Today, the blogosphere is in a tizzy about Hillary Clinton’s appearance on Meet the Press. Most bloggers are buzzing about Hillary’s insinuation that she is responsible for the surge’s successes–and most are outraged that she would even suggest such a thing. What did Hillary say on Meet the Press? Via Gateway Pundit:
Richelieu posted spot-on analysis of Hillary’s MTP appearance over at the CAMPAIGN STANDARD. And here, Dean Barnett noted “Hillary’s ludicrous claim that her rhetoric on the campaign trail frightened the Iraqi government into passing de-Baathification legislation and thus all credit for the recent progress should go to the fearless senator rather than ineffectual bystanders like David Petraeus and 160,000 members of the American military.” Allahpundit adds, “Thus do the stars align for Hillary: the failure of her own party plus the success of an operation she dismissed produce a credit-taking opportunity only the dumbest Clinton supporter could fall for.” Some bloggers think she made herself look worse. Writing at the Corner, David Freddoso thinks she should just admit to her anti-war base that she made a mistake–since the same scenario obviously worked out so well for John Kerry in 2004. Andrew Sullivan agrees. And Scott Johnson at Power Line posts a note from an American soldier just returned from Iraq who rightfully takes offense at Hillary’s assertion. Even the New York Times finds Hillary’s claims to be ridiculous, noting that on the show and on the campaign trail she says she voted for the 2002 authorization because Iraq war critic Sen. Chuck Hagel helped draft a war resolution. But the Times explains,
Captain Ed responds, “Hillary cannot argue that she voted for and endorsed an AUMF and at the same time say that it envisioned no combat — not unless she wants to show a complete inability to comprehend military policy and strategy, hardly a commendable quality in a presidential candidate.” As usual, the Clintons’ lies have quickly caught up to them.
