Posted on 01/22/2016 4:54:24 AM PST by Kaslin
Attacking Bernie Sanders' health care plans didn't seem to work, so now Hillary Clinton is questioning his foreign policy chops. The former secretary of state is getting more nervous about her previously unchallenged primary win. If New Hampshire is any indication (where Sanders is ahead by almost 30 points) Clinton should be very worried about who will be standing on the Philadelphia podium July. No wonder then why she's now stepping up her criticism of her opponent. At a campaign event in Indianola, Iowa, Clinton told the crowd why she's worried about Sanders being commander-in-chief:
"Now, Sen. Sanders doesn't talk very much about foreign policy. But when he does, it raises concerns because it can sound like he hasn't thought it through," Clinton said. "For example, he suggested we invited into Iranian troops into Syria. That is like asking the arsonist to be the firefighter."
Clinton's pivot to foreign policy may appear to be a smart move - after all, it should be her strongest issue. Yet, it has also turned out to be one of her biggest downfalls. She has been hampered by months as more unflattering (and potentially unlawful) details about her email scandal come to light. The latest bombshell this week revealed that Clinton didn't only deal with classified information on her private server - she dealt with "the most sensitive of the sensitive" - material even top lawmakers are forbidden from reading.
Benghazi will also long be a stain on her foreign policy record. Reports indicate that Clinton failed to act quickly enough when the U.S. consulate in Benghazi came under attack on September 11, 2012. Should we have sent help sooner, four Americans may still be alive today. Clinton made the tragedy worse by indicating the victims' families were liars when they insisted she told them the attack was the result of a YouTube video.
These scandals, and the Clinton camp's failure to foresee a Sanders surge, can account for the Vermont senator's momentous rise in the polls. Others would blame the paltry number of debates the Democratic National Committee decided to schedule.
To quote "Morning Joe's" Mika Brzezinski, the DNC "screwed themselves" on that one.
As opposed to a CinC who’d let her entire contingent of diplomats in Muzzietown, Bumf@ckistan get slaughtered by local skinnies and then ignore their pleas for help?
Really? Kinda hard to believe that anyone could be worse than Obama.
At least Sanders does not have a gay (lesbian) lover who is an agent of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Reports indicate that Clinton failed to act quickly enough when the U.S. consulate in Benghazi came under attack on September 11, 2012.
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“Quickly enough” implies she did act at some point. Clinton didn’t act at all - she went home & overslept the next morning, missing a daily briefing for some reason (found in a bottle, I’m guessing).
Not even entertainment by Demi Lovato could attract more than 1700 people to a Hillary event at the University of Iowa. Hillary is toast.
Hitlery: the Pander In Chief.
She knows a thing or two about all the corpses in the Clinton cellar.
And she has the chutzpah to accuse Bernie of being a political arsonist.
Pot meet kettle.
Stop giving her “warm and fuzzy” attributes by referring to her as “Hillary” (in the headline). Refer to her only as Mrs. Clinton (if you must be polite). It’s a subtle reminder that she is nothing if not connected to Bill. She couldn’t be elected dog catcher in Arkansas on her own.
I love it when the Demonrats resort to cannibalism!
Would Democrats nominate a woman named Hillary Rodham? Of course not!
And many of them don’t want to nominate Hillary Clinton, who is unlikable and a literal cold fish.
At the point, I’m not even sure her superdelegates can save her.
That was my thought exactly.
You don’t really think that she would be better?
I don’t want to see either of them as CIC. However, Bernie is less apt to be an outright murderous traitor. He’s evil, but the lesser of evils, IMO.
I actually think Bernie would make a far better CIC than Her Thighness.
I hope she would be. Even Clinton’s foreign policy was not nearly as bad as Obama’s. That being said, I would prefer just about ANY Republican candidate to her (of course).
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