Clinton camp on Bill and Bosnia

Posted: Friday, April 11, 2008 10:38 AM by Mark Murray

From NBC's Mark Murray
Clinton spokesman Phil Singer emails First Read, "Senator Clinton appreciates her husband standing up for her, but this was her mistake and she takes responsibility for it."

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More Hillary Negativity and LIES, when will it STOP

tr (Sent Friday, April 11, 2008 10:42 AM)

TO ALL AMERICANS!
Do you want 8 years of sex. lies, and video tapes? Do you bribes and backroom deals running the White House? If so INTRODUCING THE CLINTONS PART DEUX!

MR (Sent Friday, April 11, 2008 10:43 AM)

The press is making too much of this Bosnia thing. Now the real story to report on his how McCain's presidency is fortold in Revelations as one of the 7 signs of the appocolyps.

Pat Huntington NY (Sent Friday, April 11, 2008 10:44 AM)

Fine, Mr. Singer...

...what about HIS mistake in trying to cover for HER mistake?

Pete - Albany, NY (Sent Friday, April 11, 2008 10:44 AM)

If you haven't had your intelligence completely insulted by the Clintons at this point, well...hmmm.......

JohnnyU, WA State (Sent Friday, April 11, 2008 10:47 AM)

He's just making it even for HER standing up for him during the Monica thing.........they're even now. These two are so pathetic.

Diane from Illinois (Sent Friday, April 11, 2008 10:49 AM)

Bill Clinton, the gift that keeps on giving.

Dottie (Sent Friday, April 11, 2008 10:49 AM)

Well, I would like to thank Senator Clinton for actually taking responsibility for something (even if it was through a spokesman) - how refreshing!

Nashville_fan (Sent Friday, April 11, 2008 10:51 AM)

When the central premise of your campaign is that you are ready at 3AM, how does it help to make excuses about being 60 at 11PM?

Sherry (Sent Friday, April 11, 2008 10:51 AM)

I thought Bill was 'Standing Up' all the time. Arguably the most virile President since Warren Harding.

Steve Turner Cedar Falls Iowa (Sent Friday, April 11, 2008 10:52 AM)

Bill Clinton, the gift that keeps on giving.

Dottie (Sent Friday, April 11, 2008 10:55 AM)

She never took responsiblity for lying about Bosnia. She made excuses, and only smathered the lie, with more lies.

donna, pgh., pa. (Sent Friday, April 11, 2008 10:55 AM)

"Now if Hillary Clinton makes "mistatements" on Bosnian sniper fire due to exhaustion at 11:00, then how can she answer calls at 3:00am?"(SG)

JC (Sent Friday, April 11, 2008 10:59 AM)

This was her "mistake"? more like this was a premetated lie that she tried to pass off. Its a good thing www.newsbusters.org was on top of that story and the rest of the media picked up on it.

TruthnMedia (Sent Friday, April 11, 2008 10:59 AM)

This doesn't make matters better. They need to answer for Bill's lies now.

http://thepajamapundit.com/

the Pajama Pundit (Sent Friday, April 11, 2008 11:00 AM)

"Now if Hillary Clinton makes "mistatements" on Bosnian sniper fire due to exhaustion at 11:00, then how can she answer calls at 3:00am?"(SG)

jc (Sent Friday, April 11, 2008 11:01 AM)

Could we please have an outside advocacy group (say maybe one for transparent and honest government) run ads in PA telling voters HRC fails CIC test - and play the video, over and over and over.

Game Over.

WJC and HRC have now looked the cameras in the eye, not once, but at least twice and lied, lied, on purpose. Heck, on April 8th HRC again repeated a well parsed sentence which incorrectly implies she was CIC experienced. Blarney.

weinbob (Sent Friday, April 11, 2008 11:01 AM)

Let's face it - no one running for president is going to be this perfect human being. Everyone's got skeletons in their closet, mistakes they made along the way, etc. etc. BUT - we've got to make a choice and vote for the best of the lot. Obama at least gives us a decent shot at turning this country around and giving everyone a fair shake. The Clintons (yeah, both of them - they are a package deal at this point) are too mired in political muck, and McCain will destroy this country economically and we'll keep losing our kids to war(s). I say we take a chance and vote Obama.

