Posted on 01/01/2008 6:15:12 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton was praised in the wake of the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto for demonstrating her command of the players and the issues at stake in Pakistan, even as another candidate, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, was criticized for stumbling over details.
But in two confident television appearances, on CNN and ABC, Clinton made an elementary error about Pakistani politics: She described President Pervez Musharraf as a "candidate" who would be "on the ballot."
In fact, Musharraf was reelected to the presidency in October. The upcoming elections are for parliament, and while Musharraf's party will be facing off against opposition parties, the president himself is not a candidate.
"He will NOT be on the ballot," said a Pakistan scholar at Columbia University, Philip Oldenburg, in an e-mail. "These are parliamentary elections, where the contests are for a seat in the national assembly. The prime ministerial candidate typically fights for victory in a local constituency, as well as lead[ing] the party in a national campaign."
A spokesman for Clinton, Howard Wolfson, said Clinton was referring to Musharraf's party, not the president himself.
And Oldenburg said that "how well the PML-Q, the so-called 'King's Party,' does would in effect be a referendum on Musharraf."
But Clinton's words appear unambiguously to describe Musharraf himself as a candidate.
"If President Musharraf wishes to stand for election, then he should abide by the same rules that every other candidate will have to follow," she told CNN's Wolf Blitzer (.pdf) Dec. 28.
"He could be the only person on the ballot. I don't think that's a real election," she told ABC's George Stephanopolous December 30.
Her error was first noted by a conservative American commentator, Thomas Houlahan.
Good post. I posted earlier here too.
“And, the lemmings following her unto the sea need to be treated for their peculiar mental illness.”
Isn’t that what her HEALTH CARE plan is all about?
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Hillary shrinks more to Obama in Iowa polls
That says it all potlatch!
Her ‘foul ups’ are helping.
How is Aunt Fanny?
If this witch is elected—hopefully that will not happen—the MSM will fawn over her and Slick Willie like they did in the 90s. It was continuous projectile barfing every time one of the MSM did an interview with them. None of the reports of their evil deeds was ever initiated by the MSM—it was all done by the “alternative media”.
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I think Al Franken is writing her “amazing true adventure” stories again!
How’s the “snow” out there Al?
I find it interesting that her staff did not correct her after the first taping. Could be they fear delivering her bad news or correcting her? Therefore the emperoress has no clothes scenario occurs.
Al isn’t here to tell.
Sometimes I miss the obvious. Must be advancing age...
LOL
Wolfson, Ickes, Blumenthal, Begal, Lewis, Carvile etal are the SLEAZIEST most DESPICABLE people in politics and the lovely Democrats want these crappy people back...go figure!
That report probably came straight out of Hitlery’s camp! No objective person would ever say that. Why, Tim Russert asked a long-overdue and boni-fide question and Hitlery accused him of “piling on”.
Quit spamming the threads with that image. Thank you.
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