Roy Sekoff with Dan Abrams, Lanny Davis and Marc Lamont Hill on Clinton's Statements on Bosnia and Rev. Wright

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[jfoxx]

I'm sure Roy Sekoff is a very intelligent guy, but every time I see him on a news show, especially when he's not talking but waiting to be addressed.. he looks what I would describe as "stupid happy".

[MrWinky]

Abrams is such a joke, he can't even feign having an honest discussion about Hillary. If you've watched him, this ain't the first time either.

Also, he came on here talking about how exciting the Verdict was going to be. Hmmm, another show with an opinionated host screaming out what the other talking heads are trying to say while they are trying to say it. Seems like I've seen that before. I believe Jon Stewart referred to it as "hurting our country." Close this show down, we don't need another one.

[vschicago]

Dan Abrams is truly showing his directives from his MSNBC bosses to "up play Clinton" or he trying to boost his ratings by doing this (it looks like it worked if he's on this post). I mean, even after the guy on the right side of the interview said that she made that Bosnia lie from prepared statements. Lanny (fervent Clinton supporter) doesn't have to say anything because Dan is doing all the work for him. What a scam and circus this MSM is!

[rwe]

Abrams is the most enjoyable (not on purpose) one out there ... He can't hold his own with anyone , he was almost in tears last night due to his outrage with Rush and operation chaos.

[stepintothelight]

Roy thank you for standing up to that joke of a host Abrahms last night. It's moments like those last night that give me hope that there are still members of the media out their who will not back down to the ignorant majority. Do not let them take your spine ... We need it!!!

[Pammy1151]

Dan was good in his old show on the law. He is terrible in this one on politics. I emailed him and told him he acts like he needs MEDS these days. She should stick to what he is good at and stay out of politics. Roy you were great as usual on that dumb show. I don't think the others guests really like being on there except for that Pat B.

[NoGoodNamesLeft]

If the point to talking about this trip to Bosnia was to show some foreign policy experience, wouldn't the experience be related to what she did while she was there and have nothing at all to do with the circumstances around her arrival?

I don't understand why she would feel the need to embellish these facts. What difference does it make to her experience whether her plane landed there under sniper fire or not?

Isn't her experience related to what she did after arriving there?

[NoGoodNamesLeft]

The correct analogy when talking about Clintons lies on Bosnia is to relate it to Obama's lies on his legislative record. the Huffpo story from two days ago listed these together under the title "Both Obama And Clinton Embellish Their Roles"

In one case Obama took credit for Sen Dodds proposal stating

"At this moment, we must come together and act to address the housing crisis that set this downturn in motion and continues to eat away at the public's confidence in the market," Obama said. "We should pass the legislation I put forward with my colleague Chris Dodd to create meaningful incentives for lenders to buy or refinance existing mortgages so that Americans facing foreclosure can keep their homes."

Dodd did say that Obama supported the bill, as does Clinton. But Obama could not offer pride of authorship

[Mort]

Roy, you handled yourself really well against Abrams. Kudos to you!
He's a jerk with an enormous ego. Can't stand it when a guest is not only right but willing to stand up to him. Wat to go!!!!!

[billis3811]

Abrams is MSNBC's Bill O'Reilly. Just pathetic.

[anywho]

NOT!!!!

[Isaiah40j]

I think Dan Abrams could use some medication!

[kentay305]

hmmm hillary clinton lied...
then she lied and wrote it down in a book and got paid for it
she campaigned on the trail at a university using something she been caught telling a lie about
everyone knows shes a liar now

and what the parallel is....

bush chaney ashcroft brown from FEMA and even colin powell all lied to us WHILE THE WERE IN POWER....

i dont want to be lied to from someone is trying to be that power....

hillary just bow out gracefully or just snuggle up to mccain in vp power ... just like lieberman is doing with the republicans

[Ahyoka]

Big freaking deal...she embellished the account of one day. Her schedule was hectic and it's not surprising she would mispeak about a couple things. She remembered it being very dangerous and it apparently was.
Hillary was a great first lady that made us all very proud,and I think she'll be a WONDERFUL president.

[idontthinkthisishelping]

But it simply wasn't dangerous! Period! And I"ve sometimes put in 9 1/2 -- even 10 hour days and never raced home to avoid "sniper fire," because the cops actually get really upset when you try to use that excuse.

And how did she "misspeak" about bringing peace to Northern Ireland? Her plea for intervention in Rwanda? Her vocal anti-NAFTA position? Her COMPLETELY tanking even a discussion of healthcare coverage reform?

And by the way, what's her coverage like? Just how comprehensive is it? And who pays her premiums?

[Loliz]

(continued from earlier post)



And that's from her campaign spokesman! Of course that was BEFORE video showed otherwise. Then the response was, "Oh, I'm human." I make mistakes too. WHATEVER!!! So basically, if there hadn't been video, she'd still be lying about it.

