Hillary "misspoke" about Bosnia FOUR TIMES!

[NYCGirl]

Clinton spokesman Howard Wolfson told reporters yesterday that Hillary only misspoke "on one occasion" when she told voters that she arrived in Bosnia in 1996 under sniper fire and had to run for cover after the opening ceremony was canceled because of the gunfire. That's a flat-out lie. Hillary made similar claims at least four times since last December. And what's worse, her campaign repeatedly defended the "misspoken" comments, and even sent surrogates out to defend them, claiming they were true. Rather than admitting that Hillary screwed up, and puffed up her resume, the campaign is now choosing to lie to us about facts we already know.

Last night, Joe posted the Keith Olbermann segment about Hillary's false claims. Hillary spokesman Howard Wolfson claimed the following yesterday, per Olbermann: "It's possible she misspoke." Possible? Did she also misspeak the four other times she claimed the exact same story?

- In Dubuque, Iowa in December Hillary claimed that Bosnia was too dangerous for the president and that she ran across the tarmac.

- In late February, Hillary claimed during the White House 3 am phone ad roll-out that sniper fire forced the airport ceremony inside.

- In a March 17, 2008 press conference Hillary repeated the claims.

- In her March 17, 2008 prepared remarks - PREPARED remarks, i.e., these remarks were intentional - she said the same thing.

http://www.americablog.com/2008/03/hillary-spokesman-now-says-on-one.html

MUCH MORE AT LINK including some math:

Hillary yesterday: "I say a lot of things -- millions of words a day -- so if I misspoke, that was just a misstatement."

2 million words a day = 83,333 words an hour = 1388 words a minute = 23 words a second. Yes, you do say a lot of things.

[rateyes]

1. Is it a lie if you really believe it?

:shrug:

[NYCGirl]

2. You mean she lied about it so many times she believes it? NT

[Hugabear]

4. According to Goebbels, sure

Tell a lie enough times, and you can convince yourself that it's the truth.

[MercutioATC]

5. More of a case of "A lie told often enough becomes truth", IMO.

...like "We have a strong and resilient economy" or "Iraq harbors Al-Qaeda"....

[guruoo]

47. Perhaps more like this lie:

'Al Gore claims to have invented the internet'

[Life Long Dem]

32. If she believes somethng like that then she needs a doctor.

She is terrorizing herself. What's next in this terrorist war we've seen so much of? Sounds convenient for her to me to relate this.

[krkaufman]

42. And needs to be kept away from the football. n/t

[Hugabear]

3. Was Bill Clinton trying to kill his wife?

"Too dangerous for the president" - if he really felt it was so dangerous, then why send his wife?

[NYCGirl]

12. That's the statement that really astounds me. And take Chelsea too?

:shrug:

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

20. or his daughter?

Chelsea was on that trip.

[0007]

6. Sinbad sez bttft & recomened

What sniper fire?

[george_maniakes]

7. My guess is she somehow got "under sniper fire" and "under the threat of sniper fire"...

mixed up in her head. And maybe some aide told her to make their tarmac short and sweet because of said threat, and in her head that stuck rather than what actually happened. Not excusing what she said, just trying to figure out why on earth she said it.

[progressoid]

8. Turrets?

[NightWatcher]

9. repeating a lie makes one a liar. she was taking a line out of bush's playbook

"See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the propaganda." gwb http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/05/20050524-3.html

[Colobo]

10. It's called dishonesty.

[Colobo]

11. It's called dishonesty.

[UALRBSofL]

13. Clinton lied about being shot at when running from the plane to the hanger

But Obama actually lied about his not knowing about Wrights sermons. However, I see Clinton's issue more or less a fish story going away very soon, also the fact it's being reported Axelrod passed the video to the media gives the public the idea Obama's camp is playing dirty politics topped that off with Axelrod passing the Clinton/Wright photo to the NY Times another play on dirty politics. But, the Wright issue isn't going away. Many politicians believe voters have short memories and will have forgotten this issue in a few months. But, this being an issue of identity politics and anti-american rhetoric along with anti-semitic statements, this will be an issue he can't distance himself from in this election cycle.

[george_maniakes]

15. you mean your hoping obama gets wrongfully smeared so your candidate wins...Nice!

No wonder theres so much love in here.

[Tarheel_Dem]

14. nothing the Clintons do is unintentional. I am so tired of the "spin"

Well, Bill really meant to say this, or this is what Hillary was really trying to say. Ye Gads, these are two of the most intelligent and politically savvy people in American politics, nothing they say is not calculated to the nth degree. I mean, did she really think no one would check?

