went back to terrorist organization and planned and executed terrorist acts that did kill innocent bystanders?
Posted by: John | Mar 6, 2009 7:16:22 PM
WHere did I say they were all innocent? I didn’t.

You asked me to “think if I were one of those detainees.” I am not a terrorist so I assumed you indicating they were innocent. If you agree they are not innocent, what does it matter how they feel?

I did not vote for him but I would have liked to have seen him do well. Honestly, I don’t have a lot of patience for him now because I feel that he is so radical and his decisionsare causing serious, irrepairable damage to this country.
I don’t want $1,000,000 tax free – all I want is what I’ve worked for and a future for my children and grand children.

I did not vote for him but I would have liked to have seen him do well. Honestly, I don’t have a lot of patience for him now because I feel that he is so radical and his decisionsare causing serious, irrepairable damage to this country.
I don’t want $1,000,000 tax free – all I want is what I’ve worked for and a future for my children and grand children.
Posted by: John | Mar 6, 2009 7:31:42 PM
Yeah 6 weeks is enough time to see what kind of job he will do.

He has done incredible damage in those 6 weeks. I am very worried about the next 3 years and 10 months.

She gave us that wonderful shrill fake laugh – what more could you ask for?

Why didn’t anyone call the Microsoft Russian technical support line for the word? “Reset” is probably listed as the course of action for virtually any software glitch.

Hillary’s doing a great job. The whole world knows she’s tough and smart. Plus she’s bringing years of experience.

I wonder if Hillary took hostile fire when trying to land..

all you people are sore that Hillary was given Sec of State because she earned it and shes out of the healthcare debate etc like some hardcore obamaphiles wanted but the jokes on you… there wont be enough money for healthcare changes just hope we dong go into a depression… those who dont remember history or know history are doomed to repeat it and thas exactly the reason that younger people who dont remember anything about things that happened in the early 80s etc …exactly why they shouldnt have a voice in the way the country goes forward

Actually, “PEREGRUZKA” means “overload” and is most frequently used to to refer to G-forces experienced by fighter pilots and astronauts. You have to wonder: Seeing heads of state sitting in conferences with those earphones on, God knows what they’re hearing through the translation! If the State Department, with America’s most professional translation team, can’t get a one word translation right in the absence of any particular time pressure….. I don’t know! Sloppy! It’s a shame, but people who speak only one language generally tend to undervalue the challenge of translation, relegating it to the role of a computer cable. I say “RESET” the attitude toward languages in the State Department! It’s a big world out there and aspiring to play a leadership role in it requires at least clear understanding.

wasn’t Rice fluent in Russian?
Amatuer hour – I hope we survive the next 3 and a half years.

Before her appointment is over, she’s going to make Quail look like Einstein.
Can you say Potato?

“Nothing like humor to ease tension.”
Yeah, I’m sure JFK and Kruschev teased each other in order to ‘ease tension’ over missile systems. Real knee-slappers I’m sure.
So, if Hillary slips on a banana peel will the Demobots here say, “She meant to do that! She meant it!”
Brilliant!

I never agreed with Hilary Clinton leaving the Senate, I feel confident, just like the rest of nominees, a deal was cut so our President of Transparency would be elected. Hilary Clinton may not have the voice of a tenor but she has a brilliant mind and decades of political service unlike our President. Have you heard? He is back at Camp David…I am demanding to know how much money (taxpayer dollars) are being spent on his incessant travelling. His behavior is “manic”. How many bills, projects and trillions of dollars has he put forward to be spent? 3.2 TRILLION DOLLARS and our President has not advised us how with our economy sinking, are we paying for these bills. I also want to know why we haven’t paid back China the trillions we borrowed from them? I am 56 year old nurse who has lost HALF of my retirement, which means NO RETIREMENT. Perhaps all the people supporting this outrageous spending has NOT lost anything, so the impact hasn’t smacked them in the face. We are suffering and the President is flying around the country as if he is still campaigning. PRESIDENT OBAMA YOU WON, STAY IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND WORK ON ONE OF THE DOZEN OF PROJECTS YOU STARTED.

Talk about “smart power” diplomacy.
There are so many Russian immigrants who could easily have correctly translated “RESET” into Russian. To conduct true “smart power” diplomacy, you have to use a Russian native translator, not a US college graduate.
Besides, Russians use Cyrillic alphabets. Roman or Latin alphabets are used mostly only in the West.

Dan Quayle? Who is Dan Quayle? Forgettable then…forgettable now.

What Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner does for the markets, Hillary Clinton does for diplomacy. Even Reuters can’t hide the embarrassment of Hillary On Parade.
Forget the fact that State can’t translate Russian. Hillary doesn’t understand history. She dropped this little gem on the European Parliament:
—“I have never understood multiparty democracy.
“It is hard enough with two parties to come to any resolution, and I say this very respectfully, because I feel the same way about our own democracy, which has been around a lot longer than European democracy.”—
The Greeks might beg to differ, and they’d have a point — since they invented the term democracy more than two thousand years ago. The Dutch had a republic before we did. And do diplomats regularly go to other countries to disparage the political systems of their hosts? In other words, Hillary managed to screw up history while insulting the Europeans on her first visit as our official top diplomat.
And how difficult is it to understand multiparty democracy, anyway? We have one on our northern border, for Pete’s sake, and they’ve been doing pretty well for as long as we have. I thought Hillary was supposed to be experienced at foreign affairs.
But Hillary wasn’t finished. Someone needs to get her some flashcards, stat:
—One working lunch later with EU leaders, Clinton raised more eyebrows when she referred to EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana, who stood beside her, as “High Representative Solano.”
She also dubbed European Commission External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner as “Benito.”—
I’ve been calling the Obama administration “amateur hour”, but that’s too kind. It’s the Gong Show, only with the media as the panelists, we keep seeing 10s instead of mallets hitting the gong. At least the Gong Show had a sick, train-wreck entertainment quality along with its embarrassing incompetence, and it was blessedly over in 30 minutes.

The writer is incorrect in stating that JFK said that he was a Jelly Donut in Berlin. Just an urban ledgend. Try researching your facts next time. Even Yahoo’s Babel Fish translation software — not always the most accurate of interpreters, to put it generously — was able to make perfect sense of the phrase when I typed it in verbatim just now, rendering “Ich bin ein Berliner” in English as “I am a citizen of Berlin” without missing a ping (try it yourself!). It was a funny article without the false reference to JFK.

Way to go Garrett Shame on you Alex wonder what planet you live on and you too John. You can’t accuse Obama of not getting his Campaign promises done or at least trying to get them done after all we gave the Bush administration 2 terms to really screw things up big time. Obama has a big problem and gripping about things isn’t going to get things done.COMPROMISE AND WORK TOGETHER that’s what it is going to take not mud slinging.

I have a different take on this little episode. This is the kind of thing that happens when our government is run like a kindergarten,