Hillary Tale

IBD ^ | January 2, 2008

[Kaslin]

Politics: Hillary Clinton's gaffes on Pakistan's elections expose one of the most persistent myths of the election sweepstakes: that the former first lady is "experienced" and ready to "hit the ground running" as president.

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Last week, with the Iowa caucuses just around the corner, Sen. Clinton remarked to CNN on the upcoming Pakistan elections in the aftermath of the assassination of Benazir Bhutto. "If President Musharraf wishes to stand for election," she said, "then he should abide by the same rules that every other candidate will have to follow."

In fact, the upcoming elections in the country are for the next parliament; Musharraf was re-elected president for another five-year term in October.

That might be forgiven as a momentary lapse, except that last Sunday, speaking to ABC, Hillary did it again — more explicitly — contending that Musharraf "could be the only person on the ballot."

Of course, neither CNN's Wolf Blitzer nor ABC's George Stephanopoulos jumped on this while interviewing her. Nor did anyone in the establishment media mention the gaffe in the following days.

It took Thomas Houlahan, former Army officer and director of the Military Assessment Program at the Center for Security and Science at James Madison University, writing in the Middle East Times, to point it out.

[MtnClimber]

She beez mo smarter then any bodies in dis Kuntry.