Should a sitting SecState really be dissing the next President with a foreign head of state?

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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Afghan President Hamid Karzai shared some laughs Thursday over GOP presidential hopeful Herman Cain's recent dismissive remarks about Uzbekistan.

At the start of a meeting in Kabul, Clinton said Karzai had seen a news clip in which Cain said he didn't "even know the names of all these presidents of all these countries."

In an interview with the Christian Broadcasting Network earlier this month, Cain was asked how he would deal with "gotcha questions" from the media. He replied: "When they ask me who is the president of Ubeki-beki-beki-beki-stan-stan I'm going to say: `You know, I don't know. Do you know?'"

Karzai chipped in Thursday that Cain was referring to "all the `stans," a reference to Central Asian countries. Clinton laughed and, gesticulating with her hands, said, "All the `stans places."

"That wasn't right, but anyway, that's how politics are," Karzai said.

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[mawilson 2,133]

I wonder if Karzai can name all 50 states.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

...the next President.

[Saddle Bronc 124]

So long as SecState doesn't diss own POTUS publicly, ok...

[slim 1,530]

How many Americans can name three 'stans?

Or one president of Anystan?

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

How many Americans can name three 'stans?

Or one president of Anystan?

How many are running for President?

[Sofiyya 1,687]

I wonder if Karzai can name all 50 states.

He probably can. He used to live here.

[slim 1,530]

How many are running for President?

How many are voting for President?

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

How many are voting for President?

Does one have to have the same knowledge that qualifies one for the office of POTUS to cast a vote? Is that what you're suggesting?

[slim 1,530]

Does one have to have the same knowledge that qualifies one for the office of POTUS to cast a vote? Is that what you're suggesting?

They should have more.

People forget the president, congress, etc., aren't our leaders. They're our representatives. They're supposed to carry out our wishes, not the other way around. As such, we should be smarter than them and directing their actions instead of their policies directing our lives.

... but most americans are too stupid to realize that.

[scandal 951]

... but most americans are too stupid to realize that.

Not you, of course. You're much smarter than the rest of America.

[skiptex 225]

How many Americans can name three 'stans?

Or one president of Anystan?

afghani

Paki

Uzbeki..

Kaza..

i think there are a few more.. (googling)

yep..

Hindu..

Krygy..

Turkmein..

Tajaki..

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Afghan President Hamid Karzai shared some laughs Thursday over GOP presidential hopeful Herman Cain's recent dismissive remarks about Uzbekistan.

At the start of a meeting in Kabul, Clinton said Karzai had seen a news clip in which Cain said he didn't "even know the names of all these presidents of all these countries."

In an interview with the Christian Broadcasting Network earlier this month, Cain was asked how he would deal with "gotcha questions" from the media. He replied: "When they ask me who is the president of Ubeki-beki-beki-beki-stan-stan I'm going to say: `You know, I don't know. Do you know?'"

Karzai chipped in Thursday that Cain was referring to "all the `stans," a reference to Central Asian countries. Clinton laughed and, gesticulating with her hands, said, "All the `stans places."

"That wasn't right, but anyway, that's how politics are," Karzai said.

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Clinton said she was "under fire" in Bosnia. Consider the source.

On a good note, it is pleasing to see who they are afraid of.

...the next President.

I'm not worried.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

I wonder if Karzai can name all 50 states.

50?

Clinton could have just as easily made a joke about Obama saying he had visited 57 states and had "only three more to go".

Anyone that has to resort to personal insults, mis-speaks, or Jeapordy questions to "diss" a challenger is intellectually bankrupt.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

He probably can. He used to live here.

I doubt it. Less than half of Americans can name all 50 states, only 12% can pass the immigrant citizenship test (98% of immigrants pass it) 70% can't find Afghanistan on a map, or Australia for that matter

None of this matters. Presidents have plenty of advisors for each area they need to handle, as one would expect. Any law firm, doctors office, or even a construction project has the same arrangment. Thinking otherwise or expecting otherwise is assinine.