Update: The wingnutty New York Post thinks 'Evil Men' means one man -- Bill Clinton, of course. [via]
Can Hillary deal with Evil Men?
This was an actual question at the town-hall forum in Iowa. Of course, the real question is:
HRC's response was priceless.
One questioner asked Clinton if her track record showed she could stand up to "evil men" around the world.
"The question is, we face a lot of dangers in the world and, in the gentleman's words, we face a lot of evil men and what in my background equips me to deal with evil and bad men," Clinton said. She paused to gaze while the audience interrupted with about 30 seconds of laughter and applause.
Meeting later with reporters, she was pressed repeatedly to explain what she meant. She insisted it was a simple joke.
"I thought I was funny," Clinton said. "You guys keep telling me to lighten up, be funny. I get a little funny and now I'm being psychoanalyzed."
And speaking of evil men, HRC said that Bush needs to withdraw all troops before he leaves office. Anything else is "the height of irresponsibility."
More on Hillary in Iowa:
The Independent, UK: "[O]n a freezing, crystal-clear afternoon, Mrs Clinton received a rapturous, semi-hysterical reception more befitting a teen pop idol than a woman whom the polls currently put in fourth place in the state. So much for that famous Mid-Western reserve."
WaPo: "Competent and capable, but she's my fourth choice," said Dale Hedgecoth, a carpenter at a local high school. . . "Strong, but not it," added Dona Howe, a first-grade teacher.
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