Senator Hillary Clinton said today:
"I think that since we now know that Sen. John McCain will be the nominee for the Republican Party, National Security will be front and center in this election. We all know that. And I think it's imperative that each of us be able to demonstrate we can cross the Commander in Chief threshold. I believe that I've done that. Certainly Sen McCain has done that, and you'll have to ask Sen. Obama with respect to his candidacy."
She called McCain "a good friend and a distinguished man with a great history of service to our country. Both of us will be on that stage having crossed that threshold. That is a critical criterion for the next Democratic Nominee to deal with."
In 6 sentences Clinton ceded the choice of primary issue in the war to win the White House and the framing of it to the ENEMY.
Ignoring that in every poll, citizens of all parties overwhelmingly agree that the disastrous state of the Economy is the major issue which Americans are worried about this election, Clinton just told us National Security will be the prime issue instead. But that's not all. She foolishly picked the one issue that Republicans are salivating to make this election about, and she acknowledged McCain's right to champion that issue. In the upcoming war to elect a Democrat to lead the country, and change the direction of the country, she just handed the choice of both the battleground and the choice of weapons to the Republicans. In her zeal to differentiate herself from Obama, she just promoted John McCain to Field Marshall and validated his credentials to fight this battle his way. Furthermore, she aligned herself right alongside him! She drew the line in the sand and then went to stand on the same side with McCain!
Did she forget who the enemy actually is?? John McCain wins because Clinton has already conceded the battle! What the hell was she thinking? McCain must be wetting his depends with glee. If this is what we can expect from Clinton as Commander in Chief, maybe we should just throw in the towel right now, as she just did. This has to be the most boneheaded, shortsighted statement in all the annals of the long history of Democrats snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. I mean, seriously, folks, in 6 sentences Hillary Clinton shot herself in the foot, took a wild shot at her own side and then handed her weapon to John McCain and cocked it for him! What the hell was she thinking? Answer: Not much.
[Original post at C4CD6]