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Let Sleeping Dogs Lie

Remember that whole Bosnia-sniper fire flop Hillary got herself into, and how it arguably hurt her poll numbers, and how the whole issue faded away and how most people forgot about it?

Apparently, Mr. Clinton didn't think it was dead enough.

He might have even made it worse by saying that the comments were made "one time late at night when she was exhausted," even though she said told the story at least three times in morning speeches...

You know, I got tickled the other day. A lot of the way this whole campaign has been covered has amused me. But there was a lot of fulminating because Hillary, one time late at night when she was exhausted, misstated — and immediately apologized for it — what happened to her in Bosnia in 1995 [sic]. Did y'all see all that? Oh, they blew it up.

Let me just tell you. The president of Bosnia and General Wesley Clark – who was there making peace where we'd lost three peacekeepers, who had to ride on a dangerous mountain road because it was too dangerous to go the regular, safe way — both defended her, because they pointed out that when her plane landed in Bosnia, she had to go up to the bulletproof part of the plane, in the front. Everybody else had to put their flak jackets underneath the seat in case they got shot at. And everywhere they went, they were covered by Apache helicopters. So they just abbreviated the arrival ceremony.

Now I say that because what really has mattered is that, even then, she was interested in our troops. And I think she was the first first lady since Eleanor Roosevelt to go into a combat zone. And you woulda thought, you know, that she'd robbed a bank the way they carried on about this. And some of them, when they're 60, they'll forget something when they're tired at 11 at night, too.

It is also worth noting that Pat Nixon traveled to Vietnam in 1969.

What is it with this family and the truth (or lack thereof)?! Even while defending his wife's apparent lies, he lies!

See the video here.

via Politico.

Comments (2)

Scott [TypeKey Profile Page]:

He's getting STOOPID.

Patrick [TypeKey Profile Page]:

That campaign is in its death throes. Maybe they are taking the old car dealer adage that "there's no such thing as bad publicity".

The funny thing about it is that she talked to Bill right after this and told him to keep his mouth shut while he was on the road!

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