Should a President Be Expected to Know Stuff?
I suggest that when making a purportedly factual statement, it’s fairly reasonable to expect that the President of the U.S. would have the facts straight (aside from Bush that is). As plainly demonstrated in this clip, Hillary doesn’t even know simple information, such as the positions other candidates have taken on the Iraq war:
Now, I’m not a Ron Paul devotee. I respect his fiscal views but am non-plussed by how closely his social views mimick those of the Christian Right. Pushing those issues to the side however, Ron Paul has from day one said the war in Iraq would be a mistake. That fact is absolutely certain — he has spoken clearly, forcefully, and on the record numerous times regarding the folly of the Iraq war both before and after it started.
Further, Ron Paul has been a congressional representative during the entire time period that Hillary has been in the Senate. Different house, sure, but apparently Hillary can’t be bothered with what is going on in the House of Representatives. If she was paying any attention at all, she would not stand up in front of an audience of millions and say, flat out, that “to a man”, the Republicans support Bush and the war.
You can check out Republican Ron Paul’s voting record and see that Hillary was completely uninformed and yet, felt no qualms in making a false claim rooted in her lack of knowledge. Certainly that wasn’t a “lie” in the true sense of the word, but it’s actually worse. It demonstrates Hillary Clinton’s willingness to argue with conviction when she in fact doesn’t know what the heck she is talking about. Sound familiar? Echoes of her rabid reasoning for going to war perhaps?
As I mentioned before, I can’t really get behind Ron Paul because of his social conservatism, but if Hillary is unable to retain or acquire simple facts — we’re not talking about hard math or subtle international intrigue, we’re talking about whether a candidate voted “yes” or “no” — how will she do when faced with the difficult questions this world can pose? Plainly, she’ll suck.