Pakistan's president tells Palin she is 'gorgeous'

[El Supremo]

NEW YORK (CNN) – Sarah Palin and the foreign leaders she has met with in New York have said very little to reporters over the last two days, but the press happened to be in the room on Wednesday for one eyebrow-raising exchange, as the new president of Pakistan lavished praise on Palin's looks.

(snip)

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."

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[YOY]

1. Are you sure sure he didn't say

"Now I know why crazies in America are about you?

[ErinBerin84]

2. welllll....he got the "crazy" part right...

"He called her 'gorgeous'...HOW DISRESPECTFUL!!"

[BlooInBloo]

(shrug) That's about all she has to offer.

[mrreowwr_kittty]

3. The whole of America is NOT crazy about Churchy Spice, Asif.

:puke:

[BlooInBloo]

5. I gotta remember that moniker.

[SallyMander]

25. LOL!!!

:yourock:

[Sparkly]

26. haHA!!!

:rofl:

[OneGrassRoot]

27. O.M.G. "Churchy Spice"!!!!! DUzy Award for sure!!!! n/t

[Obamarulz11]

31. LMFAO@ Churchy spice

:rofl: :rofl:

[Avalux]

4. He wanted to take her in a back room. NO respect.

She should have slapped him for that comment.

[Raffi Ella]

33. uh, yeah...

In the Muslim world...isn't what he said to her HIGHLY disrespectful? The very fact Palin's looks are even a topic of discussion tells you that they think she is not worthy of their time.

[Avalux]

34. Yep. She's not taken seriously by any of these world leaders.

Never seen as an equal and laughed at behind her back.

[no_hypocrisy]

6. That's beyond being diplomatic.

[Ewellian]

7. ...

:puke:

[Arkana]

8. I believe "gorgeous" is Pakistani for "fucking batshit insane".

[WI_DEM]

9. "you are gorgeous. Now I know why the whole of America is crazy"

Palin: Why thank you, aren't you nice.

[ITsec]

10. Translation: "Now I know why the assholes of America are crazy about you." n/t

[Cooley Hurd]

11. Jeez... his wife's not dead for a year and he's shopping for a new one?

He'd better brush up on his snow machine prowess...:rofl:

[Muttocracy]

12. I bet he loves her modest style of dressing

:eyes:

[LynneSin]

13. I think he meant to say "The whole of America thinks you are crazy"

:eyes:

[nc4bo]

14. Where's Todd. *snort* LOL nt

[icnorth]

18. Stranger, you just yupped yourself into

a hole in the head. Ya double-crossers. I'm coming back and I ain't coming back to play marbles. (With apologies to Yosemite Sam.)

[jazzjunkysue]

15. But, honestly, how many women has he ever seen? They're all covered in burkas.

Not the best judge of beauty, in my opinion.

[1corona4u]

16. He just wants to fuck her....

I bet she's not even good at that.

[Monk06]

17. "Hey my wife just got assassinated. You wanna mess around?"

[LiberadorHugo]

19. No surprise there...

The PPP is a "Socialist" International sell-out party. SI affiliates, and New Labour is one, have done some "great" work in Latin America.

[Dukkha]

20. I think he has mistranslated

he meant to say "you are gorey"

[Bigleaf]

21. She's already spoken for:

[crazy_vanilla]

22. ohhh, the old goat

:wow:

[anigbrowl]

23. I think he insulted her but she was too dumb to know it.

To me that reads as if he was saying her appeal is purely superficial, but he doesn't take her seriously.

[El Supremo]

24. Muslims are sexually repressed compared to us.

I know that is a blanket statement. But one of the biggest differences in our cultures is male sexual repression. I've seen it most of my life. And I've been around a lot of Muslims (lived in Yemen for a while). I've learned just to roll my eyes and ignore it.

[Aloha Spirit]

28. sure you don't want to change that, maybe reword the "compared to us" part

as we are also Muslims.

[El Supremo]

29. How about "Muslims not born and raised in the West"?

My bad.

[d.amber]

30. If Biden said that it would be sexism!!! n/t

[BlueStateGirl]

32. Just saw the clip, Really comes across as belittling. I find it hard

to believe any world leader would say that to a woman they were taking seriously.

It reminds me of the time Bush rubbed Angela Merkle's shoulders.

[vanderBeth]

35. SEXISM!

Wait, no, really.