Clinton Readies America For January 2009 Terror Attack

On the stump today, presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton borrowed a page from the Rudy Giuliani playbook by intimating that within hours of her inauguration, the terrorists will be opening up a six-pack of jihadi whoop-ass all over us, because that's what they tried to do in England:

"I don't think it was by accident that Al Qaeda decided to test the new prime minister," she said. "They watch our elections as closely as we do, maybe more closely than some of our fellows citizens do.... Let's not forget you're hiring a president not just to do what a candidate says during the election, you want a president to be there when the chips are down."

You just have to love the optimism! And how about that buried message about how ignorant the American electorate is! Why, if "some of our fellow citizens" would just put forth the same amount of effort as the terrorists, they'd TOTES realize that "Obama" rhymed with "Oh, bomb ya" and that he was educated at some sort of Terror Madrassa For Biracial Change Agents.

Anyway, America, take comfort in the fact that when Hillary Clinton wins the election, she'll use the awesome power of her experience to take credit for thwarting the terror attack she's predicting today but can't get to at the moment because she's too busy campaigning.

Comments

[MPeter]

07:09 PM on 01/08/2008

Hillary and Bill belong in a retirement home. Bill can no longer think sensibly nor can he make political sense. HRc cries whenever challenged, brings out her mother or husband to defend her and does not seem to have the strength, brains or experience she claims. Take the bunch off the stage. They have over-stayed their welcome.

[PSTEN]

05:23 PM on 01/08/2008

The proof is in, Clinton represents not only the old thinking but the old thinking and political vices of the right wing, namely fear mongering.
Tonight Obama will clean Clinton's clock because of her latest rantings.

[drkazmd65]

02:48 PM on 01/08/2008

If you all needed any further proof that Hillary Clinton's advisors (and perhaps Hillary) has been reading from Rove's playbook,....

Well - here you are!

Hillary Clinton - A smarter (seeming), more eloquent, version of G.W. Bush in a snazzy pantsuit,..

[ajax2]

01:44 PM on 01/08/2008

Did you warn Winston Smith? Hillary you are disgusting.

[Researchguy66]

01:33 PM on 01/08/2008

Maybe she's implying that the terrorist attack will come from INSIDE the White House, hmmmm?

What she fails to realize is that Obama can bring all of us together, including Al-Qaeda!

[Independent voter]

01:13 PM on 01/08/2008

Come on Clinton - this is the kind of crap that Karl Rove would pull.

Aren't you ashamed of yourself? Aren't you any better than Rove?

Stop trying to divide America!

[jesuswazasocialist]

07:58 AM on 01/08/2008

Hillary?

You gonna iron my shirt or what?

[jsarets]

04:18 AM on 01/08/2008

I don't know... I think that if a black man named Barack Hussein Obama is elected President of the United States, then the Islamic extremists might pause for a moment and think, "hey, maybe this is new America, maybe it was just the corrupt Bush administration subverting the true interests of the American people".

Obama has foreign policy intangibles that could make the challenges we face a little less challenging. The world leaders are going to love this guy. America is back, and we're willing to talk to our enemies at a staff level with no preconditions. We may not find common ground, but we're going to keep talking. We're going to be the best world superpower we can be. That means doing less opining and a lot more listening, something that Obama is very good at.

[Jimmyboyo]

02:57 AM on 01/08/2008

bush lite

bush 2.0

The same shit that bush said about Kerry

Hillary is shameful

[Robespierre]

01:54 AM on 01/08/2008

I thought that only the Neocons used fear. Hmmm, does that make HRC a Republican? She was in Illinois before she went to Wellesley (sp?).

[jmk4422]

01:26 AM on 01/08/2008

"Clinton Implies Electing Obama Could Inspire Terror Attack" ... wow. After reading this "article" I have to say that the headline for it is Drudge-worthy in its blatant inaccuracy. Unless you left a LOT out of Hillary's quote, how on earth do you draw a line between what she said and implying that electing Obama could inspire a terror attack? I'm no Clinton supporter (I'd vote for Obama but he's not on the ballot here in Michigan) but geeze... she's bad enough without making her seem worse. Shame on the Huffpost editors for this one.

[teahead]

01:10 AM on 01/08/2008

Hillary's not the only one worried.

Repubs are worried b/c if Obama gets the nomination, no way can they win.

OBAMA/FEINGOLD 2008!

[Quadspect]

10:11 PM on 01/07/2008

Notice that not one of these candidates has the integrity to discuss the true motives of the Al Qaida attacks on our country. Perhaps this is owing to a tacit "understanding" with oil and defense corporations funding their campaigns. That of itself is terrifying. We need publicly funded elections, with candidates qualifying by relevant Ph.D. and stringent examinations.

[gevan]

09:14 PM on 01/07/2008

As if it will make any difference to the Al Qaidas who the next President is. Clinton or Obama, Giuliani or Huckabee--they will probably try something. It is in their nature.

[poeticjustice4all]

08:29 PM on 01/07/2008

Get in there Hillary. Take him down. Hard. You said you were in it to win it, and that always meant Barack was in it to lose.

It's now or never in New Hampshire. If Elvis leaves the building it's all over.