Tuesday, June 13, 2006

Hillary Gets Booed by the Angry Left   [John Podhoretz]

Reason's David Weigel reports on a comic scene at the brilliantly named Take Back America conference featuring Hillary (who  decided to stay away from the YearlyKos confab this weekend): "As soon as she starts talking about our troops and 'keeping faith with them,' there are shouts of 'Bring 'em home.' That stops her for maybe half a second, but she continues elucidating her non-position on the war, almost feeding off the angry rump of activists. 'I'm just going to say it,' she says, as if she's explaining why the kids can't have ice cream for dinner. 'I do not think it is a smart strategy either for the president to continue with his open-ended policy nor to set a date certain'...After it finally wraps up and they don't have to compete with the sound system any more, the anti-war attendees multiply and chant 'Stop the war, Hillary!'"

There's a lot of talk about how Hillary's rep on the far Left has taken such a hit that she's going to have trouble getting the Democratic nomination. Come on. How does sounding responsible and sober about America's policy in Iraq hurt her? Scenes like this, if they continue through the campaign season, are going to get her elected.

06/13 03:18 PMShare