BC, MA (Sent Friday, April 11, 2008 11:02 AM)

"Now if Hillary Clinton makes "mistatements" on Bosnian sniper fire due to exhaustion at 11:00, then how can she answer calls at 3:00am?"(SG)

jc (Sent Friday, April 11, 2008 11:02 AM)

Oh Dottie! ! Your post made me laugh out loud! I LOVE it! Thnanks for brightening my day!

Diane from Illinois (Sent Friday, April 11, 2008 11:03 AM)

BMR's "Hillary For President" Law #8: If Phil Singer says something, he is lying, either by commission or omission.

Again, the law is proven accurate. Clinton has never, ever taken responsibility for the Tuzla tall tale. She went from "Sinbad doesn't know what he's talking about" to "this is how I remembered it" to "I misspoke" to "I was sleep deprived." Equivocation and prevarication at its finest.

Hillary Clinton: Get Elected Or Lie Tryin'!

BMR, Pittsburgh PA (Sent Friday, April 11, 2008 11:03 AM)

I still believe that Bill Clinton really does not want his wife to win. I've felt this way for a while now. He was too slick to make this many gross errors. The campaign Obama has run is very similar to the one Clinton ran in terms of the change/hope platform and getting the younger voters.

I feel Bill almost regrets not being able to campaign for Obama, and really doesn't like the idea of having his wife as President. He just doesn't seem the type willing to take a back seat to anyone.

BL, Cincinnati OH (Sent Friday, April 11, 2008 11:03 AM)

Slick Willie has done it again. He has made himself the headline so the press will not look to deeply into His library, her record as first lady, and how she has lost a double digit lead in Pennsylvania. Not to mention her slipping numbers nationally, in North Carolina, and in super delegates. Do not lose your focus guys. It is a sublime way to dumb down the argument. By the way have you guys been looking at the alocation of delegates in California. There is something brewing there and it doesn't smell good.

Flow, Asheville, North Carolina (Sent Friday, April 11, 2008 11:03 AM)

Senator Clinton has never taken responsibility for the Bosnia issue. When she comes out and admits that it was a lie that she repeated several times and apologizes for trying to mislead the American people, then I will happily say she has accepted responsibility.

John M, Chicago (Sent Friday, April 11, 2008 11:05 AM)

Beautiful...Bill teed it up perfectly...he made the comments so she would have the opportunity to come out and admit she made a mistake again. Too bad she never really admitted it honestly the first time. I live in Charlotte and don't know a soul who intends to vote for her next month-anyone else in NC plan on voting for Billary?

Kate in Charlotte (Sent Friday, April 11, 2008 11:06 AM)

at least nobody has ever accused the clintons of being honest

MK,MO (Sent Friday, April 11, 2008 11:06 AM)

I think Bill was confused about which lie he was talking about. Hillary's Bosnia lie wasn't a misspeak (that's a new word), it was part of her act. We all saw her on the video following the script perfectly. In fact, it was one of her better performances. She paused for effect at the right time and conveyed the sense of danger she was in. Too bad it was only a script.

I'm going to defend Hillary against Bill's assertion that at 60 she gets tired and often forgets things at 11:00 at night. How would Bill know what Hillary is like at 11:00 PM? Enough said!!

MBM Chicago, IL (Sent Friday, April 11, 2008 11:08 AM)

This is all so funny. This morning i just had to sit here laughing while i read this stuff and think back on the Clintons. Clinton supporters out there, I applaud you all for standing up for your candidate. BUt the truth shall set you free. Do we really need 4 or 8 years of scandals, lies, convenient truths, constant attacks, grudges, etc..? Honestly, I do not think we can afford that. No this time... We need solutions not scandals.....Hillary and Bill attracts scandals and negativity. It may not be their fauld but you can't deny the truth you see and hear with your very own eyes and ears.

