That's how Hillary Clintonexplains away her error in the way she has painted her arrival in Tusla, Bosnia in 1996:
"I don't know what I was thinking," she said. "I was sleep-deprived, and I misspoke."
First off, Clinton has repeatedly described her role in Bosnia in a similar light while on the campaign trail. Here's CBS News:
But what is also truly precious about this defense is the way it dovetails with her ad about answering that red phone at 3 a.m.
In the now-famous ad, President Hillary Clinton takes the middle of the night call still fully dressed. Presumably the workaholic Clinton has been burning the midnight oil in defense of the country. But if the Tusla recollection tells us anything, it's that if she's ever elected to the highest office in the land, she might want to catch a few winks before answering the phone.
MSNBC quit BEING BIAS AND trying to make Hillary look bad .AND PRETENDING THE WAVE IS FOR OBAMA. ARE YOU BLIND? ..THE WAVE IS AGAINST OBAMA AND HIS PREACHER RIGHT NOW!! AND YES THE POLLS ARE IN HILLARIES FAVOR DOESN'T THAT CONTRIDICT THE IMPLIED LOVE AFFAIR THIS COUNTRY IS SUPPOSE TO HAVE FOR AIR BAG OBAMA.....SICK OF YOU GUYS SAYING HILLARY CAN'T WIN MAYBE YOU SHOULD LOOK AT THE POLLS IN PENN. YOU LOOKED FOOLISH IN THE LAST BIG SWEEP OF OH,TEXAS AND RI DESPITE YOUR BLIND LOVE AFFAIR WITH AN AIR BAG WHO HAS NO EXPERIENCE IN LEADING A COUNTRY AND IS IN THE MIDDLE OF PILE OF ILL ASSOCIATIONS OF ANTISEMETIC BIAS SHADY PEOPLE.. NO PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES SHOULD HAVE THAT KIND OF BAGGAGE!! YOUR DILLOUSION TO THE FACT THAT NOTHING CAN BEAT OBAMA .AND THAT HILLARY CAN'T WIN..YOU LOOK UNREALISTIC TO THE REALITY OF WHAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT uNDER YOUR NOSE...again.
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Ray
10:53PM Mar 25th 2008
Bye Obama, I have no idea of what you were trying to say since your comment was almost unreadable, but let me point out the article to which you posted a comment was about Hillary Clinton's LIE..and sorry, that is the word that needs to be used.
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PAM123
11:01PM Mar 25th 2008
Well, we are not going to accomplish anything by being upset. i think we need a dream team, one of them and john edwards. i kinda like john Edwards. i think his last speech was a masterpiece , we got it on our site
so here we go again with the msm and mr. knowles trying to get the heat off obama and his rev. by making a big story out of a non story about hillary. while obama and the rev. were vacationing in the crib.,hillary was hard at work campaigning and probably dead tired. so she misspoke, so what .... she didnt sit in that church for 20 years and absorb pure hate from the rev and then lie about it and continue to lie about it. the american public is not stupid, but the press is and so is this blogger knowles. everytime hes out to try and slam hillary and it always blows up in his biased face. next slam attempt ?
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ivote476
11:29PM Mar 25th 2008
WHY IS DAVID KNOWLES ATTACKING SEN. CLINTON DAY AFTER DAY? BECAUSE HE IS PART OF THE RIGGED MEDIA, THAT'S WHY.
HOW MANY TIMES HAS HE ATTACKED SEN. OBAMA ON THIS SITE? NEXT TO NONE.
EXPOSE, DENOUNCE AND REJECT THIS BIASED MEDIA REPORTER.
THE RIGGED MEDIA IS DESTROYING THE ELECTORAL PROCESS AND DEMOCRACY ITSELF.
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ivote476
11:35PM Mar 25th 2008
Sen. Obama is unelectable.
