Clinton leads high-drama cellphone diplomacy from black BMW

AFP ^ | 10/11/2008 | Wire

[Callahan]

In a black BMW outside a chalet-style hotel in the foothills of the Swiss Alps, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton used high-drama cellphone diplomacy to clinch a historic Armenian-Turkish deal.

"There were several times when I said to all of the parties involved that 'this is too important, this has to be seen through, you have come too far,'" the chief US diplomat recalled afterward on the plane from Zurich to London.

[Callahan]

State Department spinning hard lol. Did the BMW have revolving plates and an ejector seat? What a laughably transparent attempt to make Hillary seem glamorous and relevant. She's fading faster than Marty in "Back to the Future."

[Da Coyote]

What a bunch of bull-Obama.

[KarlInOhio]

Major diplomatic negotiations over a cell phone? I hope that is just a media shortcut for a high security, encrypted government phone and not something she picked up in a kiosk at the Zurich airport which every spy agency and halfway geeky Swiss teen is tapping.

[tet68]

Just doing their part to make this administration
larger than life. Except Fox, the white house is
at war with them.

[Callahan]

She’s an international woman of mystery alright. As in it’s a mystery how she manages to keep from lunging at her boss with a salad fork whenever they meet.

[April Lexington]

What could Hillary Clinton say into a cell phone in the back of a black BMW in Switzerland that could possibly have made ANY difference in this century old issue? I doubt Clinton can even spell Armenia...

[April Lexington]

Wow! What if she had the wrong number!!!

[Callahan]

Hillary:

OMG ur negoti8tions r 2 much

Turkey:

its kool :)

Hillary:

We r so 007!

Turkey:

U should win a prize. Peace out. lol sorry.

Hillary:

:(

[RegulatorCountry]

As in it’s a mystery how she manages to keep from lunging at her boss with a salad fork whenever they meet.

She dislikes Arugula.

[ryan71]

A cellphone is the only thing she’ll ever get friendly with in the back of a car.

[Callahan]

She keeps it on vibrate if you get my drift. (vomit)

[Citizen Soldier]

In what language did she talk to the parties here? This is spin to build up her resume’ for NY governor’s race, nothing else.

[Enterprise]

"Clinton leads high-drama cellphone diplomacy from black BMW"

[reagan_fanatic]

Gosh - is there anything she can't do??


/gushing

[RetiredArmy]

SITTING A BMW??????? WHAT!!!!!!!!!! She was not in an Obamamotors (Government Motors) 1965 Chevy????

[Overtaxed Patriot]

I wonder if she wrote this story herself.

[naturalized]

LOL! did she haz fries wiff her cheezberger?

[Fast Moving Angel]

And demands a call every 10 minutes? (sharing barf towel)

[NonValueAdded]

And she didn't get the Peace Prize. Let that one hang there over the plate for a moment. There is Hillary, brokering a truly monumental peace agreement, and the Kenyan walks away with the prize. You KNOW it has to frost her.

[DustyMoment]

She dislikes Arugula.

That's not good - they're a key member in the EU aren't they???



(It's just a joke!!! I KNOW that Arugula is in the Caribbean!!!)



(MORE joking, more joking . . . . hey!! Put the salad fork down . . . . )

[Condor51]

Okay, Ize gotsta know... WTF is our SoS doing with a BMW??

The US SoS travels like the POTUS. An entire entourage of her people, two airplanes, a special Security Force₍₁₎ that precedes her plus one that travels with her. One of the airplanes is (iirc) a C-130 Cargo Plane with HER ARMORED CAR in it.

So why is it a Foreign Car? Nothing against Beemers but it should be an American car. A Caddy or Lincoln armored limo. I don't think this looks good for the USA.

I caught a program on the History International Channel, maybe National Geo, of how Maddy Albright traveled when she was SoS and all the preparations that were needed and all the 'stuff' a simple journey required.

(1) This Security Force is out of the State Dept and protects the SoS and all Foreign Diplomats. They're armed like the Secret Service in protecting the POTUS. Even Snipers go on a trip.

[edpc]

"There were several times when I said to all of the parties involved that 'this is too important, this has to be seen through, you have come too far,'"

Yeah, but did she use her "I ain't in now ways tired" accent when she said that...?