Pakistani President to Palin: ‘You’re Gorgeous’

And Other Details From the Republican Vice-Presidential Candidate's Question-Free Photo-Op 'Meetings' With Foreign Leaders...

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Wondering what was discussed during those important, question-free, :30 second photo-ops embarrassingly created by the McCain campaign to display Sarah Palin “meeting” with foreign leaders at the UN, this week? CNN offers some insight…

On entering a room filled with several Pakistani officials this afternoon, Palin was immediately greeted by Sherry Rehman, the country’s Information Minister.

“And how does one keep looking that good when one is that busy?,” [Pakistani Information Minister Sherry] Rehman asked, drawing friendly laughter from the room when she complimented Palin.

“Oh, thank you,” Palin said.

Pakistan’s recently-elected president, Asif Ali Zardari, entered the room seconds later. Palin rose to shake his hand, saying she was “honored” to meet him.

Zardari then called her “gorgeous” and said: “Now I know why the whole of America is crazy about you.”

“You are so nice,” Palin said, smiling. “Thank you.”

A handler from Zardari’s entourage then told the two politicians to keep shaking hands for the cameras.

“If he’s insisting, I might hug,” Zardari said. Palin smiled politely.

The Alaska governor did not answer questions from reporters…

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Pakistani President to Palin: ‘You’re Gorgeous’

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    Floridiot said on 9/25/2008 @ 4:28am PT: [Permalink]

    Obummer better watch out with this bailout deal, this could work out to be an October surprise.
    All it would take is for most of the Pukes in Con-gress to vote against the bailout (just enough votes to be approved), then if everything still turned to shit (which I’m sure it will anyway), the Dems will take the heat in ’10 & ’12 and the R-assholes will still be sitting on a huge pile of taxpayer money to possibly use later at their discretion for politically timed bailouts.

    They’re always thinking ahead, and you gotta know it isn’t the people that Buttsh is thinking about.

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    anonymous said on 9/25/2008 @ 8:06am PT: [Permalink]

    Of course they didn’t let her answer the media’s questions. They didn’t want any answers like “I’ll find out and send you the info” while trying to evade answering after being asked a question a million times.

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    nunya said on 9/25/2008 @ 2:44pm PT: [Permalink]

    Yeesh, way to give people from a culture that doesn’t have much respect for women who weren’t born into a leadership position ammunition, send in a bimbo.

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    Disillusioned said on 9/25/2008 @ 4:31pm PT: [Permalink]

    Actually pakistan and india are more accepting of women in positions of power than most muslim countries (yeah I know India isn’t a ‘muslim’ country per se).

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    stoopid american said on 9/26/2008 @ 4:26am PT: [Permalink]

    pakistan has already had women in higher political positions than any woman in the US. if she wasn’t assassinated they’d already have a female leader.

    stoopid american.

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