Big Dog Hits Back

Famed Ohio Vote Counter Karl Rove tried to say that Hillary Clinton is brain damaged, all the while lying to American people about the nature of Hillary’s hospital stay (Hillary was in the hospital for 4 days, not 30, for a blood clot, not for brain injury). This is a typical Rovian Republican manuever: say something outrageous about a candidate just to get people talking about the candidate negatively.

But you don’t talk about the Big Dog’s wife that way:

“First of all, I’ve got to give [Rove] credit,” Clinton told moderator Gwen Ifill. Rove’s smear “embodies that old saying that consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds. First they said she faked her concussion. And now they say she’s auditioning for a part in The Walking Dead.”

Damn. Now that is an insult. President Clinton also talked about #Benghazi!!!! briefly, though that portion is not in the video above. But here is what he had to say:

“In my opinion, Hillary did what she should have done […] Secretaries of State never were involved directly in these security decisions.” […] Clinton said he did not want to be drawn into a political fight, but he asserted that “most Americans don’t even know how many American diplomatic personnel were killed while President Bush was president.”

Good question, Mr. President. There were 20 attacks on American embassies and consultates between 2001 and 2009, during George W. Bush’s presidency. And in those 20 attacks, 87 people were killed, including three U.S. civilians and 21 embassy or consulate workers.

Amazing about the lack of outrage over those deaths from Republicans, even now.