Hillary to Iowans: I Comforted Troops at Walter Reed

NewsMax.com ^ | Sunday Nov. 16, 2003; 12:03 a.m. EST | With Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff

[Jean S]

New York Sen. Hillary Clinton told Iowa Democrats Saturday night that she recently visited Washington, D.C.'s Walter Reed Army Hospital to comfort wounded soldiers coming back from Iraq, saying their plight was the result of President Bush's arrogant foreign policy.

Addressing an enthusiastic crowd at Iowa's Jefferson Jackson dinner, the top Democrat complained, "When the rest of the world opened its hearts to us [after 9/11], he turned his back and pursued a very narrow and unfortunate policy that we are still paying a very big price for."

"And of course, it is mostly falling on the shoulders of the young men and women who serve in our military," she added.

For the first time ever, Sen. Clinton revealed: "Last Tuesday night I went out to Walter Reed hospital, which, many of you know, is the Army hospital in Washington, to walk around and say hello to the soldiers who had been evacuated out of Iraq after suffering grievous injuries, to meet their familles, [and] to answer their questions."

She painted a picture of the unnecessary suffering due to what she said were the president's misguided policies:

"As I went from room to room and bed to bed, seeing young men who had lost arms and legs, who had head injuries that, at least as for now, prevented them from knowing their names and remembering where they came from - I knew that I was seeing the best that America has to offer."

A comprehensive review of news reports over the last week, however, failed to turn up any mention of Sen. Clinton's visit to Walter Reed.

The former first lady made similar claims of meetings with 9/11 victim familles to author Stephen Brill earlier this year. But when Brill attempted to confirm the visits with the families themselves, he got a different story.

"None of it turned out to be true," he told radio host Steve Malzberg. "[Sen. Clinton's office] gave me documents and phone calls and things like that which just plain never happened."

[rustbucket]

She visited Walter Reed back in 2002.

See: http://www.newsmax.com/showinside.shtml?a=2002/9/2/103909

[Quix]

aBOUT THE TIME I think we've reached bottom in

unadulaterated evil political gall

Shrillery lowers the bar.

[Quix]

YOU ARE SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO DREADFULLY RIGHT.

[Quix]

i WOULD LIKE TO THINK you are quite accurate.

But I suspect we have a few idiots even in uniform.

[wtc911]

Agree with you completely.

We watched the whole thing last night (we're politics junkies) and most of it was pitiful in every aspect. BUT...and this is a big but...HRC is dangerous. She electrified the audience more than any of the dwarves. She could enter at the convention after the obligitory first vote. She could win the nomination and she would be a problem.

She is one of the most convincing liars I have ever encountered and there are millions who want to believe her.

HRC is in my opinion the most dangerous person in America.

[Quix]

STRONGLY AGREE WITH YOU.

I have begun to test various packets of FR docs about the TRAITOROUS SHRILLERY ANTOINETTE de Fosterizer de Marx de Machiavelli de Sade

et al

with some middle of the roaders who are mostly liberal but still have SOME objectivity and rationality left.

I'm paying them per reading hour to read and will see what the responses are.

I REALLY BELIEVE WE MUST WORK ON THOSE WORKABLE IN OUR NETWORKS. If we could each sway 1-5 people before voting day--we'd be doing The Republic a tremendous service.

SHRILLERY IS SUPER DANGEROUS. And the evil within and behind her is even more dangerous.

[OESY]

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[Sal]

If was kept secret, she would know that too because of the extra security that would have to be arranged.

Both Clintons have a history of just blurting out lies that sound good on the spur of the moment and the complicit press covers for them. OTOH this COULD be a set-up.

If your sister says she actually DID show up there and walked around talking at wounded soldiers, please ask her if any of the soldiers were conscious and/or in full possession of their mental faculties.

IOW I could see Hillary spending a quick 5 minutes walking around a couple rooms full of beds and asking the unconscious or mentally impaired men (some of whom may have also lost arms or legs) if they had any questions for her to answer. Then, getting no response, "I know you wonder why you had to pay the price for the miserable failure..."

I can picture her planning all this, knowing that we'd pick up on it and then hitting back with, "I kept it quiet because it wasn't just a cheap photo-op, but I can prove I was there and it's so mean-spirited of the extreme right to accuse me..."

Former Gov. G. Davis of CA set up his regular election opposition Bill Simon by leaking some BS to a mole on Simon's team about something bad Davis had done. Simon jumped the gun and made a public statement about it and Davis was able to refute him and make him look foolish and dishonest. We need to know before we jump on this publically.

It would be just as damning IMO if we learned that she walked around a bunch of men who didn't even know she was there as she used them for pawns, but my best guess is that she didn't even go.

[mewzilla]

Ah, but were the troops comforted?

I doubt it.

[larryjohnson]

pls ping me too

[Michael.SF.]

Maelstrom stated:

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And we don't care. Mention it often enough and you'll just piss people off, and deservedly so.

Well, you are right about one thing, I will 'piss people off' and if you are one of them, then I don't care. You have assumed I am a liberal or a leftist because I compared Newsmax to the National Enquirer? You could not be more wrong if you thought the earth was flat or the Clinton's were honest.

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WS Opinion Journal - James Taranto
Townhall.com
Drudge
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[Ann Archy]

My guess is that she put her foot into the lobby of the hospital and met Barry McCaffery there....that would cover her bases. She couldn't get away with a whopper like this.

[Ann Archy]

A call to the Walter Reed public affairs office on Monday should answer the question. (202) 782-7177.

Worth repeating.

[Ann Archy]

Please report back to us about Hillary's visit. Thanks in advance. My guess is still that she did go there, but stealthily.

[My Favorite Headache]

ping

[Ann Archy]

I agree that she's dangerous, but her VOICE.....Yikes...she SCREECHES like a fish-monger's wife!!! What kind of person wants to hear that for 4 years??

[Hannity4prez]

Bump for my wife to read later

[Jean S]

Please ping me too when you hear from your sister.
Thanks.

[Gritty]

I'm afraid if it were me lying on a hospital bed of pain and this woman showed up to use me as a photo-op and prop for her vicious campaign against America and the war, I would do everything in my feeble power, using whatever remaining limbs I had, to make sure she never used another grievously wounded veteran in such a shameful way again!

[VOA]

A comprehensive review of news reports over the last week, however, failed to turn
up any mention of Sen. Clinton's visit to Walter Reed.

The former first lady made similar claims of meetings with 9/11 victim familles to
author Stephen Brill earlier this year. But when Brill attempted to confirm the visits
with the families themselves, he got a different story.

Amazing the things you can learn...
when a free press actually works...