Clinton Mexico City “Gaffe” Another Right Wing Myth

5:37 pm EST March 31st, 2009 | News | 8 Comments

Shocker.

Clinton aide Mary Ellen Glenn emails that the Secretary of State’s question about a relic in a Mexican church — portrayed in the Mexican press and here as a gaffe — was actually a misunderstanding.

Clinton asked, the monsignor showing her around later reportedly told the Mexican press, who had painted the Virgin of Guadalupe on a famous cloak. “God,” the priest replied.

But Glynn points out that Clinton and the priest were looking at a replica of the cloak on the first floor of the Basilica, not at the

“Secretary Clinton remarked on a replica of the Guadalupe image, not the actual image,” she emailed.

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8 Responses to “Clinton Mexico City “Gaffe” Another Right Wing Myth”

  1. Parthenon says:
    March 31, 2009 at 5:57 pm

    I can’t trust the Catholic News Agency?!?!?

    Who CAN I trust!?

  2. Quaker in a Basement says:
    March 31, 2009 at 5:59 pm

    Well…um….Robert Byrd!!11!!11!

    (Take the day off, Mr. Tea! You’ve earned it!)

  3. Grumpymann says:
    March 31, 2009 at 6:34 pm

    Some con pulling shit out of their ass? (The repository of con knowledge.)

    Say it aint so!

  4. Crusty Dem says:
    March 31, 2009 at 7:10 pm

    Future Shorter Jay Tea: Oh yeah! Democrats have been wrong too!! Uh huh!! (wipes nose with sleeve)

  5. fafaroo says:
    March 31, 2009 at 8:06 pm

    Clearly, until we see the video and/or telepathic recordings of Secretary Clinton’s thoughts at the exact moment of the question, we cannot definitively rule out the original story.

  6. Jaim says:
    March 31, 2009 at 8:21 pm

    We’ll have to put up with Republican fantasies like this one for eight more years.

    In relative terms, I guess it’s a small price to pay.

  7. daniel rotter says:
    March 31, 2009 at 9:43 pm

    Even John Hinderacker at Powerline seemed a little skeptical about the initial CNA story about Hillary’s supposed “gaffe.”

  8. jr says:
    March 31, 2009 at 11:03 pm

    photoshop and fake “gaffes” are all they’ve got