Hearts of Hillary Clinton's fangirls across America were broken and sore last week because of an election on the other side of the pond! The much ballyhooed (and nonexistent, if we are to depend on hard evidence) "crush" on David Miliband hit a major stumbling block. His Labour Party was defeated, and he was required to tender his resignation. The mournful sighs rippled across the amber waves of grain even as his replacement, one William Jefferson Hague, made hasty arrangements to hop the pond and meet with the dazzling (and I do mean dazzling, with all my heart) U.S. Secretary of State.
I have always maintained that it was David who was crushing on Hillary and not the other way round. In that lengthy White House YouTube (Happy Birthday, YouTube!) of President Obama at the UN Security Council Summit on Nuclear Nonproliferation from last September, it was David who got all squirmy when she arrived, and he could not take his eyes off her except when she glanced in his direction, while she was completely oblivious of him. But I digress.
This interesting article about the spoils of office in the U.K., specifically grand mansions known as "grace and favour residences" allotted to cabinet ministers, attributes a remark to our Hillary Clinton that not only made me LOL, but also seems to have put David in his place. I love her sense of humor.
Hillary Clinton correctly predicted Labour’s chances of winning the General Election back in January by making a dinner party joke at the expense of former Foreign Secretary David Miliband.
Mr Miliband boasted about his official country residence, inviting the U.S. Secretary of State to stay there.
Mrs Clinton replied: ‘That would be lovely, David, but you had better do it before May 6’
I shall leave it to readers to discuss amongst themselves the implications of the invitation itself. He wanted her to stay at his house? You can't blame him! But her answer is a hoot!
