You may remember during the 2000 campaign an enterprising journalist sprung on Gov. Bush a sudden pop quiz of world leaders. Bush, invited to name the leader of Pakistan, was unable to. But so what? In the third week of September 2001, the correct answer to "Who's General Musharraf?" was "Whoever I want him to be." And, if Musharraf didn't want to play ball, he'd wind up as the answer to "Who was leader of Pakistan until last week?"
Hillary Clinton seems to be campaigning in the pre 9/11 world:
And then it hit me:
Sen. Clinton really didn't know that the upcoming elections were for individual seats in Pakistan's parliament. She actually believed that Bhutto, Nawaz and Musharraf would be facing off as individual candidates for leadership of the country in the upcoming elections.
Sen. Clinton didn't know that Nawaz Sharif isn't allowed to run for office in Pakistan because of a felony conviction. She didn't know that President Musharraf won't be on the ballot because he's already been elected.
Sen. Clinton, a candidate for the leadership of the free world, apparently doesn't know the first thing about the country referred to by some as "the most dangerous place on earth."
What is scary is Hillary is the Democrat candidate who is billed as the toughest on terrorism.
Obviously for her it is an inconvienent side issue that get's in the way of domestic spending programs.
H/T Ben Smith
Others:
Wizbang recalls the 2000 campaign pop quiz also, plus "Senator Clinton is looking quite foolish after setting up her foreign policy experience like this because she has set an expectation that she didn't fulfill."
Small Dead Animals notes at least Bill helps take the spolight off her miscues.
Originally posted in UNCoRRELATED Jan 1, 2008
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