It is a generally accepted rule of thumb, when you are in a hole you stop digging.
Wolfson: "Clinton 'Misspoke' In Her Tuzla Account"
Howard Wolfson, in a conference call that's still going on, just said Hillary Clinton misspoke in part of her account of her visit to Bosnia in 1996. Clinton had said she ran from the helicopter with her head down. (Fellow passengers included her daughter and the comedian Sinbad.) Photos, video footage and news accounts show her greeting a child at a welcoming ceremony.
"She misspoke about the exit from the plane," said Wolfson.
But what if that is also a lie? Follow me to the other side....
What does "Misspoke" mean exactly?
mis·speak (ms-spk)
v. mis·spoke (-spk), mis·spo·ken (-spkn), mis·speak·ing, mis·speaks
v.tr.
To speak or pronounce incorrectly: The lead actor misspoke his lines.
v.intr.
To speak mistakenly, inappropriately, or rashly.
"The lead actor misspoke his lines"
Actor's work from a memorized script. When you think one thing but say another, it can be said that you "Misspoke".
But if that same Actor is READING his lines from a page and gets them wrong what do you call it? It can no longer be said that you "Misspoke". You can claim that you "Misread" the page but cannot be said that you "Misspoke".
This hole is not deep enough .... let's dig some more:
Clinton acknowledges a "misstatement" on Bosnia sniper fire
This afternoon, in the session with Daily News editorial writers and reporters (and some Inquirer staffers as well) in a conference room at the Daily News and Inquirer Building, I asked the presidential candidate about these discrepancies and also showed her a copy of the photo -- at the top of this post -- of her on the tarmac that day.
She was quick to answer, jumping in before I was fully finished with the question. Here's here response in its entirety:
"Now let me tell you what I can remember, OK -- because what I was told was that we had to land a certain way and move quickly because of the threat of sniper fire. So I misspoke -- I didn't say that in my book or other times but if I said something that made it seem as though there was actual fire -- that's not what I was told. I was told we had to land a certain way, we had to have our bulletproof stuff on because of the threat of sniper fire. I was also told that the greeting ceremony had been moved away from the tarmac but that there was this 8-year-old girl and, I can't, I can't rush by her, I've got to at least greet her -- so I greeted her, I took her stuff and then I left, Now that's my memory of it.
I followed-up, noting that the episode has raised questions about her credibility on foreign policy. She responded:
"No, I went to 80 countries, you know. I gave contemporaneous accounts, I wrote about a lot of this in my book. you know, I think that, a minor blip, you know, if I said something that, you know, I say a lot of things -- millions of words a day -- so if I misspoke, that was just a misstatement."
Opps! Now right there is the biggest lie of them all:
"so if I misspoke, that was just a misstatement"
But! It turns out that Hillary was reading from her prepared speech when she said:
IRAQ: Hillary's Remarks at The George Washingon University
Good morning. I want to thank Secretary West for his years of service, not only as Secretary of the Army, but also to the Veteran’s Administration, to our men and women in uniform, to our country. I certainly do remember that trip to Bosnia, and as Togo said, there was a saying around the White House that if a place was too small, too poor, or too dangerous, the president couldn't go, so send the First Lady. That’s where we went.
I remember landing under sniper fire. There was supposed to be some kind of a greeting ceremony at the airport, but instead we just ran with our heads down to get into the vehicles to get to our base. But it was a moment of great pride for me to visit our troops, not only in our main base as Tuzla, but also at two outposts where they were serving in so many capacities to deactivate and remove landmines, to hunt and seek out those who had not complied with the Dayton Accords and put down their arms, and to build relationships with the people that might lead to a peace for them and their children.
I ask you the humble reader, did you MISREAD that or was what she said WRITTEN on the page?
Somebody who should have been fired long ago knowingly put this lie in her prepared text. She had to have read the speech at least once or twice before actually giving it so to say that she "Misspoke" is a bigger lie than the one it is meant to cover up.
Liar Liar Pantsuit on Fire!
Hat Tip to Chuck Todd for his mention that this was in her prepared statements for that day.
If Hillary is "Misspoke" does that make Bill "Mr Poke?"
UPDATE #1:
SniperGate takes a new turn:
"Well sir, I think that my mother’s on record as having talked about this and I support what she said. I mean, I was there as well and I’m so honored that I was there." -- Chelsea Clinton
Now With More Video!
UPDATE #2:
Sound byte of Clinton admitting with a nasty cackle "occassionally I'm a human being"
UPDATE #3:
CBS News gives an blistering update on Hillary's Bosnia Lie



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