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Obama Backers Attack Clinton for Exaggerating Dangers of Bosnia Trip
FOX News ^
| March 25, 2008
| Associated Press
Posted on 03/25/2008 2:44:50 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
WASHINGTON Hillary Rodham Clinton had the Democratic presidential campaign trail to herself, but the camp of vacationing rival Barack Obama challenged the former first lady on her claim to have landed in Bosnia 12 years ago under sniper fire. Clinton characterized the episode as a misstatement and a minor blip. Obama spokesman Tommy Vietor said in a written statement Monday that her story joins a growing list of instances in which Senator Clinton has exaggerated her role in foreign and domestic policy-making.
Clinton spokesman Howard Wolfson countered that the Obama campaign was only raising the issue because they have nothing positive to say about their candidate.
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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: anotherdemocrathero; bosnia; chaos; clinton; hillary; obama; swiftboated
Hillary got caught in a big stinker of a lie to the American voters...
How Sweet It Is!! :)
To: Berlin_Freeper
Lie after lie, after lie, after lie.
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posted on
03/25/2008 2:50:54 AM PDT
by
freeangel
( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like what you say))
To: Berlin_Freeper
Now is the time to get dirt out as the MSM doesn’t know yet what story line to follow as the unfavorable stories are bubbling to the surface. If this continues till the convention with increasingly more and more unfavorable stories coming to light it can only help J Mc.
Having said that, this is exactly how an election for president should go. It wouldn’t have to go this long if we had a media that did its job and plumbed the depths of the candidates character AND positions responsibly.
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posted on
03/25/2008 2:52:18 AM PDT
by
steveyp
To: Berlin_Freeper
The Audacity of Lies. How many is that now...2 million? Can Hillary ever be confronted on...at least 10?
Propagandists must have been getting overtime pay covering for this PATHOLOGICAL POS LIAR.
...and I dont even have to mention her pig.
Hooray Obama backers!
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posted on
03/25/2008 2:54:58 AM PDT
by
PGalt
To: Berlin_Freeper
The headline says she, "exaggerated." She didn't merely exaggerate, she made up details from whole cloth---this is a major work of fiction, 'running, ducking, covering our heads, being shot at with enemy missiles...'
Sir (Edmund) Hillary has done this routinely throughout her life and it reflects a very real characterological flaw.
A simple recount, without embellishment, of all her lies (as reported in the MSM) would be devastating to her political future---who will do it?
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posted on
03/25/2008 3:01:07 AM PDT
by
Rudder
(Klinton-Kool-Aid FReepers prefer spectacle over victory.)
To: Berlin_Freeper
...a misstatement and a minor blip.Commonplace for a born liar.
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posted on
03/25/2008 3:05:07 AM PDT
by
johnny7
To: Berlin_Freeper
LOL! More chaos fallout from Operation Chaos!
Clinton spokesman Howard Wolfson countered that the Obama campaign was only raising the issue because they have nothing positive to say about their candidate.
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posted on
03/25/2008 3:07:42 AM PDT
by
Jet Jaguar
(Who would the terrorists vote for?)
To: Berlin_Freeper
The problem the Clintoon’s have is that they wouldn't know the truth if it came up and bit them in the A$$. Amen.
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posted on
03/25/2008 3:12:47 AM PDT
by
gakrak
("A wise man's heart is his right hand, But a fool's heart is at his left" Eccl 10:2)
To: Berlin_Freeper
Well, she's really under fire now.
Sweet.
To: Berlin_Freeper
Of course, Obama has every right to criticize his opponent for lack of foreign policy experience. After all, he told us that he lived in a foreign country for a couple of years as a child and that makes him an expert.
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posted on
03/25/2008 3:14:53 AM PDT
by
Fresh Wind
(Vaclav Klaus on global warming skeptics: "A whip of political correctness strangles their voice")
To: Berlin_Freeper
the piaps lying again.....and even c-bs displays the lie!!!!
To: Rudder
‘running, ducking, covering our heads, being shot at with enemy missiles...’
will she now boast that she qualfies for a Combat Action Ribbon ?
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posted on
03/25/2008 3:29:49 AM PDT
by
Einherjar
(PEACE THROUGH SUPERIOR FIREPOWER)
To: Berlin_Freeper
Clinton spokesman Howard Wolfson countered that the Obama campaign was only raising the issue because they have nothing positive to say about their candidate.
That's not true! He's been a member of the same church for twenty years!
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posted on
03/25/2008 3:40:22 AM PDT
by
Man50D
(Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it!)
To: gakrak
The problem the Clintoons have is that they wouldn't know the truth if it came up and bit them in the A$$. Amen. That's because when the truth is about to bite them in the tuckus, the lips of someone from the media are there providing protection.
