Clinton plays 9/11 card against Obama
In desperation, Hillary takes a lesson from the Giuliani fear mongering playbook:
Last night on the democratic debate on ABC TV, Hillary invoked the worst terror attack on US soil to continue her criticisms of Barack Obama, mentioning 9/11 five times to criticize his association with a member of the group Weather Underground (which bombed government buildings in the 60s), his openness to talking to rogue leaders, and even a question about energy policy.
She continued to keep Rev. Jeremiah Wright (Obama’s former pastor) in the news, reiterating her earlier declarations that she would not have Wright as her pastor. This time she invoked the suffering of the people of New York to justify that view:
“But I have to say that, you know, for Pastor Wright to have given his first sermon after 9/11 and to have blamed the United States for the attack, which happened in my city of New York, would have been intolerable for me…”
But is it still intolerable if it is honest and true?
Many others have been denounced for suggesting 9/11 was caused by failed U.S. policy. But regardless of your opinion of Pastor Wright, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates seems to be in agreement with the Pastor, in testifying to the house arms services committee on April 10:
“We were attacked from Afghanistan in 2001, and we are at war in Afghanistan today, in no small measure because of mistakes this government made–mistakes I among others made in the end game of the anti-Soviet war there some 20 years ago.”
I hope the 9-11 ploy works as well for Hillary as it did for Rudy.