After Mocking Clinton, Obama Now Praises Her

CHICAGO (SR) - Speaking from the Pretend Office of the President-elect, Barack Obama designated Sen. Hillary Clinton to be his next secretary of state Monday, despite having spent much of the previous two years pointing out her lack of foreign-policy experience and fat thighs.

During the campaign for the Democratic nomination, Obama mocked Clinton’s primary claim that she possessed the necessary foreign policy experience to be president.

“What exactly is this foreign policy expertise?” Obama said to reporters in March, while flying from a campaign event in Texas. “Was she negotiating treaties? Was she handling crises? The answer is no, her husband was doing those things and Monica Lewinsky downstairs, while Hillary was ballooning in front of a TV and terrorizing the White House staff."

In spite of these doubts, Obama praised Clinton’s credentials Monday, saying she would be able to advance America’s interests due to her "knowledge" of world affairs and "familiarity" with world leaders.

 

        Obama and Clinton campaigning last March