Archive for the ‘stupid quotes’ Category

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Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

The Democrats have gotten on the China bashing wagon... and since this is a big issue for me, I'm beginning to wonder if I'm going to need to start supporting the Iraq war (i.e. vote for McCain). Obama told workers in Pennsylvania on Monday that China had to respect trade rules ...

Did Hillary Clinton accidentally insult Chinese women?

Sunday, March 9th, 2008

Hillary Clinton recently said something I found rather strange. Pressed in a CNN interview this week for specific examples of foreign policy experience that has prepared her for an international crisis, Clinton claimed that she "helped to bring peace" to Northern Ireland and negotiated with Macedonia to open up its border ...

American politicians understand China perfectly

Friday, October 19th, 2007

I wonder how long it would take to create a daily calender of idiotic things American politicians say about trade with China. Last week, Congressman Thaddeus McCotter, chairman of the House Republican Policy Committee, protested that allowing Huawei's deal with 3Com to go ahead would be tantamount to "dropping the shark ...