If given the chance the republican attack machine will destroy him in short order with Rev Wright's racist speeches, Michelle's un-American speeches, Tony Rezko association Muslim background etc etc etc
Sen. Clinton is our best hope for President of the United States! Period!
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History 101
11:40PM Mar 25th 2008
A Condensed Version of History For those who slept through World History 101, here is a condensed version.
Humans originally existed as members of small bands of nomadic hunters/gatherers. They lived on deer & birds in the mountains during the summer and would go to the coast and live on fish, lobster & anchovies in the winter. You might call them the earliest recorded snowbirds.
The two most important events in all of history were: 1. The invention of domestic beer, and ... 2. The invention of the round wheel. The round wheel was invented to get man to the domestic beer, and vice-versa, the domestic beer to the man.
These facts formed the foundation of modern civilization and together were the catalyst for the splitting of humanity into two distinct subgroups:
1. Liberals 2. Conservatives.
Once beer was discovered, it required grain and hops, and that was the beginning of agriculture. Neither the glass bottle nor aluminum can were yet invented, so while early humans were sitting around the campfire waiting for them to be invented, they just stayed close to the local brewery. That's how a village was formed.
Some men spent their days tracking and killing animals to BBQ at night at the campfire, to go along with drinking domestic beer. This was the beginning of what is known as the Conservative movement. They divided the deer meat with the best pieces to the biggest hunter. Those who did not get the deer meat were allocated the bird meat instead. The bird meat was divided accordingly, and the least of the biggest hunters got the necks and wings. This led to a division of the Conservative movement. The leader of the breakaway movement was named Billy Bob Wright, and his portion of the meal eventually was called Wright Wings.
Other men who were weaker and less skilled at hunting, learned to live off the conservatives by showing up at the campfire for the nightly BBQ's and doing the sewing, fetching, cleaning, typing and hair dressing. This was the beginning of the Liberal movement. Some of these liberal men eventually evolved into women. Others became known as girlie-men.
Some noteworthy liberal achievements include the domestication of cats, the invention of group therapy & group hugs, the evolution of the Hollywood actor, and the concept of Democratic voting in a booth to decide who will divide all the meat and domestic beer that conservatives provided at the campfire.
Over the years, Conservatives came to be symbolized by the largest, most powerful land animal on earth, the elephant. Liberals are symbolized by the jackass. The laughing hyena was originally considered, but they couldn't find any in the mountains, as the Conservatives had killed them all, and ate them at BBQ, so what is currently called Missouri offered up their mascot as a substitute.
Modern liberals like imported beer (in green glass and with lime added), but also prefer white wine and imported bottled water. They eat their fish raw, but like their beef well done. Sushi, tofu, take-out chinese and French food, except fries, are standard liberal fare. Another interesting evolutionary side note: most liberal women have higher testosterone levels than their men (except for baseball players men). Most social workers, personal injury attorneys, Navy seamen, journalists, affirmative action activists, dreamers in Hollywood and group therapists are liberals. Liberals invented the designated hitter rule because it wasn't fair to make the pitcher get up and bat.
Conservatives drink only domestic beer from a clear glass bottle. They eat red meat with hot sauce and still provide for their women, who are not permitted to work. Conservatives are big-game hunters, rodeo cowboys, lumberjacks, construction workers, firemen, medical doctors, police officers, corporate executives, nascar drivers, athletes, Marines, and generally anyone who works productively. Conservatives who own companies and wear shoes with a lot of little holes in the leather tend to hire other conservatives who want to work for a living, and enjoy meeting at the local bar after work to discuss politics and sex, and to tell liberal jokes. Conservatives are not racist toward immigrants, as they believe every Conservative should own at least one.
Liberals produce little or nothing. They like to govern the producers and decide what to do with the production. Liberals believe Europeans are more enlightened than Americans. That is why most of the liberals remained in Europe when conservatives were coming to America . The liberals crept in after the Wild West was tamed and created a business of trying to get more for nothing. The like to meet at the local ristorante or saloon after a day of doing nothing, to discuss politics, sex and religion.
