Hillary: You know, the American political system is the most brutal in the world

Hotair ^ | posted at 9:21 am on June 16, 2014 by Ed Morrissey

[chessplayer]

Let’s face it — there was never going to be a good time for a gaffe of this scale, but it’s hard to think of a worse time for it. In Iraq, where Hillary Clinton signed off on the zero option rather than push for Barack Obama to reach an agreement for residual forces, an al-Qaeda spinoff marches on Baghdad in its effort to establish a new Islamist caliphate. In Afghanistan, fifty people died in what is largely considered a successful election campaign. In Burma, which Hillary claims as one of her crowning achievements, the winner of an election from two decades ago has finally been released from home imprisonment while the military junta tries to balance its need for commerce with its desire for power. Syria just held a mockery of an election, which resulted in the continued despotism of the man Hillary once hailed as a “reformer,” Bashar al-Assad. The country to which she gave a “reset” button is overrunning Ukraine.

But you know which country has the most brutal politics? Er, the one her husband dominated for almost a decade:

“Politics is so unpredictable,” Clinton responded. “Whoever runs has to recognize that the American political system is probably the most difficult, even brutal, in the world.”

[philly-d-kidder]

HRC obviously never studied the Politics in Singapore!

[Jean2]

Well she should know about that since it was her and her party and husband who pretty helped make it that way.

[Blue Collar Christian]

Probably even tougher than the acting Tom Cruise endures.

[informavoracious]

It is brutal. A mayor in California was caught throwing a bag of dog poop on his opponent’s driveway.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks chessplayer.