Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Hillary a liar: imagine that!

I'll get you my pretty...and your tax dollars too!



Hillary claimed that when she visited Bosnia, she was under sniper fire. Uhhhh, no.

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. But it was a moment of great pride for me to visit our troops, not only in our main base as Tuzla, but also at two outposts where they were serving in so many capacities to deactivate and remove landmines, to hunt and seek out those who had not complied with the Dayton Accords and put down their arms, and to build relationships with the people that might lead to a peace for them and their children.


Her statment about the incident.

In the week since that remark, which echoed other recent statements about her trip, several journalists - most notably Michael Dobbs of the Washington Post -- have found holes in what Sen. Clinton said. In particular, Dobbs said none of more than 100 contemporaneous accounts mentioned sniper fire and that the Associated Press reporter on the trip had no recollection of any weapons fire. Dobbs also reported that CBS news footage shows the then-First Lady walking calmly from the C-17 transport plane as well as a number of dignitaries -- in addition to the 8-year-old Emina Bicakcic, a Muslim girl who read a poem in English -- waiting there.
Read the rest here.

This isn't the first time and won't be the last when Hildabeast "stretches" the truth. How about those Rose Law Firm billing records that you claimed to not know the location of, yet they suddenly appeared out of the ether? How about you being named after Sir Edmund Hillary? It was just a misstatement. Right.

Hillary tries to explain her little fib.

The military has responded. Angrily, of course.

Air Force Lt. Gen. Buster Glosson, a John McCain supporter who ran the air attack in the first Gulf War, said, "It bothers me any time anyone running for the highest office in the land fabricates a story.

"That should bother any American, whether you're military or nonmilitary."

And this is a surprise, a Clinton lie?

The last military source sums it all up:

Another source, a former Army analyst who was stationed abroad when dignitaries visited, said, "You know, we have soldiers overseas now who are getting shot at by real bullets from real enemies who really want to kill them.

"Getting shot at by snipers is not something you forget - or make light of," he added.

"If getting shot at by sniper fire qualifies you to be president, then there are thousands of guys in the military right now who are way more qualified than Hillary Clinton to be our next president."


Couldn't have said it better myself. Comedian Sinbad also corroborates the lack of sniper fire.

Comedian Sinbad, who was also on the trip, told The Washington Post his biggest worry was where he was going to get his next meal.
Read the rest here.

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