In Iowa, it is a skin game all about rubbing shoulders, glad-handing, soap-boxing, and eating strange foods or normal foods in strange ways. Hillary opted for a pork chop on a stick eaten in an Elizabethan manner - held in hand - do not try this at the dinner table unless you enjoy scornful glances. But all is fair at the Iowa State Fair.
Neither Hillary nor her opposition front runner climbed the soap box today. Both she and The Teflon Donald chose other venues. In a shady spot near a corral where little heifers were being shown by 4-H kids, former Senator Tom Harkin introduced Hillary with a resounding endorsement citing chapter and verse of her service with him in the Senate.
Before going off for a stroll on the fair grounds and casual meet-ups with supporters and voters in general, Hillary took a few questions from the press. She was cool, calm, composed, and responded patiently, thoroughly, consistently with what she has been saying all along, and all with her dazzling smile,
She called out the Republicans for making a partisan political issue out of the Benghazi tragedy and faulted the Select Committee for retrofitting its original purpose, preventing another such tragedy, to serve as a witch hunt in an election cycle.
Here is a longer video from C-SPAN.
Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton at the Iowa State Fair
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, a candidate for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination, arrived at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines. Iowa traditionally holds the nation’s first presidential caucus. She was introduced by former Senator Tom Harking (D-IA).
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- United States Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is introduced by former United States Senator Tom Harkin (R) during a news conference at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa August 15, 2015. REUTERS/Joshua Lott
- Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton leaves a pork chop stand during a visit to the Iowa State Fair, Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
- Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton buys a pork chop during a visit to the Iowa State Fair, Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
- Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton greets fairgoers during a visit to the Iowa State Fair, Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
- Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton greets Des Moines businessman Bill Knapp, right, during a visit to the Iowa State Fair, Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
- United States Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton attends the Iowa State Fair with former United States Senator Tom Harkin (R) in Des Moines, Iowa August 15, 2015. REUTERS/Joshua Lott
