Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'Bosnia'
April 12, 2008
Bill Clinton admitted that his wife gave him a talking-to after his clumsy attempt to clear up her "misspoke"n statements about a 1996 trip to Bosnia. The former president said, "Hillary called me and said 'You don't remember this. You weren't there, let me handle it.' I said, 'Yes ma'am.'" On Thursday, Bill Clinton told an audience in Indiana that Senator Hillary Clinton was being unfairly criticized for the, as he put it, "one time......
Continue Reading "Hillary Tells Bill to Buzz Off About Bosnia"April 11, 2008
Just as media attention on his wife's incorrect statements about her trip to Bosnia had essentially died down, Bill Clinton decided to bring them up again. ABC News' Political Radar says the former President, who spent two days not campaigning, "eagerly discussed" various issues with a crowd in Indiana before blaming the media for blowing up Hillary's misstatements."A lot of the way this whole campaign has been covered has amused me. But there was......
Continue Reading "Bill Clinton Brings Hillary's Bosnia Boo-Boos Back"March 31, 2008
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......
Continue Reading "Bosnians Don't Buy Clinton's "I Misspoke" Excuse"
