Update 2/2/08 - Joe Biden picks up on Clinton's gaffe.
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Wow. I had no idea Mrs. Clinton had so little knowledge of Pakistan. Recent interviews, however, indicate that fact conclusively. I find it amazing and truly stupefying. And she presents herself as experienced? As someone who knows something about foreign policy? Check out this post from Thomas Houlahan in Middle East Times from which I excerpt the following:
Sen. Clinton really didn't know that the upcoming elections were for individual seats in Pakistan's parliament. She actually believed that Bhutto, Nawaz and Musharraf would be facing off as individual candidates for leadership of the country in the upcoming elections.
Sen. Clinton didn't know that Nawaz Sharif isn't allowed to run for office in Pakistan because of a felony conviction. She didn't know that President Musharraf won't be on the ballot because he's already been elected.
Sen. Clinton, a candidate for the leadership of the free world, apparently doesn't know the first thing about the country referred to by some as "the most dangerous place on earth."
Powerline adds:
A transcript of Senator Clinton's interview with Blitzer is posted here; a video of Senator Clinton's interview with Stephanopoulos interview is posted here. If any of the major Republican presidential candidates had spoken in this manner about the scheduled elections in Pakistan, surely an issue would be made of it.
HT: Michael Rubin at The Corner.