You might not agree with Bill and Hillary Clinton’s politics, but that doesn’t make the story you’re about to read any less interesting.
While many are writing about reaction to Bill’s DNC speech from Wednesday night, not many are writing about the reaction of Bill’s biggest fan: Hillary. Luckily, however, a Clinton aide traveling with Hillary — who was 9,930 miles away in Timor Leste — sent a personal account of how Clinton watched the speech and how she responded.
Among the highlights: Hillary watched the speech on the ambassador’s home computer (a 17-inch desktop streaming a feed from an aide’s SlingBox), the stream only cut out a few times, and Hillary had no idea Obama was going to appear on stage with Bill.
The State Department even has this picture of it:
Here are all the details from Politico:
FROM AN AIDE TRAVELING WITH SECRETARY CLINTON: “President Clinton’s speech nominating President Obama started while Secretary Clinton was meeting with the Prime Minister of Timor Leste (the 109th country she’s been to as SecState). The speech ended sometime during the press conference, right around the time she was asked a question about it. From the press conference she met with the staff and families of Embassy Dili. When that ended, she walked over to the Chief of Mission Residence (aka the ambassador’s house, which is part of the embassy compound), where she was able to watch her husband’s speech on the ambassador’s home computer. Didn’t notice the brand, but it was a 17″ screen sitting on a wooden desk. For you technophiles that were curious as to how she was able to watch the speech, it was via SlingPlayer, which streamed a recording from a SlingBox connected to an aide’s home TiVo.
“So she was watching a feed from 9,930 miles away. The stream held up shockingly well, only a couple of hiccups along the way for a few seconds each time. Though when it happened nobody was sure it would resume, so there were a few moments of anxiety. … From the moment the introductory video came on, she was riveted – as were the members of the traveling party who watched with her. It’s safe to say that she loved every single minute of it. It’s possible she did not blink even once. When the speech ended, she was as surprised and excited as everyone in the arena and watching at home when President Obama joined President Clinton on stage. She had no idea it was coming, she cheered and practically jumped out of her chair.”
By the way, in case you didn’t know where Timor-Leste is either, it’s located between Australia and Indonesia:























































































































Comments (37)
Seeds
Sep. 6, 2012 at 2:05pmJust for the record Mr. Clinton can’t come close to looks appeal or character Romney is.! I have to say Romney is real man.
What happened to Mrs Clinton? That doesn’t look like her.. Did she lose alot of weight?
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Gonzo
Sep. 6, 2012 at 12:57pmHow did Monica watch it? On her knees… for old times sake?
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Arshloch
Sep. 6, 2012 at 11:52amAnother installment of “the cow moos at midnight”. Looking at hills certainly demonstrates why ‘Slick Willie’ had Monica and all the others around. It was either that or go blind.
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Tobytheone
Sep. 6, 2012 at 11:03amObams was backstage. Makes u wunder
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Detroit paperboy
Sep. 6, 2012 at 10:42amBill and Sandra Fluke, now there’s a pair that go together………….
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libh8er
Sep. 6, 2012 at 10:59amOMG… I think she even wore a blue dress.
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SamIamTwo
Sep. 6, 2012 at 10:41amSoo what’s your point? They’ve always been together on the political scene. Never mind the woman with the devil with the blue dress on…LMAO.
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buyundbuy
Sep. 6, 2012 at 10:24amI believe the comment that Sandra was the “mouthpiece” just before Clinton took the stage sure evoked a lot of memories and stoked new ones as the two must have been backstage somewhere.
Hilary must have been wondering the same thing.
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nobull14
Sep. 6, 2012 at 10:13amWho cares ? people need to get a life.
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EBL
Sep. 6, 2012 at 10:04amDespite all their efforts at myth making at the DNC, the Dems only reveal they consider government the highest form of order, they booed God, and Woodward’s new book show Barack Obama as a Beta Male. Which is far worse than him losing his temper.
