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Colbert to Hillary: 'Lying Should Be the Easiest Part of Campaigning!'
NewsBusters.org ^ | February 23, 2016 | Melissa Mullins

Posted on 02/23/2016 7:00:10 PM PST by Kaslin

They say "honesty is the best policy" but apparently Democratic presidential candidate frontrunner Hilary Clinton didn’t get that memo either. Nevertheless, comedian Stephen Colbert tried passing along the message to her this past Friday on The Late Show when he joked, “lying should be the easiest part of campaigning,” reacting to the cringe-worthy, face-palm inducing statement the former secretary of state made to interviewer Scott Pelley of CBS:

Well, but, you know, you're asking me to say, "Have I ever?" I don't believe I ever have. I don't believe I ever have. I don't believe I ever will. I'm going do the best I can to level with the American people.

That response in and of itself is a lie, and I'm sure her campaign staff probably looked on in absolute horror as those lies so effortlessly rolled off her tongue.

Even Clinton herself seemed to realize mid-sentence that she had just made a huge mistake.

Leave it to Colbert to show concern for the Democratic candidate. After joking with his audience that something "potentially damaging to Hillary Clinton's campaign" has just emerged… and it's Hillary Clinton," the CBS late-night comic showed them the clip, then feigned outrageous disbelief:

How can you be this bad at it?! Just say no! You're running for President of the United States!

He continued dramatically, "Even Richard Nixon knew enough to say 'I am not a crook,' he didn't say 'it has always been my intention as far as I believe, I will do the best I can not to be a crook…'"

"Will you lie is the homerun of campaign questions. You just say no and then touch all the bases," he added as the audience burst into laughter. Colbert also brought out a young boy with better lying skills than Clinton to underscore his point.

Of course Clinton's penchant for lying isn't necessarily news, but what is news is a recent Quinnipiac poll that showed nearly 7-out-of-10 Americans viewed her as untrustworthy and dishonest - making her the most untrustworthy candidate of the 2016 race.

That's certainly one poll you can trust.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016presidential; campaigns; clinton; hillaryclinton; stephencolbert

1 posted on 02/23/2016 7:00:10 PM PST by Kaslin
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2 posted on 02/23/2016 7:01:45 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Facing Trump nomination inevitability, folks are now openly trying to help Hillary destroy him.)
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To: Kaslin

Of course. The Democrats are so good and used to doing it.


3 posted on 02/23/2016 7:01:56 PM PST by SkyDancer ("Nobody Said I Was Perfect But Yet Here I Am")
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To: Kaslin

...but,but,but...she’s so freaken bad at it


4 posted on 02/23/2016 7:02:07 PM PST by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: Kaslin
Hard NOT to see through Mrs. Clinton after viewing this.

Stop and THINK about the fact that this women is STILL in contention,
and running for, President of the United States. Really!

After watching this.. it's mindboggling to even imagine that.
 
Hillary Clinton lying for 13 minutes straight.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dY77j6uBHI

( Also... see how others feel by reading the comments below the YouTube video.

5 posted on 02/23/2016 7:03:18 PM PST by VideoDoctor
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To: Kaslin

Clinton to Colbert: It is.


6 posted on 02/23/2016 7:05:11 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (The Supreme Court is a joke being played on the American people.)
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To: SkyDancer

I know I should not be , but to think there are people dumb enough to vote for this person who has been caught lying upon lying time and again is stunning.


7 posted on 02/23/2016 7:15:06 PM PST by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: Kaslin
Things I trust more than Hillary
8 posted on 02/23/2016 7:18:49 PM PST by the_boy_who_got_lost
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To: manc

She totally creeps me out as does Sanders.


9 posted on 02/23/2016 7:19:13 PM PST by SkyDancer ("Nobody Said I Was Perfect But Yet Here I Am")
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To: Kaslin

Lying is a natural part of Democrat campaigning. Don’t even have to think about it like a Moslem using taqqiya as a tactic or a Communist who is schooled in it (Hillary had some schooling - we just need to know who her teachers were).


10 posted on 02/23/2016 7:47:38 PM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: Kaslin

The “truth” as we know it, or have known it, is as passe as Hillary’s wardrobe. We live in a post constitutional America, and the future is one of fraud, manipulation of media, and illegality on a massive scale. This will not end well, I am very sorry to say.


11 posted on 02/23/2016 8:09:55 PM PST by Richard Axtell (The March to the Abyss is speeding up.)
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To: Kaslin
...a recent Quinnipiac poll that showed nearly 7-out-of-10 Americans viewed her as untrustworthy and dishonest - making her the most untrustworthy candidate of the 2016 race.

And what the #$%& is wrong with that other 30%?!

12 posted on 02/23/2016 8:23:36 PM PST by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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To: Kaslin

13 posted on 02/23/2016 9:29:34 PM PST by Bon mots
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