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.