Hillary: mixing politics & terror Suprised?

by gmony714 | August 26, 2007 at 04:38 am

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The Dems are upset that Hillary Clinton Suggested if there was a terrorist attack before the election it would help Republicans. Are the Dems really that upset? Is it the first time a Democrat has mixed politics and terror? And do you think if there is a terrorist attack the Dems would not blame Bush? Or the Iraq war? Is it as tastseless as it sounds? Or is it as cold blooded as the real Hillary?

Fellow democrats blasted Hillary Clinton yesterday for speculating about the political fallout of a potential terrorist attack before the 2008 election, accusing her of exploiting voters' fears to bolster her campaign.

"Frankly, I find it tasteless to discuss the political implications when talking about a potential terrorist attack on the United States," Sen. Christopher Dodd of Connecticut, a rival for the Democratic presidential nomination, said in a statement.

Sen. John Edwards, campaigning in New Hampshire, said, "If we're talking about America being attacked the last thing we should do is be engaged in political calculation." A presidential candidate should "focus on what's good for America, not politics, and what needs to be done to keep this country safe," he said.

During a stop in New Hampshire Thursday, Clinton suggested she was best poised to handle the unexpected, including a terrorist attack.

"It's a horrible prospect to ask yourself, 'What if? What if?' But if certain things happen between now and the election, particularly with respect to terrorism, that will automatically give the Republicans an advantage again, no matter how badly they have mishandled it, no matter how much more dangerous they have made the world," she said.

"So I think I'm the best of the Democrats to deal with that as well," she concluded.

Blake Zeff, a Clinton spokesman, said yesterday the New York senator "was making clear that she has the strength and experience to keep the country safe." When reminded that her comments dealt with the political implications of a terrorist attack, Zeff had no further comment.

A spokeswoman for Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois, who runs second in most polls, declined to enter the fray.

Meanwhile, Obama was endorsed by Zbigniew Brzezinski, who served as President Jimmy Carter's national security adviser.

Brzezinski told Bloomberg Television that Clinton's foreign-policy approach is "very conventional" and, "There is a need for a fundamental rethinking of how we conduct world affairs." He said Obama "seems to me to have both the guts and the intelligence to address that issue and to change the nature of America's relationship with the world."