Posted by
Always To The Right on Wednesday, September 17, 2008 1:06:58 PM
Like I say, I’m a sucker.
“We are pleased to inform you that the keynote speakers
at the “Stop Iran. Now!” Rally are confirmed to be Senator Hillary
Rodham Clinton, Governor Sarah Palin and Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel,”
read an e-mail from a leader of a Jewish group planning the event.
But the curtain came down on the comedy sketch-turned-reality before
the duo ever hit the stage: Clinton officials soon said they had not
been told Palin would be on hand — and that her presence, which made the event a political one, would mean the absence of the New York senator.
The McCain-Palin campaign has not yet said whether Palin herself
will still be attending the event, but released a statement criticizing
Clinton’s withdrawal. “Governor Palin believes that the danger of a
nuclear Iran is greater than party or politics,” said spokeswoman
Tracey Schmitt. “She hopes that all parties can rally together in
opposition to this grave threat.”
Am I hallucinating or didn’t Her Majesty and The One manage to momentarily overcome their differences last year and join hands
in the interest of another good cause? How come that joint appearance
didn’t make the Selma event a “political” one? Answer: It did, but
Hillary didn’t stand to lose any votes by being there. She does stand
to lose votes — for Obama, as his most prominent surrogate — if she
shows up on Monday and gladhands the usurper, so naturally she put her
party interest first and backed out. She’s the one making it a
political event, not Palin. If she was half as committed to this cause
as she pretends to be, she’d opt for a compromise: To avoid any fallout
from having the two of them momentarily share a stage or, lord forbid,
a handshake, simply coordinate the schedules so that they aren’t there
at the same time. It speaks volumes that her first impulse was to say
“to hell with it” rather than seek an accommodation.
As it is, now Palin’s invite is in jeopardy too.
Exit question: Which party-over-country Hillary pander is more
disgraceful, this one or the time she did MoveOn’s bidding by voting
against that Senate resolution expressing support for Petraeus after the “Betray Us” ad?