New York Senator and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, seen here 13 July 2007, hit back Friday in a row with the Pentagon, after a top official accused her of emboldening US enemies by discussing troop withdrawals.
Posted on 07/21/2007 9:36:40 PM PDT by Libloather
Is Hillary trying to re-write history?
BY GLENN THRUSH AND JOHN RILEY
July 21, 2007, 9:19 PM EDT
Just after 4 a.m. Wednesday morning, a drowsy Hillary Rodham Clinton stood in the Senate chamber during the all-night debate on Iraq and declared matter-of-factly: "I have called for the strategic redeployment of U.S. forces out of Iraq for several years."
That surprised anti-war activists camped out near the Capitol, listening to the speech on the radio. Clinton, they knew, had supported withdrawal from Iraq for less than two years, 20 months to be exact.
"We thought it was ridiculous that she was trying to rewrite history," said Medea Benjamin, co-founder of CodePink, an anti-war group that has staged protests at Clinton's public appearances since she voted for the Iraq invasion in October 2002. "She's moving back her own timetable ... We all let out a collective guffaw when we heard her say that."
Was Clinton's statement a verbal typo, a gaffe by a woman who desperately needed a nap? Or was she trying to backdate her record to make it seem like she's advocated withdrawal longer than she actually has?
She's said it before
Clinton opposed calls for redeployment until Nov. 15, 2005, when she voted with senators of both parties for a "phased redeployment" of troops without a specific timetable, her staff said.
A Newsday review of her speeches, press releases, votes and committee transcripts revealed no evidence that she publicly backed redeployment before the vote.
Still, Clinton has recently claimed her call for withdrawal came much earlier. On Jan. 18, 2007, she told PBS correspondent Gwen Ifill, "You know, for more than a year-and-a-half I've been in favor of phased redeployment of our troops ... based on a comprehensive strategy."
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If you are a soulless profligate liar, there is no concern. Beware.
If she’s speaking, she’s lying. What bothers me most is that she thinks we’re so damn dumb as to believe ANYTHING she says.
Medea gets a clue!
Maybe she's speaking to the Dems, not us. There doesn't seem to be much they won't swallow, so long as it comes from one of theirs.
Hillary! is the Red Queen from Alice in Wonderland.
But uses the Humpty Dumpty maxim:
“When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.”
I dunno, is this schadenfreund, or what ? /chuckle
This woman is evil incarnate. For all of you who thought I went over the top at the FReeper Victory Brunch in 2001 on C-SPAN, I am waiting for your apology. I called her Satan’s Daughter. I was right.
Didn’t they check out her resume. It say liar along with cheat, thief, enabler of rapist.
Why should she tell the truth when a lie will suffice??
Pray for W and Our Troops
If she’s awake she’s lying.... her entire life is based upon myriad frauds, lies, deceptions, obfuscations, and all-around pitiful dishonesty. Shrillery is a joke.
Doug, Am I to understand that you will not vote for Jan’s g/f next year ?
My God. Let me call Reno and alert her to the fact that she can hold off on buying a new pair of pantyhose and washing her red pickup.
At least until we sort out the GLBT vote. *S*
Cheers from BHC, mate.
LLS
their front runner is a sociopath and pathological liar- the Democrats deserve what they get
This should be another FR project.
Mrs. Bill Clinton can’t speak the truth no better than her husband. God help us if she wins the Whitehouse. Everything changes for the worse... everything.
“What bothers me most is that she thinks we’re so damn dumb as to believe ANYTHING she says.”
What bothers me most is that 40% of America is.
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