Upstaged Again
Hillary Clinton pulled out of a Jewish-sponsored rally against Mahmoud Ahmadinejad after it was announced that Sarah Palin would participate.
Organizers announced Tuesday that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the Republican candidate for vice president, will speak at the Sept. 22 rally organized by several Jewish groups to protest the Iranian president at the United Nations. ~JTA
Sarah Palin is now apparently going to take the Mitt Romney approach to foreign policy–making loud-mouthed denunciations of an Iranian President as a substitute for knowing anything about the region. It might work. Clinton’s cancellation, citing concerns about the event becoming “partisan,” is an odd twist, since I would have thought that mindless hostility to Iran is one of the things that would bring members of both parties together. Then again, perhaps in the wake of the SNL skit a joint appearance on stage with Palin was not something she wanted to do.
Update: Palin has been disinvited from the rally, which is their loss. She could have given them tips on how not to blink when confronting Ahmadinejad, and we all know how important not blinking is.
‘since I would have thought that mindless hostility to Iran is one of the things that would bring members of both parties together. ‘
Really? Am i missing the sarcasm? I don’t know any democrats who get all whipped into a frenzy about Iran. But then I don’t know many democrats so maybe that’s why I don’t get it.
uh, rawshark (love the nick, BTW), remember when Hillary said:
“I want the Iranians to know that if I’m the president we will attack Iran,†Clinton said. “In the next ten years, during which they might foolishly consider launching an attack on Israel, we would be able to totally obliterate them.â€
cite: http://www.abcnews.go.com/print?id=4698059
I actually did not know she said that. Thanks for the link.
Do you think Iran will ever really attack Israel or is it just theatre for their radical base? These last eight years have made me pretty cynical I guess so I can totally see this as the uber wedge issue which keeps radicals in charge over there. Assuming we aren’t the only country where wedgies decide elections.
During most of April (mostly pre Pennsylvania primary), [threatening to] “bomb bomb bomb Iran” was one of the Clinton campaign’s main lines. The “obliterate” line and Clinton doubling down in defense of it was a big deal, at least in the left wonkoblogosphere.
just google “clinton iran obliterate” to see the firestorm it created.
I personally can’t imagine Iran setting out to _directly_ attack Israel (although lots of things I can’t imagine have happened; clearly my imagination is quite deficient). But I can imagine an Israeli-Hizbullah dustup escalating to limited direct attacks, though I think that’s a pretty low probability event. But Daniel (and others) probably have better takes on the odds than I do.