March 31, 2008
Bosnians Don't Buy Clinton's "I Misspoke" Excuse
The Post's cover story takes Senator Hillary Clinton to task for falsely claiming she faced sniper fire during her 1996 trip to Bosnia. Not only does the Post speak to former acting president Ejup Ganic, there's also comment from then 8-year-old girl who greeted Clinton and read her a poem.
Emina Bicakcic, who is now 20 years old and studying to be a doctor, said she was "surprised" to hear about Clinton's recent dramatic retelling of the visit, which Clinton later admitted was a misspoken statement after all video footage and photographs showed what actually happened. Bikcakcic said she wasn't scared, "just excited" and eager to see Clinton.
Also, Bikcakcic didn't criticize Clinton but also "admitted that she is not supporting Clinton in her contest against Barack Obama," explaining she's "staying neutral. I have very mixed emotions about it. It's a difficult situation for me."
Ganic said that there were safety concerns, so they shortened the ceremony. Still, he said, "There was a little bit of risk, but it was not like that. She didn't run." Other Bosnians were less forgiving: A 29-year-old said, "It was a horrible lie" and the deputy editor-in-chief of the largest newspaper told the Post, "When someone threatens your life, you don't make a mistake."
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definition of misspoke: caught in a lie designed to bolster inflated claims of experience.
how does one repeatedly misstate coming under sniper fire? it's not the kind of thing one forgets.
cue teary statement "I am human"
the nypost wants barack to win soooo badly. The republicans are scared as hell of Hilary. They don't think Obama has a shot at McCain. and they are right. Too bad the democrats fucked themselves up.
if a place was too dangerous send the First Lady.
"I certainly do remember that trip to Bosnia, and as Togo said, there was a saying around the White House that if a place was too small, too poor, or too dangerous, the president couldn't go, so send the First Lady. That’s where we went."
uh, okay, so White House policy was to send HRC into areas too dangerous to send the President? Actually, that might be believable.
I remember landing under sniper fire.
"I remember landing under sniper fire. There was supposed to be some kind of a greeting ceremony at the airport, but instead we just ran with our heads down to get into the vehicles to get to our base."
evasive manuevers, run to your cars
"Everyone else was told to sit on their bulletproof vests," Clinton said. "And we came in, in an evasive maneuver. ... There was no greeting ceremony, and we basically were told to run to our cars. Now, that is what happened."
I say a lot of things
"I went to 80 countries, you know. I gave contemporaneous accounts, I wrote about a lot of this in my book. You know, I think that, a minor blip, you know, if I said something that, you know, I say a lot of things -- millions of words a day -- so if I misspoke, that was just a misstatement."
spin
"This is something that the Obama campaign wants to push 'cause they have nothing positive to say about their candidate," Wolfson said Monday.
lol
You're forgetting the most important part.
"Occasionally, I am a human being like everybody else."
Occasionally? Oh Hillary, she's just a parahuman. Take it easy on her!
Spin, hillary lied and then they had the balls to look us all in the eye and repeat the lie. Even after the footage came.
Misspoke, it was a prepared speech. Written and and then read. She wasn't 2 martini's in at a cocktail party and telling stories. She was trying to make herself a stronger candidate and she lied dead in our faces. And then her people lied. Give me a break, there is no defense for it.
I don't know who I'm voting for, but I know who i'm not voting for.
Sir Edmund Hillery Clinton did not have sex with that woman while under sniper fire.
Shocking that the Rag known as the NY Post would jump all over that again...
"babyhitler", Well, the GOP has been wrong on sooo many things, this might be one of them.
Shocking that the Rag known as the NY Post would jump all over that again...
yeah, because it's hardly worth mentioning...
Hillary can't satisfy her man, how is she going to satisfy the country?
Two words: WHO CARES?!?! Why does anyone read the Post anyway? The whole point of that rag is to latch on to anything sordid and spoon feed it to idiots who can't think for themselves. HIllary saying she was under sniper fire is so inconsequential that it's laughable how bent out shape everyone is getting. You're all a bunch of idiots. Go back to wearing your ironic t-shirts and being emo or find a real issue to get riled up about.
MT?
Who cares? Idiots? Inconsequential?
Woman wants to be president. After all the lies from the last 8 years you better believe it matters.
Woman tried to play us just like you claim the post does and you don't see that? I know the idiot and it is you.
MT: Just because it's in the Post doesn't mean it's not important. It was reported in plenty of other more reputable news sources.
And it's not inconsequential. She told a bold-faced lie to the public, AFTER she was already called out on it.
Um. was she shot at anywhere at all? Did she just make a mistake about the place, or was the whole thing a dream?
WHO CARES?!?! ... HIllary saying she was under sniper fire is so inconsequential that it's laughable how bent out shape everyone is getting.
Why is Hillary lying about her experience inconsdequential? Who's bent out of shape? She was caught in a lie about her experience, and trys to play it off as an accidental misstatement.
If she said she had scrambled eggs for breakfast but actually had oatmeal, that would be an inconsequential misstatement.
Repeatedly stating that as First Lady she was flying into dangerous areas and coming under sniper fire, is serious.
Can she not recall important details from 10 years ago like coming under sniper fire? She might need medical help, it could be a sign of Alzheimers or some other form of dementia.
The republicans are scared as hell of Hilary.
No, they're really not. McCain will destroy her.
The whole point of that rag is to latch on to anything sordid and spoon feed it to idiots who can't think for themselves. HIllary saying she was under sniper fire is so inconsequential that it's laughable how bent out shape everyone is getting.
So uhhh, Hillary supporter who's taking the campaign line?
Meh, yes and no. The lie does go to her character, integrity, and competence. These little moments can be all we get to see of what someone is really like.
But still, the Post sucks, and milking the story in this overly emotional way is stupid. She exaggerated, no reason to be "insulted."
@babyhitler - Obama's polling higher than Hil against McCain. I think of the two, Obama's got a better shot.
She exaggerated
"I have a dream."
Just words.
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal." Just words.
"I remember landing under sniper fire."
Just words.
"[W]e just ran with our heads down to get into the vehicles"
Just words. Just exaggerations.
"Now, that is what happened."
Just words. Just misstatements.
These Bosnians need to understand that Pres Bill Clinton was scrutinized by the Republican Congress for using the US Armed Forces in the Bonsian conflict. The Republicans didn't believe the use of the military was necessary.
Bosnians? You mean the nice people who tried to attack our embassy there just over a month ago?
Isn't this last weeks' news? I think that is MT's point. Of course the NY Post has latched onto this story like a pitbull on a steak just as they did with Obama's photos wearing African garb. They are a conservative-edged rag and anything that puts the negative spotlight on a Democratic candidate is going to be reported to death. Once Obama gets the nom, we will see just how ugly the Post and others like it will get.
Actually, it was Serbs who attacked the US Embassy.. as well as some Serbs in Bosnia who >attempted
Please get your former Yugoslav republics right!
"I did not have sex with that women".
Hillary has learned from her husband Bill and Rudy
Tooty Gulianni's songbook.
Make up a statement to fit the question.
Could be too that Hillary smokes those green ciggies.