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posted on
03/25/2008 3:42:09 AM PDT
by
Dahoser
(America's great untapped alternative energy source: The Founding Fathers spinning in their graves.)
To: Jet Jaguar
Clinton spokesman Howard Wolfson countered that the Obama campaign was only raising the issue because they have nothing positive to say about their candidate.
Isn’t that the dumbest comeback to say when your candidate gets caught lying. My goodness you would think he could of said something better then that.
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posted on
03/25/2008 3:43:04 AM PDT
by
blueyon
(Loose lips sink ships.)
To: Berlin_Freeper
The only thing like about Obama is that he knows how to fight like a Clinton. Surrogates responding, getting the word out yet he is still able to distance himself.
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posted on
03/25/2008 3:43:26 AM PDT
by
normy
(Don't take it personally, just take it seriously.)
To: Einherjar
I would have liked for this to have waited. I want her to do well in PA and the next few states to continue the “Democratic Delema”. But something like this is hard to spin. CBS is on the OBAMA train and is now going after it. Expect the Late Night Shows to parody it.
This is the break Obama has been waiting for.
Can Clinton counter with Resko or Weathermen? I’m still waiting for those stories to break on Obama.
McCain needs all the help he can get. While he is not my 1st choice, of the three left, he is my ONLY choice.
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posted on
03/25/2008 3:43:33 AM PDT
by
TheShaz
(Shhhh! We don't want Dean run off yet!!!)
To: Einherjar
I believe the bar has been raised to a Purple Heart (see Kerry)
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posted on
03/25/2008 3:48:16 AM PDT
by
GeorgiaDawg32
(GET A GUN....When seconds count between life and death, the police are only minutes away..)
To: Rudder
It's just amazing to me that the msm won't cover for her on her lies anymore.
That's one thing Conservatives have over dims is that they've known for years they aren't allowed to play the game like dims do.
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posted on
03/25/2008 3:53:32 AM PDT
by
libs_kma
(The land of the free, because of the brave)
To: Berlin_Freeper
Clinton characterized the episode as a misstatement and a minor blip.Minor blip?
Oh Lawsy, lawsy, lawsy...
Sometimes profanity is just too weak.
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posted on
03/25/2008 3:53:37 AM PDT
by
Ronin
(Bushed out!!! Another tragic victim of BDS.)
To: Einherjar
Maybe she has tinnitis? I doubt she even heard a few bullets zing.
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posted on
03/25/2008 3:54:13 AM PDT
by
Lumper20
To: Berlin_Freeper


LOOK... it's TouristSenator!!!
It shows up in more places than TouristGuy,
only with less class, style and substance...
she's Vaporware, just an empty crusty.
(Please spread me around like the parasite that i am...)

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posted on
03/25/2008 3:54:37 AM PDT
by
Chode
(American Hedonist ©®)
To: TheShaz
"Can Clinton counter with Resko or Weathermen? Im still waiting for those stories to break on Obama." The Beast hopes that any more hits on Obama come from our side, or at least she can be assured of cover to make it look like they came from our side.
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posted on
03/25/2008 3:56:47 AM PDT
by
libs_kma
(The land of the free, because of the brave)
To: Berlin_Freeper
Liar! Liar! Krusty Ole Pants On Fire! Check out Drudge, ...CBS account w/ reporter on trip and video.
To: Fresh Wind
Nothing that Hillary has ever done in her life can compare with Obama and his Crackpot Preacher Jeremiah Wright. Any lie that Hillary every told would pale beside Jeremiah Wright and Obama.
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posted on
03/25/2008 3:58:29 AM PDT
by
tessalu
To: Berlin_Freeper
"Clinton characterized the episode as a “misstatement” and a “minor blip.” "Minor blip" "I was named after Sir Edmund Hillary!" "I don't recall!" "The vast right-winged conspiracy!" Who is writing her material now? She must be getting help from some of Letterman's writers on the sly! Truly, an heroic lie. She simply shoul not be in elective office. She cannot tell the truth. Paging George Orwell!
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posted on
03/25/2008 4:01:16 AM PDT
by
Shady
(The Fairness Doctrine is ANYTHING but fair!!!!)
To: blueyon; All
I think it is about time they all jumped on this Howard Wolfson. He is Baghdad Bob incarnate. Big mouth, blow hard, full of it. Force Hillary to defend herself.
Her trip from airplane reminds me of the movie of the Dentist and the spook, brothers in law, running serpentine, setpentine. LOL
To: Berlin_Freeper
Sitting here thinking back on all the campaigns I've ever witnessed, I'm trying to think of a campaign "spokesman" more slimy and offensive than Howard Wolfson.