So ends today's lesson in world history.
It should be noted that a liberal may have a momentary urge to angrily respond to the above and insist on debate of its merits, before proofreading & editing a final version and forwarding it to those in his updated address book. Have a happy (smiley-face) day!
A conservative will simply have another drink of domestic beer, laugh and be so convinced of the absolute truth of this history, that it will be forwarded immediately to other true believers, and to liberal neighbors ... just to piss them off. Have a great day, pilgrim!
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TJ
11:41PM Mar 25th 2008
THIS IS THE THIRD POST YOU HAVE DONE ON THIS ISSUE, DAVID KNOWLES. I KNOW YOU'VE FALLEN LINE AND SINKER FOR OBAMA BUT ISNT THIS A LITTLE TOO MUCH?? WHAT'S UP, DAVID KNOWLES??
AT LEAST HILLARY WAS IN BOSNIA DURING THE WAR TRYING TO BRING PEACE OBAMA WAS IN CHICAGO SNORTING COCAINE AT THAT TIME
EXPERINCE IS SOMETHING YOU HAVE OR YOU DONT HAVE HILLARY HAS TRAVELED ABROAD TO MANY NATIONS, HELPED IN MANY PEACE PROCESSES. SPIN SPIN SPIN THE DETAILS. SHE WAS THERE THOUGH!!! OBAMA HAS BEEN TO THE VIRGIN ISLANDS OR CHICAGO
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Pjayee
11:45PM Mar 25th 2008
Newsvine - Obama: Wasting His Own Breath "Even as I said it," Obama claims, "I realized I had misspoken." So what, one wonders, prevented him from immediately correcting himself there on stage ... thevineofhob.newsvine.com/_news/2007/02/14/56813 ... Obama calls grandma "typical white person"Misspoke
Michelle Obama misspoke, it was a poor choice of words. Never been proud of her country before
Brendan Nyhan: Obama: 13 innocents executed on death row I think Obama misspoke and should have said that 13 on Illinois death row were later found to be innocent. I'm not aware either of a proven case of ... www.brendan-nyhan.com/blog/2007/10/obama-13-inno... Obama just words
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TJ
11:47PM Mar 25th 2008
OBAMA AND REVEREND JEREMIAH WRIGHT!!!!!!! 20 YRS OBAMA AND REVEREND JEREMIAH WRIGHT!!!!!!! 20 YRS AND COUNTING OBAMA AND REVEREND JEREMIAH WRIGHT!!!!!!! OBAMA AND REVEREND JEREMIAH WRIGHT!!!!!!! OBAMA AND REVEREND JEREMIAH WRIGHT!!!!!!! YOU MARRIED TO THE PIED PIPER, DAVID KNOWLES? GO AHEAD AND COME OUT IF YOU LOVE HIM!!!!!!! STAY AWAY FROM HILLARY, DAVID KNOWLES..
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TJ
12:00AM Mar 26th 2008
WHILE HILLARY WAS IN BOSNIA, I MEAN PHYSICALLY THERE, WITH FIGHTING UP ON THE HILLS. WHILE HILLARY WAS IN CHINA, COUNTRIES OF EUROPE, NORTHERN IRELAND BRINGING PEACE, OBAMA WAS DANCING "MAMBO" IN CHURCH WITH JEREMIAH WRIGHT AND CURSING OUT AND DAMNING AMERICA AND WHITE PEOPLE. OBAMA MADE ABOUT ONE MILLION DOLLARS LAST YEAR, AND MOST OF THE READERSHIP ON HIS BORROWED TLTLED BOOK WERE GULLIBLE WHITE PEOPLE YOU HATE BILL CLINTON BECAUSE HE IS THE MAN?? OR JUST HATE HILLATRY BECAUSE SHE IS A SUCCESSFUL FEMALE? SO, WHAT'S UP, DAVID KNOWLES??? YOU ON DRUGS TOO????
