Thursday, March 27, 2008

Hillary at it Again

It seems that Hillary again is having trouble remembering what has happened to her in the past. Last week Clinton spoke in what appeared to be prepared remarks regarding her 1996 trip to Bosnia. Expecting a welcoming ceremony at the airstrip, Clinton said that, "I remember landing under sniper fire. . . we just ran with our heads down to get into the vehicles to get to our base." This doesn't quite match up with what she said in her book, where she wrote, "Due to reports of snipers in the hills around the airstrip, we were forced to cut short an event on the tarmac with local children. . ." In the end even this doesn't quite seem to match up with the actual CBS news video that followed her off of the helicopter and down the tarmac. This is what actually happened. I would be mean to her for lying, but CBS's Cheryl Atkinson does a much better job of it (she was there as well). She claims she simply misspoke. This may be true, and for the sake of argument I'll give her the benefit of the doubt. That being said, who wants a commander in chief that gets "possible sniper threat" which is universal among high ranking politicians, mixed up with "shot at by snipers" which would qualify as an open act of hostility. Oh, and by the look on Chelsea's face, she seems as equally concerned about the snipers as her mom.