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It seems like a scene from the newly debuted Political Animals soap
Egyptian protesters gather on a street near the U.S . Consulate as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attends a flag-raising ceremony at the Consulate General in the mediterranean city of Alexandria on Sunday. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI - AFP/GETTY IMAGES) opera.
A U.S. secretary of state arrives in a Middle Eastern country, and shes greeted by chants of the name of the young woman her husband had a liaison with as president. Tomatoes and shoes are thrown at her motorcade, too.
But sometimes reality beats television for drama.
Indeed, Egyptians yelled Monica, Monica, at Hillary Clinton on Sunday in Alexandria, where she was attending the opening of a U.S. consulate.
For a minute, you have to reach back into the memory bank to remember Monica Lewinsky and Bill Clintons impeachment. The Clintons have come such a long in way in re-inventing themselves and rescuing their legacies from the scandal-ridden 1990s.
In Egypt, Clinton reaffirmed Washington's "strong" support for Egyptian democracy, and met with newly-elected President Mohamed Morsi. The Egyptian protests came amid suspicions that Washington meddled in the election, even if Morsi, a candidate from the Muslim Brotherhood, wouldnt have been Americas first choice.
Despite the protests, Clinton is on top of the world these days. Shes on a 13-day tour of Europe, the Middle East and Mongolia. She has addressed Syria while in Geneva, greeted troops in Kabul and b ecome
Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi walks with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to a meeting at the Ministry of Defense on Sunday. (Brendan Smialowski - AP) the first U.S. Secretary of State to visit Laos in 57 years.
Her life has inspired a primetime television, miniseries thats essentially an extended campaign commercial urging her to run for president in four years and it doesnt hurt to have statuesque Sigourney Weaver portraying her.
Mitt Romney is even using her in a campaign ad attacking her current boss, President Barack Obama. The ads narrator says, Just like he did against Hillary Clinton, President Obama now continues to spread dishonest attacks about Mitt Romney to distract from his failed record.
The fact that the Egyptians even uttered the M word only makes Hillary fans more rabid. The social media fan pages continue to pop up along with the occasional meme with Hillary saying something oh-so-witty in them. Other memes feature images of Hillary with captions such
An Egyptian protester outside the U.S. Embassy in Cairo. (MOHAMMED HOSSAM - AFP/GETTY IMAGES) as Americas Rock Star.
A picture of her, carefree and laughing at a meeting in Cambodia last week, also went viral, with some blogs hosting caption contests for it. Shes having such a good time lately that last month, she donned Mardi Gras cat-eye sunglasses at a swearing in ceremony at the State Department.At this point in her life, it would take more than a few vegetables lobbed in her direction to rattle her.
Suzi Parker is an Arkansas-based political and cultural journalist and author of Sex in the South: Unbuckling the Bible Belt. Follow her on Twitter at @SuziParker
Hillary Clinton in Egypt, pelted with tomatoes and taunts of ‘Monica!’ - She The People - The Washington Post
it was pathetic and hilarious....
