Posted on 03/25/2008 9:19:26 AM PDT by seanmerc
The campaign of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) is seeking to play down news that the former first lady gave an incorrect account of landing in Bosnia in 1996 under sniper fire, and refused to answer additional questions about a flap that could hurt her chances of catching Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) in the race for the Democratic nomination.
Weve said all were going to say on that, said Deputy Communications Director Phil Singer on a Tuesday morning conference call with reporters.
A video from CBS News had shown that Clintons version of having come under sniper fire was not correct. Her campaign chalked up the discrepancy between her account and the video as a case of Clinton misspeaking.
The Obama campaign seized on the story when it was splashed across the CBS website Monday, with spokesman Tommy Vietor saying it is part of a troubling pattern of Sen. Clinton inflating her foreign policy experience.
Top Clinton surrogates also sought to play down the story, which could prove to be harmful to the former first ladys chances.
Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Pa.), who was asked about the flap on MSNBC, referred to it as a small incident that happened 10 to 15 years ago.
Obama and Clinton are melting down. Enjoy it while you can. As soon as the dems pick their candidate, the left will start up its slime machine and aim it at McCain. It will get even more dirty than it was for Bush.
Liar, Liar pantsuit on fire.
MYTHBUSTERS should have been able to break this story on Slick Hillie a lot quicker.
Outstanding! Hillary had a John Kerry moment and talked about that stuff that was seared in her mind and got “swiftboated” by members her own party. This is an historic day!
Even Democrats cant call other Democrats LIARS. Obama says its a “troubling pattern” of inflating her experience. SHE WAS LYING.....Say it for petes sake. She is a Liar...Just like Obama is a liar about his pastor.
I live for the day when those running for this high office of POTUS can honestly tell me with a straight face everything and I can believe that they are not liars. Some would say we have had that before or that we can never have that at all. I disagree...we CAN have this...WE just do not demand it. We get what we deserve.
This reminds me of the time Hillary said the Chelsea was right under the falling debris of the falling towers in New York on 9/11. Turned out Chelsea wasn’t aware of her mothers statement and states she wasn’t anywhere near the towers on 9/11. Doesn’t phase Hillary; she just moves on to the next lie.
Ping
Seems to me I did hear that Mr. Kerry may have been in Vietnam!
Yes according to HildeBeast, Chelsea was jogging around the towers that morning...
I guess that Senator B. (whose middle name must NEVER be spoken) Obama just 'misspoke' when he said he had only heard one of two of his racist mentor's comments (as he later admits in his "I HAVE AN EXCUSE" speech that he actually DID attend some of those horrible rants).
“As soon as the dems pick their candidate, the left will start up its slime machine and aim it at McCain. It will get even more dirty than it was for Bush.”
You can count on it.
“This reminds me of the time Hillary said the Chelsea was right under the falling debris of the falling towers in New York on 9/11.”
“right under the falling debris” Chelsea was, and lived to deny the tale. Imagine that.
I don’t know if you could call it sniper fire, exactly, but when that LST ramp hit the sand at Omaha Beach in Bosnia (work with me here, people) she and Matt Damon were too busy taking the pins out of the grenades with their teeth to notice the Red Baron strafing them. I think that’s what must have happened.
Don’t forget her efforts to become an astronaut and join the Marines!!..loo
Even my wife saw the story and said “this is serious”. That means it will have an effect on the average non-thinking voter. I love her, but she’s as politically naive as can be.
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
Her speeches are scripted, so she must be a victim of the vast "Swift Script" conspiracy.
There MUST be more quotes about this trip in the last 12 years. I'm sure someone will research how many times she suffered from self-inflicted "Swift Scripting" on the Bosnian Sniper (BS).
...and the Dems’ drumbeat for Al Gore to come save them from the faltering Obama and Clinton campaigns grows louder.
how your fingerprints got on the Rose Law Firm's billing files;
The disappearance of Vince Foster's files after his "suicide"
Your astonishment and inability to breath, when you found out about BJ getting a lewinsky
It becomes child's play to lie about a little sniper fire.
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