Hillary shouldnt have opened her appearance on Leno Joking about Bosnia

[MadBadger]

You know after her little joke and talking quickly about it, she started sounding really good and I liked what she was saying. But the media wont listen. They dont care about issues, they care about the other stuff. You can guarantee the media will focus on her Bosnia joke, and little else, running that part on endless loop instead of the meaningful things she has and will say in this interview. And the more talk about Bosnia does Hillary little good.

[AGirl]

1. meh you are an obama supporter. :)

[MadBadger]

2. thats right, and we dont matter and are not allowed to express opinions

[AGirl]

6. yeah, it really doesn't matter what you guys think ...

[woolldog]

3. It's incredibly disrespectful to the troops in Iraq

I have a cousin who served over there (apolitical) and he's not amused.

[Cha]

7. It's the work of total numskull which

hilary has come to represent to me.

[CoffeeCat]

4. I know...

...what's so damn funny about Hillary being a raging liar?

Gee. What a knee slapper. One of our Democratic frontrunners can't
be trusted to tell the truth.

Pardon me, while I split a gut.

:eyes:

[EffieBlack]

5. I agree - I don't think it was a smart PR move

The press, of course, will probably keep playing that loop over and over, completely ignoring the other substantive conversation she had - she was very good, but I have a feeling that, unless you watched it live, you won't see much of this interview other than the sniper joke.

[gateley]

8. Was this tonight?

And what did she say? Thanks.

[MadBadger]

9. Yes, shes on right now

she started out talking about how she was pinned down by sniper fire and I think she said that she had trouble getting there because of it. Then she got into a substantive discussion besides her BS about Florida and MIchigan which Jay actually called her on.

[Oldtimeralso]

13. On Now and pleading for Michigan and Florida

poor loser when you want the rules changed after the game is over!
Flame away!
I am not an Obama or Hilary supporter
I AM A DEMOCRAT.

[DearAbby]

10. I agree it was a bad move

I would have advised her to seriously discuss the topic, and move on as quickly as possible...I don't know what possessed her to make a joke about the incident.

[MadBadger]

11. No, just dont talk about it, unless Jay brings it up.

[CoffeeCat]

12. It's similar to Bush making jokes...

...about not being able to find the lost WMD.

Yucking it up and basking jokes on the fact that you're a lying asshole--just isn't that comical.

[AGirl]

14. except Clinton is not saying she was under sniper fire to start a war..

[woolldog]

16. No one who hasn't faced sniper fire, can joke about it.

[CoffeeCat]

17. I didn't say she did.

The parallel is obvious.

Both Hillary and George lied, and then went on to turn their dishonesty
into comedic one liners.

Duh.

[AGirl]

19. The crime of Bush and the impact of his lie cannot be compared to Clinton's , duh.

[CoffeeCat]

27. I'm not comparing the "impact"...

...you're bringing up something that I never even discussed.

I simply said that both Bush and Clinton lied--and then turned around and tried
to make a comedy routine out of those lies.

It's the lie--->comedy process that's similar. Get it?

Obviously, Bush's lie was more impactful.

However, that doesn't make Hillary's lie any less despicable in it's own right.

I think lying about being under sniper fire--when you clearly weren't--and forgetting that the entire
truth was filmed--is colossal stupid.

But hey, maybe you're just into that sort of thing.

[global1]

32. Or How About....

The White House looks the same
As I come down from the strain
Of the primary battles with my friend Obama

Near the oval office on the floor
I see a stain right past the door
It didn't touch the blue blue dress of her.

(Sung by Hillary after she is president to the tune of the Green, Green Grass of Home - at the 2009 Correspondents Dinner)

[mjjacobs]

15. I watched Leno tonight and thought the whole thing.....

...was pretty lame. But now that I see your point.... I am simply aghast!!! Absolutely shocking! I think this one will get a lot of play. Big time damage to the HRC campaign.

Keep up the good work guys.

[Zachstar]

18. It isnt great work. It isnt great when your opponent says somthing so distructive

This is not just going to hurt here. This is going to affect things come GE time. McCain will talk about how "Democrats joke about sniper fire while troops in Iraq dodge it" or some other crap.

Yes this will cost Clinton in PA yet it will cost the democrats overall more in my view.

[loveangelc]

29. i hope you're joking.

[mjjacobs]

34. joking? ....no, trying to be as obviously facetious as the law allows....

These "outrages" do seem to grow legs. But fortunately, Joe6pack is getting the impression that this whole smearum' thing is ridiculous....and as dense as ole Joe seems to be, even he can see the charade.

Carry on.

[woolldog]

25. It is shocking.

It's a slap in the face to all our troops.

[Catherine Vincent]

20. Hypocrites.

All of you.

<click>

[MadBadger]

30. How so?

[Colobo]

21. Tasteless, in my view.

[Forkboy]

22. Pretty dumb, but also not worthy of the outrage we're seeing here on DU about it either.

(Not talking about you)

I agree that the media is going to play this. How much and for how long we'll have to wait and see.

[thewiseguy]

23. I am sure you would be outraged too if you thought about it.

[Forkboy]

35. Hmmm...let's see....

Nope...didn't happen. Just dumb.

Here's some stuff that does outrage me;

[cliffordu]

28. Here ya go. This is what she lied about. Now she tells jokes about the lie.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/03/30/2008-03-30_hillary_clintons_lie_hits_real_sniper_vi.html


But she'll be ready on day one. McCaine will snap her in two with this.

[Forkboy]

36. Still not outraged. Yes, it's dumb, and yes, it's disrespectful.

See my post above for examples of things to really be "outraged" over.

[tabasco]

39. Combined with her IWR vote, it sure as hell is.

Cowardly, craven politicians send others off to die and then joke about being under fire.

Fuck that shit. Time to clean house.

[mtnsnake]

24. She didn't joke about Bosnia, genius. She joked about her own miscue. Nice try

[cliffordu]

31. She was trying to spin a lie she told 4 times....

a lie that slaps the face of men like this:

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/03/30/2008-03-30_hillary_clintons_lie_hits_real_sniper_vi.html

[Obamanaut]

33. Miscue. Thanks, now I know another word for lie. nt

[ClayZ]

26. I though it was horrible!

:grr:


K and R

[anigbrowl]

37. I'm not outraged, but it was a dumb move

Kinda like Bush looking under the desk or the WMDs. But you know what - since I'm an Obama supporter, why should I worry if she wants to shoot herself in the foot?

[MadBadger]

38. I'm not outrage either, though Bush's move was outrageous.

4,000 Americans have now tied because of that fuckup.