Senator Clinton and Choices

[Coexist]

Senator Clinton suggested yesterday, that she would have left the Church of Rev. Wright. Because she is so high-minded, and her righteous indignation would have lifted her out of the pew on its own, and carried her out the doors of the church.

"You can't choose your family, but you can choose your Pastor." She said.

Jon Aravosis over at Americablog was pretty blunt in his assessment of that remark yesterday, reminding us that yes, you do in fact, choose some members of your family:

"You don't choose your family, but you choose what church you want to attend." Meaning, one assumes, that it's not her fault that she has a cheating husband but it is Obama's fault that he has an outspoken pastor. Well, in fact, you do choose your family. It's called marriage and divorce. A leader of the women's movement recently said to me, explaining why she had a problem with a woman choosing to remain with a cheating husband in order to advance her own career: "You don't choose a job over your own self-respect."

But more to the point, when confronted with an anti-Semitic rant, Hillary Clinton sat in silence, and listened to Suha Arafat claim that the Israeli government caused Palestinian cancers.

In November 1999, at a function inaugurating a new American-funded health initiative in the West Bank, Suha launched into a tirade against Israel, making unsubstantiated claims that the Israeli government was responsible for cancer rates in Palestinian areas. Then-U.S. First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton (now a Senator from New York) was present at the ceremony and was sitting feet away from Arafat on the dais when the remarks were made. Unsure of how to handle the Palestinian First Lady's unexpected outburst, Clinton accepted a hug from Suha and kissed her on the cheek. A senior Palestinian official later apologized to Washington for the embarrassment caused to Mrs. Clinton and noted that Suha's claims could not be verified. Clinton herself later explained that she was not fully aware of the nature of Mrs. Arafat's speech - which was delivered in Arabic - and said the English translation was difficult to follow.

Which, interestingly enough, has been edited from yesterday, when it read:

In November 1999, at a function inaugurating a new American-funded health initiative in the West Bank, Suha launched into a tirade against Israel, making unsubstantiated claims that the Israeli government was responsible for cancer rates in Palestinian areas. Then-U.S. First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton (now a Senator from New York) was present at the ceremony and was sitting feet away from Arafat on the dais when the remarks were made. Unsure of how to handle the Palestinian First Lady's unexpected outburst, Clinton accepted a hug from Suha and kissed her on the cheek.

So you see, she didn't get up and leave when this woman made controversial remarks. She blamed the translator and condemned the remarks.

Now please keep in mind, this is after eight years of "experience" as first lady, and as she was campaigning for her Senate seat.

Go peddle it somewhere else, Tanya.

[DevonRex]

1. K&R nt

[TwilightGardener]

2. ClinTonya sure has a lot of nerve.

[Coexist]

3. I think Tanya is fine

people will understand.