I certainly have to give Sarah Palin for avoiding an international incident by not kneeing Asif Ali Zardari in the groin when she met him…
Pakistan’s president tells Palin she is ’gorgeous’:
On entering a room filled with several Pakistani officials this afternoon, Palin was immediately greeted by Sherry Rehman, the country’s Information Minister.
“And how does one keep looking that good when one is that busy?,” Rehman asked, drawing friendly laughter from the room when she complimented Palin.
“Oh, thank you,” Palin said.
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.”
A handler from Zardari’s entourage then told the two politicians to keep shaking hands for the cameras.
“If he’s insisting, I might hug,” Zardari said. Palin smiled politely.
h/t to AP at HotAir.
CNN doesn’t mention it, but Sherry Rehman, the Information Minister, is female herself. So Zardari’s comments, moronic as they are, seem a little less creepy in that light.
That’s a good point… and something you’d think they would mention in the article… but still, Zardari just seems a little like Herbert on Family Guy asking Chris if he wants to come down to his basement for a popsicle.