Jim Geraghty reviews the Democratic convention:
In the past eleven days, we’ve seen five terrorist attacks in Europe: a truck attack in Nice, a suicide bomber in Ansbach, an attack with an axe on a train in Wuerzburg, a machete attack in Reutlingen, and a priest’s throat slit in Rouen, France.
Not one speaker addressed ISIS or Islamist terrorism last night. Democrats formulate their governing plans in a happier, peaceful, imaginary world.
It is a little odd. Obviously Democrats aren’t going to go down the apocalyptic path that Republicans did, but destroying ISIS really would make the world a better place. You’d think someone might mention this. And yet, when Scott Pelley asked Hillary Clinton on Sunday what she most wanted to accomplish as president, she said this:
Well, I care most about getting the economy working for everybody…. rebuilding the ladders of opportunity….education….health care….race and discrimination….immigration reform….gun safety.
During this whole laundry list, I was talking to the TV: “Say ISIS. Say ISIS. Say ISIS.” But she never did. And to my surprise, nobody commented on this the next day, not even conservatives (at least, none of the ones I read). Eventually, though, it’s going to become a little too obvious if no speaker ever says anything about it. Maybe Bill Clinton will mention it tonight. Or one of the military folks on Wednesday or Thursday. Somebody should.
