Posted on 12/27/2007 1:02:20 PM PST by Soliton
In Hillary's off the cuff comments today regarding the assassination of Ms. Bhutto, she claims she has known the former prime minister for many years. She goes on to imply that she read Ms. Bhutto's autobiography, "She wrote a very moving biography that begins with the assassination of her father." The only problem is that Ms. Bhutto's father wasn't assassinated.
Video here: http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/2007/12/27/sot.clinton.bhutto.reax.cnn
In 1978, a military coup led by General Zia unseated President Bhutto. Bhutto was charged with corruption and sentenced to death. Despite pleas from many world leaders, the new Pakistani government hung Bhutto on April 5th.
This is the kind of a flub that if a Republican makes it generates ridicule(see Huckabee and continuing martial law).
How would you like to be the toady in charge of making Hillary look good (and smart)? Must be a daunting task.
How would you like to be the toady in charge of making Hillary look good (and smart)? Must be a daunting task.
Hehheh.
I'd be careful. Here's how the Publishers Weekly review at Amazon starts:
Prime Minister of Pakistan, Bhutto writes with poise and passion in this autobiography, both a catharsis and a coming to terms with her past. In the poignant opening chapter, she describes the brutal murder in 1977 of her father, Pakistani Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, by General Zia ul-Haq.The facts seem to indicate that he was hanged after some official proceeding, but if others have described this as a "brutal murder" then I think it is best not to suggest that Hillary is playing fast and loose with the truth in this case. You'll have other opportunities!
ML/NJ
No way. Your question brought to mind the the Queen of Hearts from “Alice in Wonderland.”
Remember Bill's story at Rosa Park's funeral about riding in the front of the bus while Rosa was in the back.
She claims he was assissinated. It isn’t true. He was hung just like Saddaam. Many in the west believed he deserved it too.
He was tried and convicted of conspiring to murder the father of an opposition politician and sentenced to death. Despite clemency appeals from foreign leaders, Bhutto was hanged in April 1979.
(snicker)
Had Bush, or any Republican, made the same error (lie) the MSM would have had a field day. Many news cycles would have parsed every nuance of the gaff.
The Bhutto administration was corrupt and completely incompetent! Bhutto herself was likely in on the corruption activity while in office.
Well, Asia IS Hillary’s strong point.
After all, she is the only candidate who decorated the WH Christmas tree eight years in succession with decorations made in China.
Not unless she's had plastic surgery and then they'd only be decorative ;-)
People who repeat your view on this are fools.
ML/NJ
Her agenda is to become “King” of the United States of America and to rule like Stalin. God save us from the morons that will support and vote for this power-hungry ego maniac.
Whatever Hitlery and Bubba received from China (including campaign funds) it was in return for our military secrets that these two Stalinists gave them.
The smartest woman in the world this time didn’t have her cue cards and memorized talking points and revealed how ignorant she really is about world affairs. Her world wide travel as first lady was just a tax payer funded junket and photo op.
Hillary also got the number of children of her longtime friend wrong today.
Mrs. Clinton also mentioned Bhutto’s two children. Actually, Mrs. Bhutto has THREE children. What a maroon!
And she dragged along large numbers of relatives and friends - all at taxpayer expense.
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