{"id":5980,"date":"2015-06-23T16:46:33","date_gmt":"2015-06-23T16:46:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twitchy.com\/2013\/02\/25\/what-about-your-gaffes-secretary-of-dunce-john-kerry-can-see-kyrzakhstan-from-his-house\/"},"modified":"2015-06-23T16:46:33","modified_gmt":"2015-06-23T16:46:33","slug":"secretary-of-dunce-john-kerry-can-see-kyrzakhstan-from-hishouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/archives\/5980","title":{"rendered":"Secretary of Dunce: John Kerry can see ‘Kyrzakhstan’ from his house"},"content":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/redsteeze\/status\/306054096153112576\n\n\n

John Kerry invents country of Kyrzakhstan #secretaryofstate<\/a><\/p>\n

— Dave Hallgren (@daveh1205) February 25, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n

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Stop, our aching sides! Sadly, there was no “JK” after that remark<\/a>. During a speech on the eve of his first trip as Secretary of State, John Kerry referred to the non-existent country of “Kyrzakhstan<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

In an embarrassing slip of the tongue, Mr Kerry last week praised US diplomats working to secure “democratic institutions” in the Central Asian country, which does not exist.<\/p>\n

The newly minted diplomat was referring to Kyrgyzstan, a poor, landlocked nation of 5.5 million, which he appeared to confuse with its resource-rich neighbour to the north, Kazakhstan.<\/p>\n

The Telegraph also reports that the State Department left that out<\/a> of the official transcript. Transparency!<\/p>\n\n\n

In a strong start right out of the gate, Sec Kerry supports democracy promotion efforts in “Kyrzakhstan” globalpost.com\/dispatch\/news\/…<\/a><\/p>\n

— Ilya Lozovsky (@ichbinilya) February 22, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n

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Not a great start as SoS #JohnKerry<\/a>, “#Kyrzakhstan<\/a>“? Really? I know it’s a powerful position, but you’re allowed to conjure up nations now?<\/p>\n

— M.J. Logue (@mjlogue33) February 22, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n

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The gaffe-tastic unintentional portmanteau occurred a few days ago, but is picking up steam on Twitter today.<\/p>\n\n\n

John Kerry Makes Up New Country: Kyrzakhstan | Washington Free Beacon ow.ly\/i1pjj<\/a><\/p>\n

— heather(@CFHeather) February 25, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n

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Embarrassing: Imbecile John Kerry Invents Country of ‘Kyrzakhstan’jammiewf.com\/?p=24553<\/a><\/p>\n

— JWF (D) (@JammieWF) February 25, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n

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And, boy, is the buzz hilarious.<\/p>\n\n\n

“What about your gaffffffes?????” RT @freebeacon<\/a>: VIDEO: John Kerry makes up new country in central Asia: Kyrzakhstan bit.ly\/XWipJG<\/a><\/p>\n

— Rschrim (@Rschrim) February 25, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n

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He must have just watched BoratMT @gabby_hoffman<\/a>: John Kerry invents country of Kyrzakhstan via @telegraph<\/a> bit.ly\/X6iizh<\/a><\/p>\n

— Bearded Wonder (@bobincincy) February 25, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n

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RT @hale_razor<\/a>: Bumbling Repub invents country of “Kyrzakhstan.” No wait. It was John Kerry. #WhatAboutYourGaffes<\/a> buff.ly\/13IIAa4<\/a><\/p>\n

—Paddy Manning (@PaddyJManning) February 25, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n

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@jammiewf<\/a> Kyrzakhstan’s primary export: horse meat to Sweden for use in meatballs.<\/p>\n

— John Hayward (@Doc_0) February 25, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n

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Paging IKEA<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n

You know what phrase we haven’t heard in a while? “Smart diplomacy.” #Curious<\/a> RT @redsteeze<\/a>: John Kerry can see Kyrzakhstan from his house<\/p>\n

— Michele Frost (@michelelfrost) February 25, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n

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Zing! And, it being Twitter, a parody account enters the mix.<\/p>\n\n\n

The Kingdom of Kyrzakhstan welcomes y’all. We are an ally of Russia & product of the US. We {heart} Chinese democracy & Indian development.<\/p>\n

— Kyrzakhstan (@kyrzakhstan) February 25, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n

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Heh. Oddly enough, The Boston Globe<\/a> reportedly seems to have missed this story.<\/p>\n\n\n

How did the @bostonglobe<\/a> miss Kerry inventing “Kyrzakhstan” in their front page story today?!? bit.ly\/VI7czF<\/a><\/p>\n

— Alleigh Marré (@alleighmarre) February 25, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n

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Probably because his last name doesn’t rhyme with Kalin and he has a (D) next to his name<\/a>, natch.<\/p>\n

Do we smell a hashtag?<\/p>\n\n\n

#Kyrzakhstan<\/a><\/p>\n

— Johno Ellison (@JohnoEllison) February 25, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n

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And, no worries! The secretary of dunce is out and about today.<\/p>\n\n\n

#SecKerry<\/a> meets Prime Minister @david_cameron<\/a> @number10gov<\/a> this morning #SecKerryinUK<\/a> twitter.com\/USAinUK\/status…<\/a><\/p>\n

— U.S. Embassy London (@USAinUK) February 25, 2013<\/a><\/p>\n

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Our allies: The United Klingdom?<\/p>

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http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/redsteeze\/status\/306054096153112576 John Kerry invents country of Kyrzakhstan #secretaryofstate — Dave Hallgren (@daveh1205) February 25, 2013 Stop, our aching sides! Sadly, there was no “JK” after that remark. During a speech on the eve of his first trip as Secretary of State, John Kerry referred to the non-existent country of “Kyrzakhstan.” In an embarrassing slip of … Continue reading Secretary of Dunce: John Kerry can see ‘Kyrzakhstan’ from his house<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5981,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-anxiety"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/14350311997492-screen-shot-2013-02-20-at-10-19-51-am.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5980\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}