Why Hillary "Misspoke" Matters

Outside The Wire ^ | Bob Parks

[bocopar]

From Jack Cafferty to even Keith Olbermann, the mainstream media has begrudgingly had to acknowledge that Hillary Clinton’s recent “scripted” recollection of dodging sniper fire in Bosnia was not just a misstatement, but a bold faced lie. A lie told to bolster her image as an experienced, courage-under-fire, presidential candidate ready to become Commander-in-Chief.

The media, as usual, has been slow to jump onboard because they depend on candidates to come on and give interviews. When they think they’re being unduly picked on, they avoid that network. So media outlets are careful to fully check stories before they run them. Those of us online have no such concerns, as I sincerely doubt that any of the presidential candidates will take time out of their busy schedules to be interviewed by anyone on Outside The Wire… yet.

We have both the luxury (and the responsibility) of coming to snap judgments, so we can break stories as they happen. In the case of Hillary’s Bosnia Sniper Jog, we alerted readers to her misstatements as they occurred. The Clinton spin-machine went into action Monday, but there is one way to gauge how damaging this whole Snipergate could truly be.

There is NO mention of this incident on Media Matters.

For those of you who are not familiar with Media Matters, according to Hillary herself at last year’s Daily Kos Convention, it was a website founded in part by her to counter the attacks coming from the “vast, right wing conspiracy.”

[lexington minuteman 1775]

Jack Cafferty has now joined the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy...bwahahahahaha! This is rich!

[dinoparty]

Anyone else afraid that the MSM will be even more vicious than normal to the Republican candidate after the Dems have their nominee, justifying their actions by saying the Dem primary has caused the Dem to endure much greater criticism already, and it needs to be “balanced”?

[theFIRMbss]

>Hillary Clinton’s recent “scripted” recollection of dodging sniper fire in Bosnia was not just a misstatement, but a bold faced lie...

When I had breakfast
with Anna Kournikova
this morning, we laughed . . .

[pgyanke]

The media, as usual, has been slow to jump onboard because they depend on candidates to come on and give interviews. When they think they’re being unduly picked on, they avoid that network.

That's bunk. They have no such compunction when it comes to conservatives. They give softball interviews and favorable press to their ideological compatriots.

[Pete]

The Dems created this Frankenstein. We have been telling them for years that Hillary had a serious problem with the truth. Safire pointed it out on the pages of the NYT back in the 90’s. They made this bed and now they have to sleep in it.

[1Old Pro]

I wonder if Hillary will next claim she spent Christmas with John Kerry in Vietnam.

[SERKIT]

Who is the ghost writer who “scripted” the fiction for Hillary? Did she forget who it was? Does she deny hiring the speech writer? Since she has the unbelievably fast rate of speech (1 Million words per day), may she is a victim “Swift-Scripting”.

[fella]

The media, as usual, has been slow to jump onboard because they depend on candidates to come on and give interviews.

They also depend on the millions of dollars that the campaigns send in the media. Could this be the reason that the watch-dog of democracy has been turned into the lap-dog of the RATS.

[Bob J]

No, Cambodia.

[JoeGar]

Thank God there was video and pictures that chopped her claims to pieces.

Tune in to FOX News. It now is showing video of Hillary's landing and welcome in Bosnia and there's not a sniper in sight--just little children giving her flowers!

[Thombo2]

“Anyone else afraid the msm will be more vicious than normal to the repub candidate....”Good point,but i assume the msm will rip into McCain regardless.Right now i’m thoroughly enjoying the sideshow ie Obama and his racist preacher and now Hillary caught red handed “embelishing” her resume:)

[PogySailor]

So media outlets are careful to fully check stories before they run them.

Only if they're Democrats of course. Republicans can be lied about non-stop. See Dan Rather and Mary Mapes.

[GAgal]

I agree with that, and that’s why I support Operation Chaos. McCain benefits greatly from being temporarily sidelined. Once the Dem race concludes, the MSM and the nutroots’ treatment of McCain will border on lunacy.

[Nabber]

She could not possibly have forgotten that there was press with her on that day in Bosnia, so:
A) She has truly medically-qualified neuroses/psychoses which allow her to believe anything she makes up in her mind about her adventures; or
B) She out-and-out lied and didn’t believe the sycophantic press would call her on it.
Either alternative should scare the crap out of everyone.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Snipergate !