Georgia Independent (Sent Friday, April 11, 2008 11:08 AM)

No, Hillary hasn't really taken responsibility for her LIE. She continues to make up excuse after excuse about why she LIED.

She was "tired".
She "misspoke"
It was a "missmatch of words.

THEN, she thought it was a real cute funny LIE and joked about it on Leno.

Yet she STILL has not admitted that she LIED.

And as far as Singers comment, BILL CLINTON IS LYING, trying to cover up for HRC LIE.

Bill must think that people didn't hear and SEE the entire LIE broadcasted across the Nation on cable news repeatedly. The news CLEARLY showed her LYING more than one time. THREE times actually caught on tape, probably countless more not caught on tape. Yet he thinks he can get up in front of people and LIE and say she only said this ONE TIME and it was because she was TIRED?

Why is anyone even surprised by this?

I know I'm not. I watched Bill Clinton LIE under oath to the ENTIRE world back in the 90's.

I watched Bill Clinton pardon terrorist back in the 90's.

I watched HRC LIE about not knowing ANYTHING about ANYTHING back in the 90's.

The Clinton's have been LYING for YEARS now, this should come as no surprise to anyone.

The surprise is that The CLintons think everyone in AMerica is dumb enough to fall for all of these LIES.

Whatever.

We only have to put up with the Clintons until June and then they are out of here.

Thank God.

More delegates.
More votes.
More states.

Obama 08

Jessica (Sent Friday, April 11, 2008 11:09 AM)

Bill Clinton is obviously unaware of his wife's major constituency in this primary season.

A quote from his campaign stop yesterday: "And some of them when they're 60 they'll forget something when they're tired at 11:00 at night, too."

(1) How insulting can you be to seniors? I know a number of seniors who served in Korea or Vietnam. To a man, they've all said you don't EVER forget being in combat, or having actual sniper fire whizz by you. Yo, Billy: Your wife is still alive in this election BECAUSE of the senior vote!

(2) Just a bit of snarky curiosity: Does a 60-year-old's memory and composure go out at 11 p.m. and return at 3 a.m. every day?

BMR, Pittsburgh PA (Sent Friday, April 11, 2008 11:10 AM)

So, Hill doesn't need Bill to lie for her after all!

You Go Girl! (Sent Friday, April 11, 2008 11:10 AM)

How should Indiana voters take this? Anyone in the crowd upset that he would even attempt this?

Hussein (Sent Friday, April 11, 2008 11:11 AM)

Billary: Neither one of you took responsibity for the multiple times Ms. Clinton "misspoke".( In the midwest we call this lieing)

If I read this right you and Mr. McCain can not possible be President since you are over 60 and have moments of mental lapses. Sort of like his and hers ethical and moral lapses.

Terry, Great Plains (Sent Friday, April 11, 2008 11:11 AM)

Not only did HRC not take responsibility for her lies about the Bosnia trip, she insulted ALL of the brave men and women who have actually been under sniper fire by going on Leno and making a JOKE out of it!

Shame on you, Hillary and Bill!!! Shame on the both of you!!

Women for Obama '08 (Sent Friday, April 11, 2008 11:13 AM)

The top 5 campaign songs for Hillary Clinton:

#5 - "Killing Me Softly", The Fugees (special shout-out to Bill Clinton and Mark Penn!)

#4 - "Rumors", Timex Social Club (special shout-out to Lanny Davis - keep peddling Rev. Wright!)

#3 - "Jive Talkin'", Bee Gees

#2 - "Don't Nobody Bring Me No Bad News", Mabel King

And the number one new campaign song for Hillary Clinton:

#1 - "You Can't Win", Michael Jackson

Be on the lookout for "Top 5 Campaign Slogans for Hillary Clinton" soon! :-D

BMR, Pittsburgh PA (Sent Friday, April 11, 2008 11:15 AM)

The Obamaites read things like this article so that they can continue Hillary and Bill bashing. First read should print something worth reading such as MSNBC's "Big Donors Are Among Obama Backers" but of course Obamaites do not want to hear the truth.

lee, sarasota (Sent Friday, April 11, 2008 11:16 AM)

It was not a 'mistake' - it was a lie!