[guruoo]

16. Karl sez keep it up, because Obama can't win if Hillary supporters stay home.

[Tarheel_Dem]

18. and vice versa....

you guys are under some delusion that only Hillary can win, but neither of them can win if large chunks of the democratic base sit this one out. That threat is wearing pretty thin, and usually comes from people who don't support this board.

[guruoo]

36. I'm not under any such delusion at all.

I believe that the swiftboating by Repug trolls and their "useful idiots"
among the Obama supporters has made to where it would take a virtual miracle
for Hillary to win the nomination.

[Tarheel_Dem]

37. hey, haven't you heard? you guys are supposed to be boycotting

this board. You have a new meetup place. And as for "useful idiots"...one guess as to who is sitting down with rightwing talk show hosts, and editorial boards, people who have even accused her of murder. There are "useful idiots", but I think you need look no further than the Clinton campaign. Your projection is duly noted.

[guruoo]

38. I 'sit down' with rightwingers all the time,

but I still have sense enough not to allow them to fool me into
carrying out their political dirty work for them.

In fact, over the years I've actually been successful
at winning a fair number of them away from the dark side.

[Tarheel_Dem]

39. yeah well...good luck with that.

I certainly hope you weren't throwing your fellow Democrats under the bus in your quest. You and Sen. McClinton deserve each other.
:eyes:

[guruoo]

41. That's nice. n/t

[krkaufman]

44. Hillary has only herself to blame for her current position ...

... from triangulating for 7 years, including voting for the Iraq war and Kyl/Lieberman and support for a flag burning amendment, to running her campaign for all of 2007 as though she had the Democratic nomination wrapped-up, and then developing a campaign strategy that ignored most of the country in targeting just the "important" states and wholly reliant upon amassing early victories due to name recognition. The Feb 5th coronation came and went, and the aura of invincibility and inevitability had vanished... replaced by vindictiveness and entitlement.

[MethuenProgressive]

17. spam

[george_maniakes]

21. well in all fairness i thought she only misspoke about that day twice, not four times...

so to me it is actually new info.

[NYCGirl]

25. Yes, I didn't realize it was four times. That's some misspeak, isn't it? NT

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

19. too dangerous for the president, so she took Chelsea?

bull shit.

[Tarheel_Dem]

30. don't forget she also took a comedian, and a guitar player......

:rofl:

that damned Sinbad cracks me the hell up.

[knixphan]

22. also...

"Reporters peppered Sen. Clinton's new press spokesman with questions about another purported exploit of hers, in which the senator claimed that she and a ragtag team of blue-collar drillers deflected an asteroid on a collision course with the Earth."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-borowitz/hillary-says-she-misspok_b_93249.html

[Major Hogwash]

23. It's all over the news this morning - Hillary lied about the trip.

Not just some church minister no one heard of before - it was the candidate herself!!!!!

[icnorth]

24. "...23 words a second."

With gusts up to 200.

[Araxen]

26. This is just one of many lies the Clintons have used

More will come out. SINK HILLARY SINK!!!:hurts:

[Ichingcarpenter]

27. Clinton Math Showing its Face Again: Four = One

Even though I said this in 4 different times that really means I
only said it once.

[blonndee]

28. Kick

[NYCGirl]

29. Kick

[Ichingcarpenter]

31. TAYLOR MARSH said she really Blew this one.... Taylor Marsh for god's sake

Taylor Marsh: I've had a problem with the whole "experience" argument from the start. As with Obama, then you have to prove it, which hasn't been especially impressive on his behalf.

...

But Hillary Clinton trying to prove her importance during her husband's presidency overreached massively and got caught in a whopper on Bosnia that includes tape. Now to be fair, the trip wasn't completely safe from danger, but no one cares now. We remember her well received foreign policy speech from last week, which included the words shown above, with the video tape evidence circulating today that blows what she said in a major foreign policy speech to smithereens. It's a self-inflicted wound that is by no means fatal, but definitely foolish.


http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/3/25/111852/289/288/483798

[Shakespeare]

33. Wow. My hat's off to Ms. Marsh, then.

I've been watching, slack-jawed, as friends of mine here have attempted to defend this "misstep."

There is no defending it, period.

[Az_lefty]

34. must have been on a long drunk....

[HCE SuiGeneris]

35. She must have been really, Super Duper tired. Time to enlist a time management team, Hill.

[TwilightGardener]

40. She's a sociopath. Sorry, but it's a sign of both

massive hubris and a lack of conscience to simply lie, and then build on the lie, for a good story.

[Zhade]

43. LIED four times. Or needs mental help. Either way, unfit for office.

NT!

[TheDonkey]

45. Sinbad called her out on the fabrications weeks ago and she stilled continued to lie!

After the "red phone" fallout Sinbad said the only red phone she had to answer on the trip was finding the next restaurant.

[chyjo]

46. Hillary Clinton

Ready To Lie on Day One