Posted on 12/27/2007 9:58:14 AM PST by mylife
December 27, 2007, 12:21 PM Clinton Reaction to Bhutto Assassination Posted by Fernando Suarez
(CBS) From CBS News' Fernando Suarez:
LAWTON, IOWA -- Hillary Clinton reacted to the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Ministar Benazir Bhutto today saying, "The world is once again reminded of the dangers facing those who pursue democracy and free elections in Pakistan and elsewhere, in areas that are rife with conflict and violence and extremeism and anti-democratic forces at work."
"I have known Benazir Bhutto for a dozen years and I knew her as a leader. I knew her as someone was willing to take a risks to persue democracy on behalf of the people of Pakistan. She wrote a very moving autobiography which begins with the assassination of her father who was had been the leader of Pakistan and was killed as well."
"I grieve for her family, particularly her two children. And I grieve for the people of Pakistan who deserve to have an opportunity to vote for leaders of their choosing, who deserve to have democracy take root in a country that has tremendous potential that is not being realized because their system of government has oppressed or undermined the abilities and talents of millions of Pakistanis."
"And I hope that if their is any opportunity for the government and people of Pakistan to respod to this tragedy appropriately, it would be to move more steadfastly and determinately toward democracy. She has given her life for that hope."
"And I know to the people of our country stand in solidarity with those who believe, as we do, in the rights of people to be heard at the ballot box. We're about to see that begin in our own country in just a week, and so it is a particularly poignat moment for us to extend our sympathy and condolensces to the Bhutto family and to the people of Pakistan. And I certainly will do anything I can to support the continuing efforts to democratzie a very important and critical nation to the future of that region and the world."
Sir Edmund Hillary Clinton
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{{ yuppers!!!! somebody is getting Chewed-Out ,.. a chance for her to appear above her rivals on Foreign Policy/Affairs , and her staff gives her bogus sh*t , wh-h-hew! btw , wonderin’ how is Ol’ Norm Hsu }}
Hillary might have a problem with condemning terrorists because her best friend is Sunni Muslim, right?
Bhutto was Shia Muslim, but in 1996 Bhutto supported the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Bhutto later withdrew her support of the Taliban. Al Qaeida and Taliban would have no use now for Bhutto.
Bhutto was killed by terrorists, I guess we don't know which group.
Either somebody messed up in Hillary’s camp or, being such “close friends,” Hillary disliked one of the children.
ooops...
FLYING ASHTRAY alert is now in affect.
Which means Bill really wrote this.
Not a word about fighting al-Qaeda or the Talibunnies. Not one damn word. More worthless fuzzy soft-focus crap.
}:-)4
She's not going to offend her primary voter base. What's wrong with you?
;)
“If Bhutto had stayed in Arkansas, she’d be running a gas station.” — possible Clinton comment
Hillary isn’t supposed to be good with numbers. Remember how her biography said she was named after Sir Edmund Hillary? She had to apologize for that when it was pointed out that she was already seven years old when Sir Edmund climbed Mt. Everest. Before that time he was nobody, just a beekeeper from New Zealand.
A beekeeper, eh? Weird coincidence, I’ve often referred to Hillary as a “bee”.......
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