I'm drawing a blank.
To: Rudder
She didn't merely exaggerate, she made up details from whole cloth---this is a major work of fiction, 'running, ducking, covering our heads, being shot at with enemy missiles...'Yup. How can Wolfson say she just "misspoke" with a straight face? If you utter an incorrect word or two, that's misspeaking. This is wholesale making sh*t up. Why doesn't Wolfson just say that? "Oh, she was just making sh*t up."
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posted on
03/25/2008 4:10:36 AM PDT
by
King of Florida
(A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them.)
To: Einherjar
No, much worse.
She’ll claim it gives her “military experience”, making her “emminently qualified” to be Commander-in-Chief.
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posted on
03/25/2008 4:30:34 AM PDT
by
Levante
To: tessalu
Nothing that Hillary has ever done in her life can compare with Obama and his Crackpot Preacher Jeremiah Wright.I wonder how many FOOs (Friends Of Obama) have disappeared or died under mysterious circumstances?
Disclaimer: I am not suggesting that either Hillary or Obama might have allegedly taken action against a political or personal foe, or done anything of an allegedly unethical or criminal nature.
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posted on
03/25/2008 4:38:05 AM PDT
by
Fresh Wind
(Vaclav Klaus on global warming skeptics: "A whip of political correctness strangles their voice")
To: Berlin_Freeper
Clintonism: tell a lie that can easily be refuted and not caring, e.g. “I was named after Sir Edmund Hillary.”
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posted on
03/25/2008 5:08:08 AM PDT
by
ops33
To: Berlin_Freeper; freeangel; PGalt; MaryFromMichigan
*BUMP* ! . . .
Lie after lie, after lie, after lie . . .
Yup ! The witch is going down. Forever I hope. Sorry, Bill. I meant to say the 'witch is dead.'
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posted on
03/25/2008 5:09:33 AM PDT
by
ex-Texan
(Matthew 7: 1 - 6)
To: Berlin_Freeper
Clinton characterized the episode as a misstatement and a minor blip.Holy cattle futures, Batman, she used those descriptive words herself? I wonder what counts as major in her book?
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posted on
03/25/2008 5:09:50 AM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
(Who Would Montgomery Brewster Choose?)
To: Berlin_Freeper
Hillary is confused. She remembers holding down Vince Foster’s head as bullets went whizzing into it....and then running away from Ft. Marcy Park.
To: vetvetdoug
It’s enjoyable to see some Rats come after the Clintons.
Let them do the dirty work, LOL.
To: Berlin_Freeper
Since she also put this lie in her book, shouldn’t her book now be placed in the fiction area in the bookstore??
To: nascarnation
The video was too much. There were even little kids at the greeting ceremony. No one was ducking or even wincing.
Friggin' Bare faced lie: "see how brave I am"....I was AT THE FRONT...in the name of my country...
Geez...
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posted on
03/25/2008 5:25:36 AM PDT
by
Sacajaweau
("The Cracker" will be renamed "The Crapper")
To: King of Florida
'running, ducking, covering our heads, being shot at with enemy missiles even if true, how could this possibly qualify her to be commander-in-chief? maybe if she had whupped a .357 out of her purse and led a charge against the enemy, that would help.
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posted on
03/25/2008 5:28:07 AM PDT
by
TheRightGuy
(ERROR CODE 018974523: Random Tagline Compiler Failure)
To: ex-Texan
Thanks for the ping/post/link. Interesting link. Lots of stuff.
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posted on
03/25/2008 5:30:01 AM PDT
by
PGalt
To: Levante
“Shell claim it gives her military experience, making her emminently qualified to be Commander-in-Chief.”
That’s why she made the story up in the first place.
To: ex-Texan
I meant to say the 'witch is dead.'
God, I pray that this is the final stake that takes her out.
To: TheShaz
The Wright thing died rather quickly. Americans have a remarkably short memory these days.
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posted on
03/25/2008 6:28:34 AM PDT
by
Jaded
("I have a mustard- seed; and I am not afraid to use it."- Joseph Ratzinger)
To: Rudder
Republicans lie. Democrats exaggerate.
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posted on
03/25/2008 6:55:09 AM PDT
by
Xenalyte
(Can you count, suckas? I say the future is ours . . . if you can count.)
To: Xenalyte
Republicans lie. Democrats exaggerate.You're right. I almost forgot Ted Kennedy's preservative exaggeration: "Lie after lie after lie after lie after lie..."
...after lie (sit down Ted)
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posted on
03/25/2008 7:12:01 AM PDT
by
Rudder
(Klinton-Kool-Aid FReepers prefer spectacle over victory.)
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