How can you tell Hillary Clinton is lying? Howard Wolfson's lips are moving.
Clinton suffered another daily gotcha when her self-proclaimed GI Jane moment - dashing across the Tuzla tarmac while ducking sniper fire - was revealed to be a typical prosaic airport greeting: a cute kid, flowers, the double air kiss, even a poem! Apparently, it took actual footage for the Clinton campaign to realize that Sinbad wasn't just being funny when he called her a liar last week. I could have told them that; Sinbad hasn't been funny since her husband's first term.
In trying to walk back this latest of Clinton's dalliances with dishonesty, Wolfson was quoted as saying, "it is possible in the most recent instance with which she discussed this that she misspoke, with regards to the leaving of the plane."
To say someone misspoke usually connotes that the untrue statement was made inadvertently. We all do it. "I played golf last Saturday," says I. "No, we went to lunch last Saturday. You played golf on Sunday," says she who is always right. "Oh, yeah, I misspoke, thank you dear. You're the best wife in the world."
Now, if we replay that last vignette Clinton/Wolfson-style, it might go something like this: "I single-handedly foiled an armed bank robbery last Saturday," says I. "No you didn't, you played golf," says she. "Oh yeah, I misspoke."
Did you catch the subtle difference?
How do you misspeak about something like that? What were you getting mixed up over?
"Oh, no, it was the OTHER war zone I flew into and ducked sniper fire and ran to the cars. I misspoke."
"Did I say sniper fire? I meant mosquitoes. Huge mosquitoes in Bosnia. I misspoke."
"Did I say I only got sent to countries that are too dangerous, too poor or too small, thereby implying that I was an inconsequential and expendable member of the Administration? I meant that I was VERY important. I misspoke."
"Wait, did I say that there are countries too poor for the President to go to? I meant that...um... Leave me alone, I misspoke!"
This unfortunate episode joins a cavalcade of other statements in which Hillary has been caught misspeaking like a rug. And the most prominent of these statements have been those that were used to pad her resume so much that you'd need an oversized pantsuit coat to hide it.
"Did I say I was instrumental to peace in Belfast? I mean that I was instrumental to TEAS in Belfast."
"Did I say I always disliked NAFTA? I mean I couldn't stand ASTA - stupid little terrier."
"Did I say it was an honor to be here with Barack? I mean I'm gonna rip his lungs out! And we'll still be friends."
All these are part and parcel of a broader pattern of what begins as self-deception, where previous goalposts cease to be operative, where people who dare to cross you get labeled as "Judas," and where by some weird transference, you not just accuse, but actually BELIEVE that your opponent is guiltier of all your sins than you are.
Some people are mistakenly equating Hillary's growing credibility gap with what happened to Al Gore. Leaving aside that Gore was unfairly smeared, while Hillary is self-inflicting these wounds, it's more accurate to equate her with Richard Nixon.
Nixon destroyed himself because he obsessed over what the Kennedys had "done to him." He went nutsy-commando with the Plumbers, with the Ellsberg break-in and the enemies list and, of course, with Watergate, because he rationalized that it had been done to him, and everyone else was doing it, and so he had to do it to protect his Presidency because he was what was best for - and about - America.
Hillary Clinton has become Nixon.
Clinton feels that all their years of being Atwatered and Starred and Roved meant that she HAD to play the game at sewer level just to survive. In fact, she was JUSTIFIED to play that way, because of what had been done to her and to Bill.
Justified, pre-absolved, sanctified and anointed.
And just as McGovern became the unwitting stand-in for the Kennedys as the focus of Nixon's ire and the target of his tricks, so too has Barack Obama become Hillary's bayonet dummy stand-in for the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy.
So when Hillary's - and Wolfson's - lips are moving, they're not misspeaking. They're getting even.
Nixon passed the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, created the EPA, appointed Harry Blackum to the Supreme Court, eventually got us out of Vietnam, opened the door to China, installed price controls in 1972 (i.e., goverment control of the economy), etc., etc..
B. Clinton passed NAFTA, GATT, welfare "reform", the "defense" of marriage act, etc., etc..
H. Clinton voted for the Iraq war, co-sponsored a "flag burning" bill, voted for the Kyl amendment (which can be interpreted as an OK to wage another illegal, costly war), and rallied against the most evil, heinous event that this country has ever had to face....Violent Video Games...
So comparing the Clintons and Nixon is unfair, especially to Nixon.
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/18074823/the_new_nixon
Nixonian Republicans for HRC:
http://www.xanga.com/uprisingyouth/644318177/nixonian-republicans-for-hillary-clinton.html
HRC during the Nixon investigation, lying and unethical at the tender age of 27:
http://www.aim.org/aim-column/print/hillarys-crocodile-tears-in-connecticut
Her problem is the "vision thing." I believe she cannot grasp Obama's hold on the public imagination, his ability to be fresh, idealistic and forthcoming. Neither in her para-political career as first spouse nor in her personal relationship with a world class adulterer has she had a stable relationship with the truth. She stayed in a marriage with Mr. "Is-is." How can she rationalize that? Unfortunately the kindest explanation is that her ambition overwhelmed her integrity. More likely she adapted to marital chaos (as is the case in highly dysfunctional families) by adopting a malleable relationship with the truth.
LOL...what a low blow, Chip. Did you really have to throw Sinbad under the bus to make your point? Probably not, but it was funny nonetheless.
GO to http://www.hillcap.org to see just how hard they work for all of us and how they do it.
Here is the big difference between Richard Nixon in 1960 and Al Gore in 2000: Nixon lost a very close election to JFK and Illinois was the closest contested state much like Florida in 2000. The Democratic Daily Machine in Chicago had pulled some stunts like they had in years gone by to sway the election to Kennedy. Nixon had every right to call for an investigation and recount but in 1960 he had both character and class and passed on those opportunities. He felt his own self interest was not worth putting the country through a divisive fight. Gore, on the other hand, cared more for himself than his country in 2000. His self-centered motivation set the tone for GWB’s presidency. Dividing lines were drawn by Gore, the MSM and many of you sore losing democrats. Part 2 coming up.
But it seems the Clintons, Gore and Nixon all have things in common. Bill and Hillary had THEIR enemies list and sent the FBI to investigate them and the IRS to audit them. Very nice people! Here is what will set them apart from every politician since recent history. Mark my words here, please. The Clintons will figure out a scheme to steal the convention and the nomination from Obama. To them it won't matter how much the democratic party will suffer or the Country as a whole. All they want is the White House and the power associated.
This quote sums up the politics of "virtuous victimization" which has been inflicted on us for the last five Presidencies, if not longer. Hillary attempts to portray herself and Bill as the "poor, virtuous little victims'' of the Big Bad Guys (Rove, Starr and Atwater), and because they were 'victimized', they are completely justified to engage in the same brand of vicious political games as their 'victimizers'. This type of political behavior is destructive to the Democratic Party and to the nation. What makes this even more tragic is that while Clinton continues to take sniping pot-shots at Obama while he struggles to raise the level of political discourse to a higher level, John McCain starts to look more appealing to a lot of people.
Those who choose to bring up the impeachment again, should get George W. Bush a BJ and maybe the Republicans would let us impeach him.
Don't be fooled!!!!!!!!!