Rocky theme music and sniper joke

[pkz]

BURBANK, Calif. (AP) - Hillary Rodham Clinton made fun of herself Thursday, telling "Tonight Show" host Jay Leno she almost didn't make it to his studio.

"It is so great to be here, I was so worried I wasn't going to make it. I was pinned down by sniper fire," Clinton said after joining him onstage, referring to her claims - since disputed - that she dodged sniper bullets while arriving in Bosnia as first lady. Clinton later said she had "misspoke."

As she entered, Leno's band played the "Rocky" theme, jumping off her statement this week that she is the underdog in the Democratic nominating contest against Barack Obama, just like the fictitious boxer was against his opponent in the Oscar-winning movie.

"This has been such a mismatch of words and action," Clinton continued. "Obviously I've been so privileged to represent our country in more than 80 other countries, lots of war zones. I wrote about it in my book and obviously had a lapse. But here I am, safe and sound."

Leno asked how much sleep Clinton was getting. "Answering the phone at 3:00, that's gotta be tough," he joked, referring to her campaign commercials that ask which candidate would be the best prepared as president for middle-of-the-night emergencies.

"It happens every single night. Someone calls up and they have something to say. You've got to stop calling me," Clinton told Leno.

Clinton said she was proud of her daughter, Chelsea, 28, who has been campaigning for her. But she said her "stomach is in knots" most days thinking about what she might encounter each day. Chelsea Clinton has fielded some tough questions in recent appearances, particularly about her father's relationship with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. Her response has been that it's none of the questioner's business.

Asked about her daughter telling a voter that her mother might make a better president than her father, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton grinned and said: "She is such a smart young woman."

Leno also asked about moments during the campaign in which the former president has blown up at reporters and others.

"When you're supporting someone you love, you really do take it very much to heart," she said. "I said 'OK, honey, that's all right, we don't have to go get excited about it.' He's doing a great job for me but he does get a little carried away sometimes."


http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080404/D8VQOCUO0.html

[Skwmom]

1. Children died from sniper fire in Bosnia.

According to an article I read snipers were paid bonuses to kill children. I have friends who were in Bosnia during the war. They told me of a couple who had lost a child to snipers. Yeah, sniper fire is really something to LIE AND JOKE about.

[bigtree]

16. so, you're saying the First Lady WAS danger from snipers in Bosnia?

I thought the Obama camp had completely dismissed the danger from snipers in Bosnia.

So, all of the creeps joking about how safe Hillary Clinton was on her trip into the war zone were lying and despicable.

[cliffordu]

2. Can someone please post a photo of a sniper fire victim??

I want all the Hillary supporters to see how fucking funny they are.

[Catherine Vincent]

3. Here comes another faux outrage from you Obama folks.

Sigh!

[Whisp]

6. I'm guessing you like dead baby jokes too. ugh. nt

[cliffordu]

7. Sigh is right....

I hope the family members of one of the American soldiers who had his head taken off by a sniper calls on Hillary and lets her know how they feel about her joke.

I've seen some of the reasons they bury some veterans in closed caskets. Sniper fire ain't no fucking joke.

[VolcanoJen]

It's not faux outrage, it's groaning at another Hillary Joke "THUD"

Get it? Didn't think so.

[Skwmom]

11. Faux Outrage? Many people (INCLUDING CHILDREN) died from sniper fire

in Bosnia. It is not a joking matter except for sick, disgusting individuals with no sense of decency. If that doesn't outrage someone, they are truly missing a sensitivity (humanity) chip.

[Johnny__Motown]

4. The woman is an embarrassment......I can't wait till she stops hurting the party and just fades away

[Connie_Corleone]

5. LOL!!!!! Sniper fire!! HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!

Making fun of almost getting shot. :rofl: :rofl:

GOOD JOB, HILLARY!! Keep the war jokes coming! They're a riot!

:sarcasm:

[Skwmom]

9. Yeah, I'm sure the kids dodging sniper fire must have been laughing. Oh wait, they were TERRIFIED"

http://www.france24.com/france24Public/en/archives/news/world/20071212-bosnia-serbia-dragomir-milosevic-jalied-war-crimes-sarajevo.php

The judges ruled that troops under Milosevic's command shelled Sarajevo and directed sniper fire against civilians, spreading terror among the inhabitants as they queued for bread, went to market or were simply walking with their children.

"There was no safe place in Sarajevo. One could be killed and injured anywhere and anytime," Judge Patrick Robinson of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) said.

He recalled the testimony of one witness that when her daughters returned from collecting water or firewood she would often find they had "soiled their clothes because of the fear they had".

[Cha]

14. She had to get her butt on Leno fast to

clear up that whole sniper fire LIE..wonder if Letterman would have gone easy on her too.

I guess they are comedy shows so she would go on there to "clear the air" like bush did at the white house press dinner when he joked about Weapons of Mass Distruction and the press YUCKED IT UP.

hilary has WMDs..Weapons of Mass Distraction.

[RazBerryBeret]

8. Yeah, Sniper Fire

is not really a joking matter, especially when you've been caught in a big fat lie.

but the Rocky Theme is kinda funny--she should've been embarrassed about that. that was one the corniest claims I've heard yet..

especially considering that Apollo Creed Beat Rocky in the end...

[Cali_Democrat]

10. Hillary joking about sniper fire is akin to joking about planes crashing into buildings (9/11)

3,000 people died on 9/11 and MILLIONS have died from sniper fire since the invention of the rifle, it's worse than joking about 9/11 IMO. Hillary is a scumbag.

[Skwmom]

13. It's akin to joking about the gas chambers used in Germany.

[Cha]

12. Fuck does that remind me of? george w bush looking

for weapons of mass destruction to take the pressure off his ass for lying about them.

hilary is so like bush and I don't have to call her one of those names..'cause bush is the worst.

[rocktivity]

15. "...I was so worried I wasn't going to make it.

I was pinned down by sniper fire," Clinton said after joining him onstage, referring to her claims - since disputed - that she dodged sniper bullets while arriving in Bosnia...Clinton later said she had "misspoke."

Claims "since disputed?" How about LIES she was "caught in!!!"

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