Clinton Is Rebuked By Iraqi Candidate For Remark on Vote [How dare he!]

New York Sun ^ | February 25, 2005 | BY LUIZA CH. SAVAGE

[johnny7]

WASHINGTON - Senator Clinton has come under attack from Iraq's leading candidate for prime minister for questioning his ties to the theocratic regime of Iran.After a visit to Iraq last week, New York's junior senator said there were "grounds both for concern and for ... vigilance" regarding links between Dr. Ibrahim Jafari and Iran, where he spent a decade in exile. Dr. Jafari, the head of the religious Islamic Dawa Party, was nominated for the post of prime minister by a coalition of Shiite parties that dominated Iraq's January 30 elections. His selection fueled concerns that the new Iraqi government may come under the influence of the Islamic clerics who rule Iran.

[johnny7]

"It is like any nascent democracy," she said on NBC's "Meet the Press"

Hell... she's seen this birth of democracy a thousand times... it's old hat! They come... they go.

[queenkathy]

And she is the leading democrat to be nominated in 08. Oops!

[nj26]

Jafari does have close ties to Iran.

[Non-Sequitur]

She didn't say anything that most Republicans haven't been thinking. Jafari does have close ties to Iran, he does believe in a Constitution based on the Koran, and in the long run will prove to be no friend of the United States.

[ohCompGk]

Dr. Jafari has said Islam should be the official religion of Iraq, and that the nation's laws should derive from the faith.

Seems like a reasonable position for an Islamic country. I don't remember anyone professing a desire to convert the Iraqi's.

Have no fear, if democracy takes hold in Iraq, I'm sure it won't be long before the ICLU is formed to try and subvert whatever morality is put into their constitution.

[TomGuy]

Hillary and the Dems NEED for Iraq to fail so they can come to the rescue in '08.

[If it doesn't fail, they, at least, need the perception of its failure. That is why Kennedy keeps on-message with 'quagmire' and 'Bush's VietNam'.]

[reagan_fanatic]

What the hell does Shrillary know about Democracy anyway?

Now, if you want to learn more about socialism...

[Brilliant]

I wonder if the NYT will mention this. I'm guessing not.

[Brilliant]

Thinking things and saying them are two different things.

[elli1]

Mrs. Clinton said she was ''willing to look at the situation and, you know, not yet jump to any conclusions.'' (NYSun)

''I think that there are grounds both for concern and for, you know, vigilance about this,'' she told NBC's "Meet the Press." (NewsMax)

Both publications were kind & inserted an ellipsis in place of a 'you know'.

[cowboyway]

questioning his ties to the theocratic regime of Iran

What about Hitlery's former (??) ties with the communist party, the subversive group called Black Panthers, the anti-American group known as the Democratic Party, etc.

[sgtbono2002]

Maybe she watched too many Basketball stars being interviewed You know?

[G.Mason]

"Thinking things and saying them are two different things."

Thanks.

I said words to that effect in the previous post ...

( http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1350795/posts?page=33#33)

... and it was ignored there also. ;)

[Libloather]

She constantly finds trouble after opening her mouth. Maybe she needs to learn how to keep that pie-hole shut - eh?

[Hostage]

This is the second thread I've seen this morning where you repeat verbatim your defense of Hillary Clinton.

I will bet there will be in 2008 at least 60 million voters like myself that will prefer to have a strong defense Republican in the White House rather than a duplicitous snake like H. Clinton, a vile manipulator whose only talents are her abilities to turn people against each other, to feign Republican conspiracy when held responsible for her actions or her support of unpopular causes and to pretend that she speaks for anyone other than her own selfish interests.

Let there be no mistake, Hillary Clinton would wear a Muslim weil and praise Jafari from the Koran if it served to consolidate events to her one and only goal, power for herself.

[elli1]

I figger that since she's the Smartest Woman in the Universe and a lawyer, to boot, that 'you know' must be some fancy-smancy legal term. I counted 28 Clinton 'you know's in the transcript from her Meet the Depressed appearance. Shame on any publication that cleans up her act.

Link

[Phrostie]

She knows nothing about the Iraqi situation

In fact the only thing she knows is how to trade cattle futures.

[CBart95]

I'll gladly second that remark!

[johnny7]

I don't see it that way. ANY government the Iraqi's form will be heavily steeped in their religion.

Also, you're assuming two things; that Iran maintains it current status in the 'Axis of Evil'... and that Jafari would have absolute power.

[fight_truth_decay]

Hillary needs to go back to 'baking cookies'.

TUNIS, February 25 (KUNA) -- Kuwaiti information Undersecretary of the Foreign Media sector Sheikh Mubarak Al-Duaij Al-Sabah said on Thursday "the phenomenon of terrorism is estranged to Kuwait the democratic country," where people from various religious backgrounds have lived together in peace for many decades.

The Kuwaiti media official added in statements issued by the Tunisian Al-Sabah newspaper that "the current official and public position in Kuwait is the importance of cooperation to fight terrorism," recalling a recent statement made by H.H. the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah, "no bargaining and no mediations with matters related to Kuwait`s security." On the current situation in Iraq, Sheikh Mubarak said "the current incidents in Iraq do not serve the interests of the Iraqi people that have been exhausted by wars" noting the importance of giving the opportunity for an elected Iraqi government to manage the country`s affairs and construct its future to provide the Iraqi people with a safe and stable environment.

"We do not doubt the abilities of the Iraqi people to overcome all obstacles and we are sure the future is much better," he added.

http://www.kuwait-info.com/newsnew/NewsDetails1.asp?id=48535&dt=&ntype=Home