Confronting the Kitchen Sink (NY Times Op-ED)

[book_worm]

More serious was Senator Clinton’s assertion that she was qualified to be commander in chief, and that John McCain had also “certainly” crossed that “threshold,” but that the jury was still out on Mr. Obama.

In other words, if a choice on national security had to be made today between Senators Obama and McCain, voters — according to Mrs. Clinton’s logic — should choose Senator McCain.

That is a low thing for a Democratic presidential candidate to do to a rival in a party primary. Can you imagine John McCain saying that Rudy Giuliani or Mitt Romney or even the guitar-strumming Mike Huckabee might be less qualified than Hillary Clinton to be commander in chief? It couldn’t happen.

But Senator Clinton never gave a second thought to opening the trap door beneath her fellow Democrat.

And then there was Mrs. Clinton on “60 Minutes,” being interviewed by Steve Kroft. He had shown a clip on the program of a voter in Ohio who said that he’d heard that Senator Obama didn’t know the national anthem, “wouldn’t use the Holy Bible,” and was a Muslim.

Mr. Kroft asked Senator Clinton if she believed that Senator Obama is a Muslim. In one of the sleaziest moments of the campaign to date, Senator Clinton replied: “No. No. Why would I? No, there is nothing to base that on. As far as I know.”

As far as I know.

If she had been asked if she thought President Bush was a Muslim, would her response have included the caveat “as far as I know”? What about Senator McCain? Why, then, with Senator Obama?


http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/08/opinion/08herbert.html?ref=opinion

[TomClash]

1. An excellent column by

Bob Herbert. As far as I know.

I am thoroughly disgusted with Hillary. Who wants a disloyal C-I-C?

[A-Schwarzenegger]

2. Because real tough guys ain't got no morals.

Real tough guys will do anything to win.
And when she's not looking for a way to help people,
she's looking for a way to show that she's the realest toughest guy of all.

[Tarheel_Dem]

3. Recommended.........

Thanks for sharing bookworm. Bob Herbert's got her number. I think we'll be hearing more about this, from many sources, in the days to come. She doesn't realize it, but she slit her own throat, and I no longer consider her a Democrat.

[AtomicKitten]

4. She found another voice: "Elect me, or something terrible will happen to you!"

I am so over the politics of fear.

[JimGinPA]

5. K&R

[kentuck]

6. K & R

:kick:

[Window]

7. K/R.

[NoFederales]

8. K&R

NoFederales

[mmonk]

9. There, it's party first.

[ecdab]

10. Hillary certainly crossed some lines in recent day

that she should not have and she should be taken to task for doing so.

[WillyT]

11. K & R !!!

:kick:

[book_worm]

12. Hillary wants to make sure McCain wins so she can try again in '12

It's always what's good for the Clintons, that is why the Democratic party as a whole went to hell during his term even tho he won reelection against the weakest possible GOP candidate in '96.

[Neshanic]

13. I think it's great. Now the NYT has a hit piece on her, and she will garner sympathy like the

epic bad move of the McCain story.

A spanking by the NYT is a good thing.

Go Hillary!

[book_worm]

14. Didn't the NY Times endorse her?

Her tactics are becoming an issue and her negatives are going to rise. She isn't going anywhere after this she won't even be on an Obama ticket--he doesn't need her baggage.

[ebdarcy]

15. Um, don't you have to be a republican in order to claim that the

liberal media is out to get you? Because that was the rationale behind McCain garnering support from his NYT "hit" piece.

[Neshanic]

17. With the NYT anything like a scolding is a good thing. As for McCain,

that was a rocket launch for his campaign.

Both good.

[Scurrilous]

16. K & R

:thumbsup: