But I'm sure Hillary will have a good answer as to why the public shouldn't think she personally procured the pardon of over a dozen terrorists - I hear she's fully vetted. I mean, not like it affects a Democrat's electability having to explain that they didn't free 16 terrorists in order to win a few votes. This guy, whose dad was murdered by those terrorists, has a different opinion of Hillary and her involvement. Imagine the TV ads he's going to star in, in the fall, should Hillary be the nominee.
Remember at the tragic debate last week when Hillary Clinton was in a lather over Obama's relationship with William Ayers -- and he pointed out that Bill Clinton had his own ties to two members of that organization, to whom the President provided clemency in 2001? Given that Hillary was using this as an attack, Obama's retort would be a pretty big point to miss.
But, apparently Hillary did because -- get this -- she doesn't know anything about it.
To believe Hillary Clinton, you'd have to believe she ignored what Obama said during the debate. But, that's just for starters. The case was in New York State and the leading opponent of the pardons was Chuck Schumer. From Newsday:
You can watch the video below. If it's true, it means that she got the worst briefings in the world when she was running for Senate in 2000 and the clemency issue was hot in Rockland County, and it means that Chuck Schumer didn't even bother to mention the issue to his fellow NY senator-elect/ First Lady after promising the widows of two dead cops to fight against one of the clemencies.
Who thinks Hillary wasn't briefed? Who thinks she is telling the truth? Bill Clinton's pardons caused a lot of problems back in 2001. No doubt, the GOP has a stack of oppo research on all of them. And, Hillary Clinton's pretending she didn't know won't cut it.
Also, remember her words: "From my perspective, everything is fair game." Reporters should remind the crack Clinton staffers about that standard every time they freak out over a tough question.
