GOP Rep. Idiotically Mistakes Senior U.S. Officials For Indian Citizens
…when he saw senior U.S. officials Nisha Biswal and Arun Kumar at a Foreign Affairs committee meeting yesterday, he did what any Tea Party Floridian would do — he assumed they were members of the Indian government.
Instead of paying attention when the two were introduced (Biswal works for the State Department and Kumar works in Commerce), or checking the cheat sheet on his table which listed everyone in the meeting, he just told them, “I love your country.”
John Hudson at Foreign Policy reports that Clawson referred to Biswal and Kumar as members of the Indian government throughout the entire meeting. No one corrected him. Hudson recorded the many things Clawson said to try to win their favor:
“I’m familiar with your country; I love your country. Anything I can do to make the relationship with India better, I’m willing and enthusiastic about doing so.”
“Just as your capital is welcome here to produce good-paying jobs in the U.S., I’d like our capital to be welcome [in India]. I ask cooperation and commitment and priority from yourgovernment in so doing. Can I have that?”
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By: Cheston Catalano
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37 responses to GOP Rep. Idiotically Mistakes Senior U.S. Officials For Indian Citizens
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tiredoftea July 25th, 2014 at 18:16
He didn’t ask them for their papers?
tiredoftea July 25th, 2014 at 18:16
He didn’t ask them for their papers?
arc99 July 25th, 2014 at 18:29
I suppose in the overall scheme of things, Rep. Clawson can be considered a sign of progress for this district,
The special election which he won was held to fill the seat vacated when the previous representative of the 19th district in Florida resigned while pleading guilty to cocaine possession.
Bottom line though, low information voters elect low information politicians.
http://www.teapartyexpress.org/7520/tea-party-express-proudly-endorsing-curt-clawson-for-floridas-19th-congressional-district
Tea Party Express is proudly endorsing businessman Curt Clawson for the upcoming special election for the 19th congressional district in Florida.
Shades July 25th, 2014 at 19:53
Welcome to my world. This is my congressman. No, I didn’t vote for him, but you guys already knew that.
tiredoftea July 25th, 2014 at 20:05
We do require reassurances, though.
arc99 July 25th, 2014 at 18:29
I suppose in the overall scheme of things, Rep. Clawson can be considered a sign of progress for this district,
The special election which he won was held to fill the seat vacated when the previous representative of the 19th district in Florida resigned while pleading guilty to cocaine possession.
Bottom line though, low information voters elect low information politicians.
http://www.teapartyexpress.org/7520/tea-party-express-proudly-endorsing-curt-clawson-for-floridas-19th-congressional-district
Tea Party Express is proudly endorsing businessman Curt Clawson for the upcoming special election for the 19th congressional district in Florida.
Shades July 25th, 2014 at 19:53
Welcome to my world. This is my congressman. No, I didn’t vote for him, but you guys already knew that.
tiredoftea July 25th, 2014 at 20:05
We do require reassurances, though.
arc99 July 26th, 2014 at 01:01
we have common ground. I live in one of the rare California (04) districts represented in Congress by a Republican, Tom McClintock. He is one of the less outspoken members of the GOP caucus but he does vote in lockstep with the leadership.
I used to live in CA-11 which was a long time GOP district. But over the years, demographics changed. CA-11 is only about an hour from San Francisco and we hippy leftists grew older, earned more money, moved to the suburbs and not even then-VP Cheney could save the bacon of the GOP incumbent Richard Pombo.
When that happened, as the Lone Ranger used to say, my work is done here, time to move on. Flipping CA-04 will be more difficult as we are over 3 hours away from San Francisco, but we are working on it.
neworleans878 July 25th, 2014 at 18:37
I thought it might be old age, but he’s only 54.
He needs to lay off the bottle or the pills.
Better yet, he needs to visit the Wizard…maybe he can help him out like he did the Scare Crow.
Anomaly 100 July 25th, 2014 at 19:07
“Only 54.”
I love you.
nola878 July 25th, 2014 at 18:37
I thought it might be old age, but he’s only 54.
He needs to lay off the bottle or the pills.
Better yet, he needs to visit the Wizard…maybe he can help him out like he did the Scare Crow.
Anomaly 100 July 25th, 2014 at 19:07
“Only 54.”
I love you.
Jeff Allen July 25th, 2014 at 18:44
He said “I ask cooperation and commitment and priority from your government”…maybe he did realize he was talking to US officials.
arc99 July 25th, 2014 at 19:00
if so, then he was still misguided.
he should have addressed the request to the leadership of his own caucus
tiredoftea July 25th, 2014 at 20:06
Maybe he thought it was Boehner?
ecotoper July 26th, 2014 at 22:18
Boehner is ORANGE, not brown … he would assume Boehner was a Klingon, and would offer to offer trade relations with his planet …
tiredoftea July 26th, 2014 at 22:23
Historically correct. But, he has found a new tanning method and is looking less orange. Besides, Rep. Clawson wasn’t looking too closely anyway.
Jeff Allen July 25th, 2014 at 18:44
He said “I ask cooperation and commitment and priority from your government”…maybe he did realize he was talking to US officials.
arc99 July 25th, 2014 at 19:00
if so, then he was still misguided.
he should have addressed the request to the leadership of his own caucus
tiredoftea July 25th, 2014 at 20:06
Maybe he thought it was Boehner?
ecotoper July 26th, 2014 at 22:18
Boehner is ORANGE, not brown … he would assume Boehner was a Klingon, and would offer to offer trade relations with his planet …
tiredoftea July 26th, 2014 at 22:23
Historically correct. But, he has found a new tanning method and is looking less orange. Besides, Rep. Clawson wasn’t looking too closely anyway.
M D Reese July 25th, 2014 at 19:45
I’ll bet there were a lot of people shaking their heads…
tiredoftea July 25th, 2014 at 20:07
Yup, new guy hazing has come a long way!
M D Reese July 25th, 2014 at 19:45
I’ll bet there were a lot of people shaking their heads…
tiredoftea July 25th, 2014 at 20:07
Yup, new guy hazing has come a long way!
Tommy6860 July 25th, 2014 at 20:47
The mother of all assumptions, that’s your GOP condescendingly in action.
Tommy6860 July 25th, 2014 at 20:47
The mother of all assumptions, that’s your GOP condescendingly in action.
Denise July 25th, 2014 at 21:23
cuz all people who do not have white dkin are foreign. why bothet listening to the intro or reviewing the list of attendees.
jasperjava July 25th, 2014 at 23:55
He’s one of those who “isn’t sure” if President Obama is American…
Denise July 25th, 2014 at 21:23
cuz all people who do not have white dkin are foreign. why bothet listening to the intro or reviewing the list of attendees.
jasperjava July 25th, 2014 at 23:55
He’s one of those who “isn’t sure” if President Obama is American…
crc3 July 25th, 2014 at 22:16
He’s just a male version of Sarah Palin….
crc3 July 25th, 2014 at 22:16
He’s just a male version of Sarah Palin….
Herb Sarge Phelps July 26th, 2014 at 04:29
See how much FLEA Party parasites know. Just another dirty flea.
Herb Sarge Phelps July 26th, 2014 at 04:29
See how much FLEA Party parasites know. Just another dirty flea.