'Monica, Monica' chants taunt Clinton in Egypt

[boston bean]

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was taunted by chants of "Monica, Monica" by tomato-throwing demonstrators as she visited the Egyptian port city of Alexandria on Sunday.

The chants, referring to the Monica Lewinsky scandal when her husband, Bill Clinton, was president, were heard outside the US consulate as she visited for its reopening.

An embarrassed Egyptian security official said they were chanting "Monica, Monica" and "Irhal, Clinton" (Get out, Clinton.)

Tomatoes, shoes and a water bottle were thrown at part of Clinton's motorcade as it pulled up, protected by riot police, although a US official said Clinton's own vehicle was not hit.

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/monica-monica-chants-taunt-clinton-egypt-191217298.html

[Deep13]

1. I guess they voted for the other guy.

Still, pretty tasteless.

[boston bean]

3. yeah, I thought so too.

[ProSense]

2. Am I the

only person who thinks this story is being pushed by a bunch of RW tools? The chant is friggin tasteless and weird.

I mean, the Muslim Brotherhood won, and they were popular during the uprising.

[boston bean]

4. I have no idea, but it's indicitive of a population/society that has issues with women, no?

You might have even heard people here in the US attacking Hillary in this manner, way back then.

[ProSense]

5. Despite the

"I have no idea, but it's indicitive of a population/society that has issues with women, no?"

...implications of that, the chant and the incident reek of something staged.

[boston bean]

6. For what reason? nt

[JHB]

7. Exactly. How many people were chanting? How many throwing tomatoes?

Maybe it's staged, maybe it's just a political sub-group that has its own pet theory, the equivalent of the "Ground Zero Mosque" protesters, or the "the goal of Fast & Furious was give Obama a pretext to grab your guns" loons.

Either way,

[Prometheus Bound]

13. A couple of dozen apparently.

They 'forgot' to mention that in the headines.

[RandiFan1290]

11. It has been posted over and over this morning

I think you are correct.

[annabanana]

17. This story is 100% RW Corporate claptrap. . . n/t

[lunatica]

8. I'm sure this is a highly exaggerated story

[madrchsod]

9. monica? was`t that like a thousand years ago?

i guess the boys in egypt are a bit behind in the news cycle....

[annabanana]

16. lol . . The question is WHICH EGYPTIANS even

know who Monica was.. and how they know it.

[NNN0LHI]

10. Sounds like even Egypt has its share of baggers

Wonder if these are the same fellows who raped Lara Logan?

Don

[msanthrope]

12. I guess the Egyptian military pays well. Any commentary on this astroturfed protest? nt

[Nye Bevan]

14. Really? "Monica, Monica" is the best they've got?

She must be doing a pretty good job.

[annabanana]

15. Another CONTEXT FREE "news" report.

Who did she just meet with?
Which side of the very contentious situation in Egypt was throwing tomatoes?

The reports as shown by CorpoMedia© just leave the vague image of one of Obama's Secretaries being unpopular somewhere. .

No wonder most Americans have no fucking idea what's going on in the world.

on edit: I rec'd this post to highlight the astounding vapidity of America's "news" industry.