Nutty North Koreans say Clinton “by no means intelligent”, “a schoolgirl”, old lady “shopping”

“We cannot but regard Mrs. Clinton as a funny lady as she likes to utter such rhetoric … Sometimes she looks like a primary schoolgirl and sometimes a pensioner going shopping.” – North Korean Foreign Ministry Spokesman

This oddly-worded, verbal assault on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was issued by North Korea on Thursday (7/23) of this week. It was apparently triggered by some remarks Clinton made on ABC News while in New Delhi earlier in the week, when she compared the North Koreans to unruly children or demanding teenagers. “Don’t give it to them, they don’t deserve it; they are acting out,” she observed (we know, we have teenagers…).

This whole exchange would be hilarious, except for that fact that, beneath it all, very serious issues are involved. However, relative to the North Korean statement, it is our experience that you can’t buy writing like that (what do they pay those wordsmiths in the DPRK)! To call the sitting U.S. Secretary of State a child and an old lady is strange enough, but we can suppose that only a true Communist (in a country with empty store shelves and paltry wages) would feel he’s getting off a real zinger when disparaging someone for “going shopping”!

We’re not going to delve into the serious issues of human rights and nuclear proliferation on the Korean peninsula right now, but had to seize on this notable, but strange, quote by a Kim Jong Il lackey. So we say to North Korea, while simultaneously scratching our heads:

“Oh no you didn’t say that!”