By Selwyn Duke

We had a co-president during the Clinton reign who was dubbed "The Smartest Woman in the World." No, it wasn’t Bill; although considered intelligent, Bill didn’t benefit from the application of that superlative.   

Truth be known, Hillary Clinton’s intellect was always over-estimated.  If you want insight into her brainpower, you can ask the Clintons’ erstwhile right-hand man Dick Morris.  He’ll tell you that she could double her I.Q. with one serving of fish.  Well, actually, I say that, but he will certainly characterize her in none too flattering terms.

But I’ll tell you what characterizes her intellect better than most anything else.  There has been a lot of talk about how she damaged herself in the last Democrat debate, and her waffling on the subject of driver’s licenses for illegal aliens especially stood out.  She seemed to be for it; she "understood" it; being asked about it was "gotcha politics"; then, later, she seemed to be . . . oh, my head is spinning.

Now, some have mentioned that she was obviously unprepared for the question.  Unprepared?  It was a no-brainer, meaning, even Lady MacBeth should have been able to answer it.  But, OK, the informed among us know that she’s at heart a socialist and is more than happy to facilitate illegal immigration.   However, she’s also a calculating political operator who is willing to say whatever she must to curry favor with the sheeple. 

So here’s my question: How is it that the smartest woman in the world couldn’t figure out that 70 to 80 percent of the electorate (including most Democrats) recoil at the idea of giving invaders driver’s licenses? 

It was a simple calculation.  And she is so far ahead in the polls tracking the race for the Democrat nomination that she didn’t have to worry about her hold on the radical left.  All she had to do was boldly and unabashedly come out against such measures and she would have won hearts and minds in middle America.  It would have helped her during the general election (assuming she wins the nomination) and would have even won over some Democrats who are currently supporting the other pretenders.

Anyway, if Hillary Clinton couldn’t figure this out, how is she going to be able to figure out a way to combat Islamic jihad?

The smartest woman in the world?  It’s an insult to women everywhere.