Clinton Badgered in Iowa For Her Vote on Iran

Posted by ZZ Bachman...

Senator Hillary Clinton (NY-D) appeared to be in her sweet spot today in Iowa justifying and defending her vote in Congress to declare the Iranian Military a terrorist organization when badgered during a speech about it. With Obama pandering more and more to the far left, Sen. Clinton recognizes that she needs to ensure that she maintains an image of being tough on terrorism in order to win in the national election. Her strong and pointed defense of her position in response to equally strong criticism from one Mr. Rolph in Iowa today, helps ensure just that. We shall see if Senator Obama responds to this headline by choosing to move even further to the left as a result of Hillary’s defense of her vote to declare the Iranian Revolutionary Guard a terrorist organization. Bravo Hillary, at least you have the courage to stand up and take a position not in alignment with MoveOn.Org or the extreme left of your party. You are a very smart politician just like your husband. Seems like you know it’s time to think ahead to the national election. — ZZ

(NEW HAMPTON, Iowa) — At a campaign stop here, Hillary Clinton sparred verbally for several minutes with a man who pressed her on her recent vote to call Iran’s army a terrorist organization.Randall Rolph, from nearby Nashua, asked why he should support Clinton’s candidacy when she did not appear to have learned any lessons from having voted to authorize force in Iraq.Clinton thanked him for the question and explained her Iran vote would lay the groundwork for using diplomacy and sanctions to pressure that government.Clinton accused the man of being a plant who had been sent to ask the question, to which he took exception, saying the question was a result of his own research.

“I apologize,” Clinton said, explaining that she had been asked the very same question in three other places.

The crowd applauded when the senator ended the back and forth by saying the two had a disagreement and offering to put Rolph in touch with her staff, who could provide him with the text of the legislation, which she suggested he had misunderstood. — Chuck Todd / MSNBC