Why Hill's Bosnia Gaffe Isn't The Big, Fat, Hairy Deal People Seem to Think It Is.

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Tuesday March 25, 2008 · 5:36 AM PDT

2008/03/25 · 05:36

By now Hillary's Bosnia blip is ~~old news~~ well-known, and already the incident is held as a reaffirmation of the long-running narrative of her dishonesty. Diary after diary has castigated her for lying, and conjecture abounds that this will, or ought to, sink her candidacy.

Hillary responded with an admission that she "misspoke", to which the general population around these parts has said, essentially, BS. In a nutshell, the prevailing view is that Hillary didn't misspeak at all, but rather intentionally fabricated the details of the Bosnia visit in order to beef up her foreign policy credentials.

The trouble with this view, and with the shrill caterwauling about how dishonest Hillary is for having lied, is that it's not entirely accurate.

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