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tfitz1017
12:04AM Mar 26th 2008
God the hillary people are...I feel sorry for them now. DK! You linked to some guys blog and there was nothing substantial there. Where is the quote on the 'sleep deprived' thing. That is just too funny and seems to good to be true.
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Kay
12:10AM Mar 26th 2008
I have typed this over and over and the truth is that all I want to day is screw you media, nbc and abc and fox and cnn and all you people that blog here in the political machine. Political Machine my arze. You are so biased. Why the hell can`t you understand that 12 yrs is a damn long time and yes people forget things and so what. your black guy is not going to be president. We are not as dumb as you would like to think.I am so ashamed of the media. I took you at your word for a long time but now I won,t believe anything you speak or write. What the hell is left for our kids to believe in huh?? I pray that Hillary runs against old man McBain and that she wins. Nothing would make me happier than to see your tail between your legs like last week when hussein obamas pastor damned us all to hell. Stop typing stupid posts about Hillary and for your info. President Clinton might be 61 and tired but he is better than any of you.
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tfitz1017
12:11AM Mar 26th 2008
I found it. From the Pittsburg Tribune-Review: "Before a campaign appearance in Greensburg on Tuesday, the Democratic presidential contender stopped in Pittsburgh, where she kindly allowed Tribune-Review reporters and editors to grill her for 90 minutes. While delivering a speech on Iraq last week, Clinton said that she landed under sniper fire during a visit to Bosnia she took as first lady in March 1996.
CBS News reports of that trip conflict with that account. The archival video showed Clinton with her daughter, Chelsea, smiling and waving while walking across the tarmac from a cargo plane to meet the Bosnian president.
Deciding against dancing around the discrepancy, Clinton addressed it directly with a mea culpa.
"I don't know what I was thinking," she said. "I was sleep-deprived, and I misspoke."
For the person contending she is the most qualified person to be president when the phone rings in the White House at 3 a.m., that could be considered a candid admission. "
Pam123, I agree. Obama/Edwards would be a dream ticket!
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ivote476
12:19AM Mar 26th 2008
Sen Obama repeatedly said on camera that Tony Rezko raised $150,000 for his campaign. Then about 2 weeks ago in the interview with the Chicago Tribune Sen. Obama admitted the figure is more like $250,000. This is proof that Sen. Obama lied to voters over and over and over again. And he says he's a NEW kind of politician. There are other instances where he outright lied in order to get votes.
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tfitz1017
12:30AM Mar 26th 2008
Man, you can smell the desperation on 'em. But where did they think they were going to go with all of this? It seems to me that they started out with the worst things they could say, the muslim, the anti christ, the new hitler. Now that this kind of silly thing pops up it's hit her hard. Very hard. The fact that it's funny makes it worse. People remember funny and what's funny here is someone loosing their dignity, punctured persona. Even though she has been mean and extremely destructive on so many levels I do feel sorry for her.
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tfitz1017
12:33AM Mar 26th 2008
"I don't know what I was thinking," she said. "I was sleep-deprived, and I misspoke." She will be hearing those words for the rest of her campaign and probably the rest of her life.
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Eileen
12:53AM Mar 26th 2008
Sen.Clinton has been under constant harassment by the media since the Obama mania started. Once they all climbed on the bandwagon there was no getting off. The have to defend their one-sided news reporting and slime is all they know. I am so sick of all their negative reporting that I have turned them all off. I just hope Hillary wins big come April 22nd in Pa. and then continues on to North Carolina and finish up with a popular vote majority so they will shut up. The Internet has not been much better lately. I am so surprised to see so many bloggers on this site who are supporting Hillary. Glad to see all you Hillary people out in force. Keep up the good work. Blog as much as you can in support of Sen. Clinton and maybe the media might wise up. Good Luck to all......