Karl at Hot Air is a little taken aback that the left is still obsessed with this nonsense, but that’s only because he doesn’t have the pleasure of hanging out with academics. When the Iranian election riots started, it was genuinely impressive to see how quickly status updates like “if only Americans cared this much about stolen elections” started appearing on Facebook. It’s just where their minds naturally leap. See?
Anyway, this is hardly dumber than the moral and historical fudging that Obama indulged in on his apology tour. I guess its kind of gratifying that, despite all the energy the left has poured into brainstorming post-colonial equivalences between the US and the rest of the world, they still have to make shit up:
“Answering a question about Nigeria’s recent election, Clinton said, ‘In 2000, our presidential election came down to one state where the brother of the man running for President was the governor of the state. So we have our problems too.’”
That is a tasty combo of the Obama administration’s “America sucks” foreign policy, coated in some rich, gooey Bush Deragement Syndrome. Sure, the “media recounts” of the 2000 election showed that the recounts requested by Al Gore or ordered by the Florida Supreme Court would have still resulted in a victory for George W. Bush. Why would that stop our country’s chief diplomat from suggesting that her predecessors in government were there illegitimately? Certainly not Pres. Obama’s faux insistence that we let go of the politics of the past.
How awesomely awesome would it be if someone casually dropped “well you know, Bill never would’ve made that gaffe” in front of her?
References:
* Parallels between Iranian election and America’s in 2000 and 2004 [New Jersey News Room]
* Another disgrace: In Nigeria, Hillary hints that 2000 U.S. election was rigged [Hot Air]
* Hillary: “My Husband Is Not Secretary Of State, I Am!” [MR]
Previously:
* Clinton: Just A Head’s Up, But Engagement With Iran Probably Won’t Work
* Hillary Demonstrates Sophistication – Refuses To Negotiate With Individual Terrorists
* Hillary Asks "Who Painted" Miraculous Lady of Guadalupe On John Diego’s Cloak
