Ken Blackwell at Townhall.com
Hillary Clinton has done the last thing I expected, and she’ll regret it in the end.In a previous column, I predicted that Senator Clinton would have a “Sister Souljah” moment. It would be similar to the politically defining moment that energized her husband’s first presidential campaign. In 1992, Bill Clinton attacked a young female rapper for her thoughtless and socially destructive comments.
This sent the message he was a moderate Southerner, not a creature of the far left. I thought Senator Clinton would create a similar episode and send the same message.
I was wrong. Last week was her perfect chance, and she couldn’t bring herself to do it.
MoveOn.org took out an ad that will go down in history as one of the most despicable and over-the-top ever. This full-page ad called General Petraeus, “General Betray Us.”
Both Rudy Giuliani and John McCain were out in front condemning the ad, with Mr. Giuliani even taking out his own ad to defend General Petraeus. Both men seized the opportunity to stand up for the decorated combat soldier now leading our troops in war.
Encouragingly, the condemnation from many Democrats was almost as strong as from Republicans. On the left, General Wesley Clark said that General Petraeus would never give a report he did not truly believe. Senator John Kerry, and even San Francisco liberal Nancy Pelosi, criticized the ad.
But Senator Clinton refused to condemn the ad. Instead, she said on camera to General Petraeus that his sworn testimony called for “the willing suspension of disbelief.”
Well, can you imagine why that might be?
Look, regardless of the idea that she slips into a southern accent at need, she’s not a southerner. She was born and raised in Chicago . (Which may also explain her corrupt brand of fundraising, no?)
Now, Ken, in light of that distinction, can you imagine why the left is making so much noise about trying to win the presidency without winning the south? Given the quality of the individuals that are running, they know they can’t do WIN in the south. Particularly, as regards the current frontrunner for the Democrat nod. So, to have any chance at all, they’ve GOT to try to concoct some way of winning without the south.
