Below are snippets of some of the rave reviews about Hillary Rodham Clinton's first visit to Europe as Secretary of State. Europe has a crush on Hillary, but we knew Europeans were smart!
Politico: Her appearance before an enthusiastic crowd that spilled out of the auditorium and gave her two standing ovations resembled an event from her presidential campaign, only she was there as a representative of the Obama administration. . . It was a reminder at how skilled she is as a communicator and how valuable she may be as the new administration seeks to improve relations with many countries, especially in Europe, that felt shunned or out of step with the Bush administration.
Clinton was received rapturously. She glad-handed her audience at the vast European parliament. People cheered. She waved. They clapped, they craned their necks for a better glimpse, and they gave her a standing ovation.
"Europe is a miracle," Clinton told around 1,000 young high-fliers.
Of course, her best line came at the start when she called Europe a “miracle” because of the way it had overcome two world wars and a century of fanaticism and put itself on the path of peaceful, prosperous integration. “Europe is enjoying its longest period of peace since Roman times,” she said, displaying a grasp of 2,000 years of history that is just the kind of thing Europeans think the average American doesn’t have a clue about.
Clinton was the highest-ranking US visitor to the European Parliament since President Ronald Reagan in 1985.
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