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"I think that since we now know 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," the New York senator told reporters crowded into an infant’s bedroom-sized hotel conference room in Washington.
"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 said.
Calling McCain, the presumptive GOP nominee a good friend and a "distinguished man with a great history of service to our country," Clinton said, "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."
I will tell you what I know about this, though.
It's an attempt to poison the well for Barack Obama in 2008. Her goal is two-fold:
To make Obama appear as unelectable as possible to scare Superdelegates into voting for her at the convention; and
if that doesn't work, to make sure that McCain defeats Obama in November so she can run again in 2012 and scold the party with "I told you so."
"There are certain critical issues that voters always look to in a general election. National security experience (and) the qualifications to be commander-in-chief are front and center. They always have been. They always will be," she said.She said she and McCain had traveled to Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan together as she repeated a line that surfaced from the campaign trail. She and McCain "bring a lifetime of experience to the campaign, Clinton said, while "Sen. Obama will bring a speech he gave in 2002," stating his opposition to the Iraq war as an Illinois state senator.
Folks, for 2008, Hillary Clinton has one overriding goal:
Prevent Barack Obama from winning the White House.
If that means she wins, great. But, if that means handing the White House to the Republican and John McCain, that's also acceptable. Because, after all, there's always 2012.
Her worst case scenario is Barack Obama defeating her close friend and ally, John McCain.
She has crossed a threshold.
Not the "Commander in chief threshold."
She's crossed the "Joe Lieberman Threshold" by campaigning on behalf of the Republican nominee for President.
- All these things are given the lie to by the fact that both McCain and Hillary were wrong on Iraq. And Iran nuclear plans...AndyRoss
- Very true about how she sounds like a flak for McCain!!AndyRoss
- does anyone ever consider that maybe we should concentrate less on national security and more on our own societal problems (or does everyone think everyone wants to kill americans?)dan5382