If I would make a comparable 'mistake' on my job application and it would surface, I would lose my job. And I am not even running for president!

Frank, Missouri (Sent Friday, April 11, 2008 11:16 AM)

I think Bill is TRYING to lose this thing for her!

Elliot Horowitz, Lake Forest, Ca. (Sent Friday, April 11, 2008 11:23 AM)

I think she Misspoke again. She really meant to say she will take her wake-up call at 8:00 A.M., not 3:00 A.M.

BC (Sent Friday, April 11, 2008 11:23 AM)

Hillary.... BILL... Hillary.... Bill..... msnbc.... Chris Matthews.... olbermann ....slime.... corrupt.... mancrush... NO MENTION OF JEREMIAH WRIGHT... what do all these have in common........ Memo and talking points circulating from the obama camp and the news media.

Stewart, Bethesda, MD (Sent Friday, April 11, 2008 11:24 AM)

lee -

I read that article and, truth be told, Obama's big league contributions pale in comparison to hillary's old school, party machine fat cats that write letters threatening the Speaker of the House.

JP Homestead, FL (Sent Friday, April 11, 2008 11:30 AM)

http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/substance_abuse.html

http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/obamas_oil_spill.html

http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/giving_hillary_credit_for_schip.html

More Obama lies, distortions, did I say Obama lies...

TennDemocrat, Nashville, TN (Sent Friday, April 11, 2008 11:31 AM)

wow, why is the clinton campaign constantly trying to remind the voting public of how their candidate lies when she's tired?

oops, sorry i dragged us all into another war, i was sure there was sniper fire coming from iran. . .i was just, you know, tired, you know, this presidency thing sure does keep a gal busy

so funny (Sent Friday, April 11, 2008 11:32 AM)

I usually don't prod "Clinton supporters" here but for those who tried to defend her on this issue, her campaign just debunked your(and Bill's) efforts. Yes a mistake in that it wasn't true at all.

CJ (Sent Friday, April 11, 2008 11:33 AM)

Oh why WASN'T it someone's turn to mind him?

Did he improve Hillary's chances with women by blabbing and reminding everyone that she is 60! (Sympathy!) or hurt her chances reminding women that this is the adulterous jerk she stayed with-now practically saying she's old and forgetful, and 60!

Deborah Greenlawn, NY (Sent Friday, April 11, 2008 11:39 AM)

"Flow" (above) makes an excellent point. As bad as this makes the Clintons look, don't be too distracted by it. It could well be intended to distract public attention from even dirtier business.
Hard to believe the Clintons are being this stupid.

JohnnyU, WA State (Sent Friday, April 11, 2008 11:40 AM)

Bill, ask Chelsea to tell you about You Tube, you get caught in your lies in this century---and are you suggesting your wife is old and sleep deprived?,,,,well do you think she is fit to answer that 3am phone call?

Gerry, Vancouver, Canada (Sent Friday, April 11, 2008 11:41 AM)

Now which lie is she talking about??? I get confused, they have told so many!!!

Can't keep count of Clinton Lies and Scandals in Michigan (Sent Friday, April 11, 2008 11:43 AM)

Now we have two candidates with AGE issues. Good Bill.

She can't be 'tired' and 'misspeak'. Not if she has to take those 3 AM calls and not,say, launch the wrong missile at the wrong country-mis-launch!

Deborah Greenlawn, NY (Sent Friday, April 11, 2008 11:44 AM)

You know, we haven't even started governing here and the Clintons have already made the American public weary. Maybe that's the Bush/Clinton strategy, just lie enough to make people so sick and tired they won't want to get involved and then let the fat cats and warmongers take over all policy and governing. Cannot we get rid of these jokers, once and for all?

Debra Austin, Texas (Sent Friday, April 11, 2008 11:45 AM)

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