Reply #57: A botched joke is not a lie.

[EmilyAnne]

As soon as Sinbad came out with his version of the Bosnia trip, she should have been gracious enough to review this experience with her advisors. After consulting with the witnesses, such as the pilot and CBS, she would have then seen that she was wrong and that she had misspoken. She could have quickly apologized with plenty of room to take the high road.

Instead, she dismisses a lovable comedian by disputing his account and calling him just comedian. She does not examine the possibility that she was wrong and continues with the lie. Many times.

The thing is, I am perfectly willing to accept that a person can misremember things. That includes me. If I told a story of ducking sniper fire and a person who was with me at the time disputed it, I would want to talk to that person and the others who were with me FIRST. Hillary's FIRST response was to lash out. That is what disgusts me about this story.

What disgusts my father, a Vietnam veteran who was, indeed, shot at by snipers is his opinion that you can't misremember such an experience....but add to that experience the presence of your only child (Chelsea) and the experience would have become much more unforgettable.