[Sender]

It's not a lie! Apparently you haven't heard the raw audio.

[Wil H]

I wonder if Hillary will next claim she spent Christmas with John Kerry in Vietnam.

No, but I COULD believe that she has been shot in the ass by a HUGE amount of rice...

[GAgal]

What’s really odd to me is that once Sinbad refuted her story, why did she dismiss his account with “He’s a comedian”... rather than saying, “Let me double-check”? Sinbad was there in Bosnia with her, so his public comments about the trip warned Team Hillary that continuing her lie wouldn’t fly. Yet, she stubbornly refused to back down and compounded the error by dissing a black guy unselfishly in Bosnia for a USO tour. I don’t know what to call that - stupid, stubborn, crazy?

[trustandobey]

Do you remember how she told her fib about Chelsea jogging near the world trade center. I know there are many more!

[highimpact]

I don’t know what to call that - stupid, stubborn, crazy?

All three, along with a huge dose of arrogance.

[Boiler Plate]

Hillary’s claim to a Million words a day beats the average person’s 6,000 to 10,000 by 2 orders of magnitude.

IOW if she stayed up for 24 hours she would be speaking non stop at a 12 words a second.

You got to really appreciate her ability just keep lying her way right through the last lie.

[Old Grumpy]

“Do you remember how she told her fib about Chelsea jogging near the world trade center.”

I remember that. Didn’t Chelsea also say she stopped and thanked God that her mother was a senator, and so therefore would help all the victims of the tragedy?

[Sig Sauer P220]

Hillary = delusional

[Dianna]

Didn’t Chelsea also say she stopped and thanked God that her mother was a senator, and so therefore would help all the victims of the tragedy?

No, I think the story was that Chelsea looked at the burning WTC and thought, "Bush shouldn't have passed those tax cuts!"

[purpleraine]

The Clintons will say or do anything to remain in power. We saw that with the pardons, the Chinese military money, the crimes in the WH, and on and on.

Here's a few highlights:

1. I remember when I was a boy they burned the black churches in our area -BJ Clinton No black churches burned in Arkansas during that period.

2. I did not have sex with that woman. -BJ Clinton

3. I was named after Sir Edmund Hillary.- Hillary Rodham She was born years before Edmund Hillary became internationally known.

4. Chelsea was jogging near the twin towers when the plane hit. -HRC Not even close.

5. We were under sniper fire. -HRC

6. I have thirty-five years of experience for the presidency. -HRC

[Mr. K]

b)... its B)

but she cant believe they are not fawning over her and bill anymore... how dare they!

she has 900 FBI files!!

[muffaletaman]

Anyone know whether the DU is discussing this?

[HIDEK6]

What’s really odd to me is that once Sinbad refuted her story

Law of unintended consequences - This will revive Sinbad's career.

[Nabber]

John McCain upon being asked by reporters about the trip to Iraq, should say, “Well, as you know, we had to avoid sniper-fire....”

[theFIRMbss]

>This will revive Sinbad's career

Until they find him
in the State park. His body,
a note and a gun . . .

[Stand Watch Listen]

from MSN.com

Everyone else was told to sit on their bulletproof vests," Clinton said. "And we came in, in an evasive maneuver. ... There was no greeting ceremony, and we basically were told to run to our cars. Now, that is what happened."

Former Army Secretary Togo West, who accompanied Clinton to Bosnia, said he was not surprised "that there could be confusion" when someone who has taken a number of trips tries to recall details of a particular trip 12 years earlier.

"The important thing is that she was there. Our soldiers saw she was there and heard her and knew that our country cared about them and what they were doing," West told the AP during a telephone interview.

ooops!!!

[Stand Watch Listen]

Seems it’s oops on my part...

…guess ‘snopes’ doesn’t like links to their site…but here’s evidence that even years later, on her ‘tours’ as Senator, the soldiers expressed their opinion.

[Right Wing Assault]

Today she claimed that she was actually on the lunar lander with Armstrong on a secret mission when the moon people opened fire with paintball guns. She got a stain on her blue spacesuit.

CBS is looking for video to verify.

[Right Wing Assault]

she has been shot in the ass by a HUGE amount of rice

...and doctors have been unable to remove it due to the danger of brain damage.