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Takket

(21,631 posts)
Fri Feb 9, 2018, 11:07 PM Feb 2018

Pence not standing for the host nation is a deep and great insult

Deplorable behavior. Even if you don't want to stand because of the North Koreans you should at least respect the nation serving as your host. Another humiliation for a once great nation on the international stage.

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lunasun

(21,646 posts)
2. Showing the S Koreans we are not for peace - just an American war where Koreans get killed
Fri Feb 9, 2018, 11:11 PM
Feb 2018

terrible diplomacy

sprinkleeninow

(20,263 posts)
3. We are ordered to stand, salute, sit, kneel, heel, stay, fetch...Okay, I overshot the
Fri Feb 9, 2018, 11:13 PM
Feb 2018

runway with this opening.
But they are permitted to act with tasteless 'decorum'. Because doncha know.

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,793 posts)
5. The rest of the world is watching the United States.......
Fri Feb 9, 2018, 11:23 PM
Feb 2018

And seeing our position sinking lower and lower. We have become the laughingstock of the world.

brush

(53,871 posts)
6. This whole admin is full of dumb asses. Pence probably doesn't even realize he insulted an ally.
Fri Feb 9, 2018, 11:23 PM
Feb 2018

And then there was the kerfuffle with the gay athlete, and then Pence was late for the VIP dinner last night and didn't get seated.

He walked around the table and shook the hands of all the dignitaries until he got to Kim Jong-un's sister. He didn't know what to do so he turned around and left.

What an incompetent bozo.

Why did they send this clown? He has no diplomatic experience on the world stage.

Probably because he was their best choice.

Who else would they send, known liar Kelly, alternate factor Conway, dimwit Jr. or the even dimmer witted brother, the gauzey-brained Princess, the still pissed, hurricane heels, model wife, or the worst choice of all, the giant, orange pustule himself?

Takket

(21,631 posts)
7. would it kill him to acknowledge her existance?
Fri Feb 9, 2018, 11:27 PM
Feb 2018

Doesn't someone have to be the "bigger person" in the room at some point and extend an olive branch, even if it just a handshake? Of course rethugs think being anything but a belligerent bully to be a "sign of weakness" that will lead to us being destroyed...

brush

(53,871 posts)
10. Exactly. He just didn't know what to do so he turns tail and runs instead of being a gentleman...
Fri Feb 9, 2018, 11:38 PM
Feb 2018

and acknowledge her as he did everyone else.

Get this unsophisticated boob back here where he can stay behind trump's behind—the closer to continue kissing it.

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