Hillary Clinton

Sensing her weakness, Republicans spent the weekend trying to engage in a war of words with Clinton. They're re-upping in increasingly fiery rhetoric the conservative argument that because she won't use the term "radical Islam" to describe those who make up the Islamic State, she's incapable of understanding how to defeat them. (It's an argument long used against Obama, who also eschews the phrase.)

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) on Sunday broke out the trusty Nazi analogy to make such a point. Speaking on ABC's "This Week," Rubio said Clinton's refusal to call the Islamic State "radical Islam" is "like saying we weren’t at war with Nazis, because we were afraid to offend some Germans who may have been members of the Nazi Party but weren’t violent themselves."

She pointed out that's essentially what President Bush said in the days following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. "Islam is peace," Bush said, adding that America is not at war with Muslims.

"That was one of the real contributions, despite all the other problems, that George W. Bush made after 9/11," Clinton said Saturday, "when he basically said after going to a mosque in Washington, we are not at war with Islam or Muslims.

confuzzled dude wrote:must be a terrorist sympathizer too, per discombobulated logic of left-in-the-US-right-in-India NRI patriots.
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confuzzled dude wrote:must be a terrorist sympathizer too, per discombobulated logic of left-in-the-US-right-in-India NRI patriots.

Sensing her weakness, Republicans spent the weekend trying to engage in a war of words with Clinton. They're re-upping in increasingly fiery rhetoric the conservative argument that because she won't use the term "radical Islam" to describe those who make up the Islamic State, she's incapable of understanding how to defeat them. (It's an argument long used against Obama, who also eschews the phrase.)

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) on Sunday broke out the trusty Nazi analogy to make such a point. Speaking on ABC's "This Week," Rubio said Clinton's refusal to call the Islamic State "radical Islam" is "like saying we weren’t at war with Nazis, because we were afraid to offend some Germans who may have been members of the Nazi Party but weren’t violent themselves."

Dubya as well

She pointed out that's essentially what President Bush said in the days following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. "Islam is peace," Bush said, adding that America is not at war with Muslims.

"That was one of the real contributions, despite all the other problems, that George W. Bush made after 9/11," Clinton said Saturday, "when he basically said after going to a mosque in Washington, we are not at war with Islam or Muslims.

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