The one-liner came in response to a question shouted at the former first lady from the audience asking whether she had the mettle and experience to deal with evil and rotten men - like terrorist Osama bin Laden and the tyrants of North Korea and Iran.I think she was thinking about Bush-Cheney-Rumsfeld-Rove, men whom any intellectually honest American knows are the real threat to our national interest.
Clinton grabbed the mike and told the audience that the questioner wanted to know "what in my background equips me to deal with evil and bad men." She then smiled, raised her eyebrows and nodded knowingly at the questioner.
Updates: After watching video footage of the event and of the press conference following the event, I'm of the opinion that Sen. Clinton was not telling a joke, was not trying to be funny and merely paused too long after repeating the audience-member's question . . .
Also, it is ironic that the day of the above event was the 15th anniversary of her infamous "not-some-Tammy-Wynette" comment on 60 Minutes (Hat tip: Caucus Cooler Blog)
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How could Bush and Cheney have evolved into such a State of Denial? Probably the result of living one's life in the company of sycophants and the propensity to dismiss criticism as the product of a vast liberal conspiracy, further painting all those that oppose as "aiding the enemy".
Isolation breeds denial. Ask Bob Woodward.
Gee, there comes a point when despicable, speculative, unsubstantiated accusations of one's Commander in Chief would cross the line to become near treasonous, no?
I don't know Ned, I've never been one to appeal to authority. Ask Bob Woodward who spent more time with Bush than any journalist, interviewing him four times for nearly 8 hours. Not a bad reporter, considering his 2 Pulitzers. Depicable, unsubstantiated? Let me put it this way, simply - he reports, you decide.
Book description: State of Denial examines how the Bush administration avoided telling the truth about Iraq to the public, to Congress, and often to themselves.
Dang, William. Do you have a link to an executive summary or something so that I don't have to buy/borrow the book and read the whole thing before realizing that it is either (a) being mischaracterized by folks like you or (b) a string of sillygisms (I ought to copyright that) intended to prove that Bush is like a latter-day Hitler, only worse?
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