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.
Of course they would. . .anything to get people's minds off Obamie's true beliefs (as taught by Jerry Wright).
Weve said all were going to say on that, said Deputy Communications Director Phil Singer on a Tuesday morning conference call with reporters. “
WE HAVEN’T!!!
“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,”......
incorrect account is p.c. for lying?
Pin the tail on the donkey pictures?
Does chickening out from media pressure by hiding in the Virgin Islands count?
The many moods of Hilldabeast...all animated!
Turn your stomach pictures, lol. I just had to ‘share’!
Hysterical....What was she looking for...A medal for bravery beyond the call of duty??
OK, there is a difference between “incorrect” and “dishonest”. I am really sick of those in the press who are not willing to come out and call a lie a lie. She went in to way too much detail to try to use the excuse that she “misremembered”, and what she said goes way beyond “embellishing”.
Too many for one slideshow, 32, and I’ve animated her is so many other ways, heh!
Alas, she still thinks a bazooka is pink bubble gum.
LOL!! An "incorrect account" is a story in which the speaker makes an honest mistake. A story in which the speaker just concocts stuff to make herself look good is what is commonly called a LIE.
what is the meaning of misspeaking?
Self-pwnings are the best pwnings.
This is a fine example of the Smartest Woman in the World pulling something out of Ol’ Crusty’s nether regions, and expecting a compliant news media to simply swallow it without criticism or comment. Sorry, Hillary, I think those days are over for you. It ain’t 1992 anymore.
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Well, no one can beat Helen for ‘ugly’ but give Hill a few more years to catch up, lol.
I think it would take more than a few years for her to catch up to Helen...
Well, at least Hillary didn't say that she was in Bosnia, on orders of then-President George HW Bush.
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