Union Leader - Jonah Goldberg: As Hillary Clinton campaigns for President, the joke's on us - Thursday, Feb. 1, 2007

Union Leader - Jonah Goldberg: As Hillary Clinton campaigns for President, the joke's on us - Thursday, Feb. 1, 2007 A WEIRD THING happened in Iowa this week. Hillary Clinton was campaigning for President -- no, that's not the weird thing -- and she paraphrased a question from the audience about what in her experience prepared her to deal with "evil and bad men." Before she could answer, the audience burst into laughter, and Clinton joined in.It was such an awkward moment, much of the commentariat hasn't figured out exactly what to say about it, starting with Clinton herself. At first she tried to explain that she was thinking of Osama bin Laden and Bush's inability to capture him. Later, she claimed she was making a joke -- just not about her husband.From my own viewing of the video -- you can find it on YouTube and elsewhere -- Hillary wasn't making any joke at all. She was merely the butt of one and laughed along with the crowd -- without getting the joke -- in an excruciating "I meant to do that" sort of way.