With apologies to the late Richard Pryor for the paraphrased title . . .
Hillary Clinton has owned the title of Most Blatant Evader with answers like to a press scandal inquiry of "There's been no evidence of that" instead of a straight denial, and her 147 "I don't recall" answers before the federal grand jury probing how a box of records, under subpoena for more than two years, happened to show up in her private quarters in the White House. But just as he is in the nomination race, Barack Obama is pressuring her.
Obama Monday, talking to CNN's Larry King:
BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) OBAMA: And if George Bush doesn't listen, then we're going to make him listen because it's time for us to bring our young people home.(END VIDEO CLIP)
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
GEORGE BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: It can be tempting to look at the challenges in Iraq and conclude our best option is to pack up and go home. That may be satisfying in the short run, but I believe the consequences for American security would be devastating.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
KING: Senator Obama, you disagree with that. He says it would be devastating to leave now. You say no.
Why not?
OBAMA: Well, first of all, I don't know anybody who's been talking about packing up and going home.
It's okay, Barry - nobody has, like, transcripts or video recorders or anything to trip you up, right?
Nice catch by The Economist, which I found thanks to The Corner.
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