I guess there is some drama that something might happen with Pence and South Koreans so close. even a handshake could be newsworthy. So maybe it was good television. Loved the reaction, though, for Pence refusing to stand for the North Korean team. https://twitter.com/ChrisMurphyCT/status/962366876683730945
On Sun, Feb 11, 2018 at 11:09 AM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > I don’t let my tv watch Fox News, so I don’t know what they were pimping, > but the main news Friday about Pence was that he found himself in th same > space as Kim Jong-un’s sister Kim Yo-jong. Pence managed to not shake her > hand. That alone might not have been a big item, but the read is that Kim > Jon-un’s envoy is doing much better than Trump’s envoy (Pence) at making a > positive international and, even S. Korean, impression. The US message is: > We are still prepared to Nuke N. Korea into smithereens if they take > offensive action against our allies in the south, while the NK message is > being seen as one of brotherhood and unity and (cough) peace. > > This kind of sucks, as Kim Jong-un is on of the few people who can > challenge Mike Pence for being the least likable person in the room. I have > read some reports that his sister is not really wowing the mass of South > Koreans as much as media reports suggest, but given the context, even a > little bit of wowing is pretty big news. > > On Fri, Feb 9, 2018 at 9:00 PM Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I have FOX News on a screen with the sound turned down. >> They are giving major coverage to Vice President Pence being at the >> Winter Olympics. Do their viewers really give a crap about that? I'm >> wondering what I am missing. Seems to me they are dumping Pence in Korea >> because they've got nothing better for him to do. Or maybe he wanted to go. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