And Bill’s speech was not intended to re-elect Barack Obama. It was intended to elect Hillary Clinton in 2016. Which is why she probably liked it.
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Tom Irish
Sep. 6, 2012 at 10:02amShe practically jumped out of her chair just like she did when the Monica story broke.
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nonliberal
Sep. 6, 2012 at 10:00amFASCINATING ACCOUNT??? What part of a woman watching her husband give a speech is fascinating? It’s kind of expected.
Reminds me of the SHOCKER the other night when Mrs. Obama said she loves her husband….WOW!! What did we think she was going to say?
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BelindaB
Sep. 6, 2012 at 9:44amIn the picture, notice you can’t see what’s under HILLARY’S desk EITHER!!!!
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oldduffer
Sep. 6, 2012 at 9:56amSure grinning, isn’t she?
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Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Sep. 6, 2012 at 10:27amWell, she is holding her bosom and you cannot see where the other hand is. EEEWWW.
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TheVOR
Sep. 6, 2012 at 9:43amNow that we know where Timor-Leste is.
The question is….Why was she there?
And, how is this possibly helping our country?
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thegreatcarnac
Sep. 6, 2012 at 9:43amShe was just happy to know where he was and that he wasn’t getting a bj from some young girl at that time. Who cares about Hillary or Bill.
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BelindaB
Sep. 6, 2012 at 9:40amthe barak mounir ubayd, ALIAS barack obama political career is OVER. Bill Clinton’s was over years ago when America IMPEACHED him!!!!!!
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BelindaB
Sep. 6, 2012 at 9:37am“Fascinating”???? Come on, there is NOTHING fascinating about the clintons at all. More like SICKENING!!
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red_white_blue2
Sep. 6, 2012 at 9:33amI guess when Barry took the stage, she had a BIG O!!
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BelindaB
Sep. 6, 2012 at 9:33amthe clintons are not news….America IMPEACHED his ass….and Hillary is too busy trying to take the American People’s RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS away….
I have not watched NONE of the dnc, as OBVIOUSLY not too many others are either, since that 30% chance of rain(wink wink) made the dnc move to a MUCH SMALLER place…..OBVIOUSLY to make it APPEAR full. The democrats are a PITIFUL bunch aren’t they….
God Bless Mitt Romney, God Bless Our Troops, and GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!!
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Tigress1
Sep. 6, 2012 at 9:29amBill and Hillary must not talk very much.
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Gonzo
Sep. 6, 2012 at 12:28pmCan you blame him?
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Bua
Sep. 6, 2012 at 9:28amAdd your comments
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Bua
Sep. 6, 2012 at 9:28amIt would have been great to see a video of Clinton’s sexual abuse victims together in a room watching the pervert in chief shoot his phony mouth off.
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Bua
Sep. 6, 2012 at 9:24amToo bad somebody didn’t gather all of Clinton’s sexual abuse victims in a room and make a video of them ‘enjoying’ the pervert’s remarks.
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biohazard23
Sep. 6, 2012 at 9:19amAnd…?
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lpkm79
Sep. 6, 2012 at 9:37amThey didn’t demonstrate enough sarcasm within the story. I think the ‘CLINTON AIDE GIVES FASCINATING ACCOUNT’ part of the headline set the tone for sarcasm.
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Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
Sep. 6, 2012 at 9:19amUm, this is news? What exactly is the point of this article?
In related news, I watched an internet feed of my son’s football game on the Hudl.com. It was great. I had just eaten a pastrami sandwich and was in my office on a 21 inch monitor.
Seriously Blaze…WTH?
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Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Sep. 6, 2012 at 10:26amI bet you got up and cheered and smiled, all warm and fuzzy.
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RJJinGadsden
Sep. 6, 2012 at 9:17amI would venture to say that she was watching to see if he had another woman tucked in that lectern.
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biohazard23
Sep. 6, 2012 at 9:20amJust like in Police Academy. Ha ha ha!
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progressiveslayer
Sep. 6, 2012 at 9:26amShe wanted to see if Bill got Fluked.
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