The Tales Hillary Tells

[azmouse]

The last sentence is really interesting!


http://www.newsweek.com/id/129587


From Newsweek (Jonathan Alter column)

We know why politicians lie when they get in trouble: they think the consequences of telling the truth are too severe to bear. That's why Richard Nixon lied about Watergate, and Bill Clinton about Monica Lewinsky. The more complicated question is why they fib—why politicians insist on stretching unimportant stories in ways that are easy to check and refute. Hillary Clinton's oft-told yarn about ducking sniper fire on the tarmac in Tuzla, Bosnia, in 1996 has gotten a lot of publicity, maybe too much. Her misrepresentation of her role in the Northern Ireland peace talks was more serious but less visual on YouTube. Even so, the Tuzla Tale tells us something about her insecurities and frustrations, which in turn helps explain why she's losing.


*snip*

The coda to the Tuzla Tale was the way Hillary tried to defuse it. Where the late New York mayor Fiorello LaGuardia said amiably, "When I make a mistake, it's a beaut!" or Obama confessed to being "boneheaded" in dealing with shady donor Tony Rezko, Hillary said sarcastically: "This proves I'm human, which for some people is a revelation." It was all there—the pain, the resentment and the sense of what it would be like to spend four or eight years listening to her respond to criticism as president.

[flor de jasmim]

1. Oooh, ouch! But I can't say I disagree.

[JayFredMuggs]

2. Thanks for the GREAT READ! eom

[Window]

3. K/R.

I wanted to slap her when she said that...it was just the way she said it and the nasty look on her face...UGH.





:kick:

[InsultComicDog]

4. yah

[azmouse]

5. hmmm... an alcoholic kitty.

I like it. Less likely to go after the mice! :hi:

[hisownpetard]

6. It was all there—the pain, the resentment..." Yup, I heard it loud and clear.

Ugh - what a bunch of bad old memories.

GOBAMA!

[corkhead]

7. ALERTING!!! You are calling out a fellow DUer!!!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=5354227&mesg_id=5354227

:rofl: