Did anyone else hear Wolfson's explanation of Hillary's "sniper fire" claim?

[jenmito]

As I'm sure you all know by now, Hillary claimed to have come under sniper fire during a trip to Bosnia. Howard Wolfson was asked about it this morning on "Morning Joe," and after changing the subject by claiming the Obama campaign is running a dirty campaign, insulting her character every single day ever since he "lost" TX and OH, he went on to read about 5 or 6 quotes from articles back then saying how she as First Lady went to Bosnia into what could've been considered a dangerous place, how she went to a place that was heavily guarded because of POTENTIAL danger, etc. He proved that she lied with those quotes, but hey-at least he tried. :eyes:

[SoCalDem]

1. It was her seat-mate popping their chewing gum... nt

[Alter Ego]

2. Wolfson's not a real effective spin doctor.

I'm glad he's not on our side.

[Cha]

58. You can tell by the look on

his face that he's lying?

[rocktivity]

3. (Pre-click prediction) Be ready to laugh

:rofl:
rocknation

[TwilightGardener]

4. That's the excuse some of her supporters here have tried to deploy--

the "Hey, it was kind of a dangerous area" excuse. It's absurd. She flat out lied, and why isn't the media calling her out on it?

[ClassWarrior]

6. Because the Corporate Media smell red meat in a Clinton candidacy.

"We can't tank her now, or we won't have a chew toy in the GE!"

NGU.

[VolcanoJen]

5. Yeah, I watched him fillibuster Mika Brezinski...

... while she just sat there with that bunny-in-headlights look. It was laughable. You've got Wolfson right there on the phone, and that "reporter" refused to ask him the obvious questions about why his candidate embellished, and lied, about her trip to Bosnia.

It was just awful.

[noel711]

56. Chris Matthews was waiting with fangs bared...

to mix it up with Wolfson, and was offended that Mika didn't let him
have a bite of him. He then jumped in, but did little good.
Mika lets these fools get away with
murder and she says nothing... she's worthless.

[grantcart]

7. well what can he say?

[jenmito]

8. Well, they just reported on MSNBC that her campaign says, "She may have misspoke."

"Misspoke"? That's what they call making up a story with so much false detail? I call it LYING!

[City Lights]

9. I want to hear her explain it. Not some lame ass excuse from Wolfie.

The press needs to hound her about this!

[jenmito]

10. So do I. I doubt anyone WILL ask her about it for fear of being called a sexist.

:eyes: Someone always manages a way to connect any criticism of Hillary to sexism.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

43. I don't think she can worm her way out of this one?

sexist or no sexist

[jenmito]

50. I sure hope you're right. n/t

[City Lights]

44. I've seen the words "woman-hating" used to describe anyone calling

Clinton out on her lies. I also saw someone post a still from a Swiftboat ad on one of these threads. :eyes: People lose all credibility when their responses are so over the top.

[jenmito]

51. Well, I don't think it will fly for this.

I didn't see that thread. I'm glad. :D

[JPZenger]

11. Great Comment from Huffingtonpost

Here's a great comment from the Huffingtonpost website from samaraijack:

I especially like the part when the bullets were richoteing off the tarmac, and the secret service had to grab Mrs. Clinton to throw her into the armored vehicle.

But, seeing a small child, alone on the runway, Hillary pushed the agent aside yelling "I've got to get the baby!!" She vaulted three parked Humvees, sliding on the asphalt just in time. As mortar and tank rounds smashed into the ground arond them, Hillary shielded the helpless child in her arms.

She rolled 50 yards to a nearby hangar. Then, with all her might, she stood up, sidekicked the locked hangar door off its hinges. As a small backpack nuclear device was detonated from a nearby ravine, Hillary fabricated a makeshift shelter from airplane wing panels she observed leaning against a hangar wall.

After the shock waves and heat dissipated, Hillary, still cradling the now crying infant, walked through the radioactive fallout to a nearby RedCross helicopter. Afterwards, Hillary commented "It was the least I could do as a First Lady of the United States of America".

"Now, don't we have some wounded soldiers to visit?" She refused first aid, and, still glowing from radiation, strode into a waiting bulletproof limo.

----
Then, Hillary jumped on another plane and personally solved the mess in Northern Ireland.

[jenmito]

13. ...

:rofl:

[Divernan]

15. Duck & Cover ! It's an incoming bouquet of flowers! Post-traumatic bouquet syndrome.

[jenmito]

17. Exactly! Do we really want another liar in the WH? I don't!

What a DETAILED lie it was, too!

[madrchsod]

18. hat`s off to samaraijack !

[madrchsod]

19. wait a minute---"wag the dog" was real!

[PoliticalAmazon]

30. and she invented the Periodic Table and nuclear physics along the way...

[TahitiNut]

41. I wonder if Angelina Jolie is up to the challenge of portraying Hillary in a movie this fall.

Directed by Sylvester Stallone?

:eyes:

[H2O Man]

46. Perhaps Stallone

needs to play the lead role.

[Catherina]

47. That was great!

:rofl:

[JPZenger]

12. Wolfsen: Maybe Obama will be qualified by August to be President

I loved hearing Wolfsen defend the comments that Obama is not yet qualified to be President, but that the Hillary campaign could decide that he has become qualified to be Vice-President by August, if he is a really good boy.

[jenmito]

14. Yeah, I heard him say THAT, too, when trying to justify Hillary's contradictory remarks

about Obama not meeting the CIC "test" but then hinting SHE may choose HIM to be VP.

[Johnny__Motown]

16. Yes, cover lies with distortions.... typical Clinton tactic

[jenmito]

25. Well, now they claim she "misspoke." Yeah-they mean she LIED. And I wanna hear it from HER

that she "misspoke."

[Kber]

42. Depends on what the meaning of "under sniper fire" is

or something like that.

Hey - maybe she honestly thought there were bullets flying. Having Chelsea with her may have made her extra sensitive to the possibility of danger? If I had my kid with me in that situation, a slammed car door might make me duck and cover too.

[4themind]

45. What about the no "greeting ceremony" part?

[Kber]

48. Got me there.

[jenmito]

52. She made up a whole detailed story. Everyone there with her refuted her story.

It was clearly a lie.

[chyjo]

20. yes

and I am still laughing.

on a related note :Hillary Clinton tells all about the time she escaped a brutal mugging on the southside of Chicago. When video footage exposes that the mugging in question was an ice cream vendor forgetting to give her 25 cents change the campaign does a tailspin -- Howard Wolfson : I do not think it is a point of contention that Hillary Clinton lost money, furthermore many local services have reported that a mugging did occur within two miles of the location in question within the 72 hours prior. I think its time for Barack Obama to raise the dialogue level in this campaign and stop pointing out Mrs. Clinton's ridiculous hyperbole and compulsive lying.

[jenmito]

23. Your story is a joke, right?

But I wouldn't be surprised if it was true!

[chyjo]

24. its a joke right now

There Is no telling where Wolfson goes to find new ideas though.

[jenmito]

27. Oh, ok...

But I agree. :D

[futureliveshere]

21. Yup, saw, dugg, and emailed story

Please do the same and spread the word.

[jenmito]

22. Thanks...will do!

:hi:

[Vinca]

26. The Cafferty File has a question about this today.

http://caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com/ :evilgrin:

[jenmito]

28. Ooh...thanks.

I'll see if I can come up with a good response!

[JPZenger]

29. MSNBC and ABC are covering the story

I understand that MSNBC and ABC have picked up this story today.

Andrea Mitchell was on the same plane and called Bullshit.

[jenmito]

32. Yeah, I've been warching MSNBC today and saw that. I'm glad and hope they keep it up. And Cafferty

is covering it now on CNN.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

36. good!

[City Lights]

38. Andrea Mitchell should have called bullshit when Hillary's "misspeak"

first made the news. Instead she said nothing until after the video surfaced. :mad:

on edit - I'm glad Mitchell called bs today. Better late than never. I would love to know the back story on this though. Why didn't she come forward earlier?

[NDambi]

31. He's full of shit

[jenmito]

33. What else is new? Hillary needs to drop out and put all this BS to an end so we can

start going after the OTHER "misspeaker"-McCain.

[chieftain]

34. I sat there listening to him fillibuster the question and then

he quoted multiple newspaper accounts that showed that Hillary has inflated the danger of the landing.What gets me as someone who has worked at a high level in political campaigns is that he was prepped for this question. This is what they decided was there best defense after careful consideration of the problem. This is the most pathetic excuse for a team of politicians I have seen in my 35 years in politics.

[jenmito]

39. Yup. That's exactly what happened.

And it was pathetic.

[Alexander]

35. Where are all the Hillary supporters, rushing to her defense?

*crickets*

[Rosa Luxemburg]

37. LOL!

can't wait til the PA debate in April!

[jenmito]

40. They're probably looking for articles that Wolfson may have missed.

:rofl:

[Rosa Luxemburg]

49. I bet Wolfson wishes he wasn't hired to her campaign

talk about 'walking the plank'

[jenmito]

53. Well, he can always want to suddenly spend more time with his family.

:)

[Rosa Luxemburg]

55. maybe by this weekend?

[jenmito]

57. I doubt it.

It would make Hillary's campaign look like it's in "disarray." :eyes:

[krkaufman]

60. Maybe they've adopted the LISS, too. n/t

[Scurrilous]

54. K & R

:thumbsup:

[krkaufman]

59. I'm kinda surprised none of the media are pointing-out Hillary's phony heroism ...

... in light of the US military death toll in Iraq crossing the 4000 mark.

Is her tarmac drama most like...

... Dukakis's tank moment?

... Bush's flight suit moment?


I'd go w/ the flight suit moment, as both were phony military posturing while soldiers lives were actually on the line.

[jenmito]

61. They ARE covering it. I saw it on NBC last night with Brian Williams as well as on MSNBC and CNN...

both yesterday and today.

[krkaufman]

62. Yes, they're covering her lie... but not discussing it from the standpoint ....

... of the insult to those serving and dying.