So what does she do? Say it was a mistake, and "I was tired." (IS she SERIOUS?!) I guess she was tired every single time she told the lie. Maybe if she is that tired she shouldn't be running for office. Maybe she should take a long vacation and get some much needed rest.

And I'm sorry, how do you forget travelling somewhere under sniper fire? PUHLEASE. Sitting on a bullet proof vest, ducking and running to your car, etc. Those are not situations that I think I could EVER forget.

And to equate Obama's misspeak about a bill that, o.k. he did not "authorize", but he did support and contribute to. I'm sorry that is a mild mis-statement compared to "people were trying to kill me" when they weren't!

If people vote for Hillary, they deserve the lies they get.

[Loliz]

Embellished? HA. She embellished this account OVER and OVER again. Before the video she even DEFENDED her response!

Let's say the first time she honestly did make a mistake. Then when reporters questioned her about it, the "smart" thing would be to have someone in her campaign check the facts to see if she had made an honest mistake. Hillary is NOT a dumb person, so presumably this did happen, because that's what you pay advisors to do. So, effectively what she did then was PURPOSELY DECIDE to CONTINUE to lie and perpetuate the story, even to the point of dismissing Sinbad's more accurate recollection with "Well, he's a comedian, you know."

Check http://blog.washingtonpost.com/sleuth/2008/03/sinbad_unloads_on_hillary_clin.html

"Defending Clinton's characterization of her Bosnia mission, campaign spokesman Phil Singer kindly provided experts from news stories written about the trip at the time, including a Washington Post story from May 26, 1996, that said, "This trip to Bosnia marks the first time since Roosevelt that a first lady has voyaged to a potential combat zone."

Still, defending Clinton against Sinbad the refuter, Singer said, "The sad reality of what was going on in Bosnia at the time Senator Clinton traveled there as first lady has been well documented. It appears that Sinbad's experience in Bosnia goes back further than Senator Obama's does. In fact, has Senator Obama ever been to Bosnia?"

[Pammy1151]

Oh my are you way off the mark these days. She is a nutjob. She used to have respect but after this campaign she won't have an ounce left.

[jeg]

"Embellished"?!? About the only thing she got right was flying into Bosnia and landing at an airport!

Worse, this is the sort of story she dredges up to prove how "tough" and "ready to lead" she is. It's one thing to pad your resume, it's another to outright lie about it when there are credible witnesses to discredit you.

She's in more danger from the backlash over this, than she was in the original incident.

[simplecitizen]

Whats the point of this silly argument. We all know that the powers that be would definitely send the wife of the President and most certainly their only child Chelsea into harms way. Does anyone have any common sense anymore or are we so stupid as to believe even the most absurd stories that defy common sense. Some lies may be easier to accept but this nonsence shows the contempt the Clintons hold regarding what they see as the gullibilityof the American people.

[AnitaBee]

Who gave this fool his own show? "What's the big deal?" he asks. The big deal is that Hillary Clinton's been padding her resume -- which shows dishonesty and which would certainly be used against her by the right wing if she had any chance of being the nominee. And she's using that padded resume to pretend that she's ready to lead and Barack Obama is not.
And then, when video proves that she was NOT ducking sniper fire, she takes a shot at Obama's decisions regarding religion.
Maureen Dowd's take on this seems right. See: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/26/opinion/26dowd.html?em&ex=1206676800&en=838507d62acc71ba&ei=5087%0A
"Even some Clinton loyalists are wondering aloud if the win-at-all-costs strategy of Hillary and Bill " which continued Tuesday when Hillary tried to drag Rev. Wright back into the spotlight " is designed to rough up Obama so badly and leave the party so riven that Obama will lose in November to John McCain."
I simply can't imagine another reason why she would attempt to assassinate the character and thereby utterly destroy the chances of the likely Democratic nominee. Yet, this idiot on MSNBC, who yells louder than anyone, as if that somehow makes him right, can't see beyond his nose? Has no clue that catching a candidate lying about the very credentials she's based her campaign on, and then hitting a member of her own party on religion, might be an issue? Sheesh.

[anywho]

Anything with Lanny Davis in the lineup isn't worth 25cents.

[idontthinkthisishelping]

I was amazed at his squeaky little voice; never got that from his manly Hillary advertisements on Huffington; and even moreso at the fact that while with his family on vacation at Universal Studios Orlando he still managed to happen to have a news report from 1996, in his lap, appropriate to the conversation if it actually said or supported anything remotely relevant to the actual discussion at hand.

Is it really good form to bring some old People magazine you found in the Greenroom toilet into your interview assuming it will somehow support your entire argument?

What Lanny doesn't want to get out is the fact that he's enjoying the amusements at Universal Studios Orlando with the Manson family, ostensibly getting tips on the niceties of public debate.