Posted on 01/02/2008 4:42:51 PM PST by 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.
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.
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She beez mo smarter then any bodies in dis Kuntry.
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