What was Hillary thinking with the Bosnia story? Why would she even float it?

[still_one]

Does she have that much insecurity in her position or experience that she believes she must pump it up?

Yes, I know politicians are not always completely honest, but she did a very similar thing during the travel scandel under Bill Clinton's administration where she said she had nothing to do with the firings, which were false

I question if within in her personality to admit responsibility for any mistakes she makes?

[FARAFIELD]

1. I know

I heard her flippant comment like
"i made a mistake....." that wasnt a mistake where I come from thats a lie.
Talk about a whopper.

[still_one]

4. You look at past events, and it always shows that honesty is the best policy

everytime someone trys to lie or cover something up, it always turns out worse

A perfect example was her IWR vote, it took her over a YEAR before she finally admitted during a debate that her vote was wrong

Before that it was just trangulation, or blaming bush for misleading her

Why would anyone take bush at his word, without doing their own due dilligence?

[patrice]

14. Mistake? Apparently, she confused one or more of the times she had to duck her head and

run under sniper fire to safety.

[madmunchie]

2. Not only that, but did she think that NO VIDEO on that trip existed?

OR that nobody there would remember the truth???? What is wrong with her anyway????

[TwilightGardener]

3. Weirdly, Rachel Maddow is trying to minimize it by saying it's a

"media" issue, not a "voter" issue--no, lying IS a voter issue, Rachel!

[still_one]

6. Rachel is getting concerned, and rightfully so, that the party is dividing itself

in a very self-destructive way

The problem is that honesty is an important issue

Even her response that it was a mis-statement was more triangulation, similar to her IWR resolution vote

All she had to do was say I exagerated, it was wrong, and I am sorry about it

[TwilightGardener]

9. All Democrats should seize upon Sniper-Gate to shut Hillary down.

It's potentially very damaging, and it proves she's what everyone already suspected--she's a sociopathic liar. The media is trying to minimize it, but how can you call a lie "misspeaking"?

[still_one]

10. I agree, I think it represents a major character flaw /nt

[mikelgb]

5. I missed it

what bosnia story

[still_one]

8. She has been saying that she was sent to places Bill Clinton could not go to

because they were "too dangerous", and in 1996 when she made a trip to Bosnia, she landed under sniper fire

It was not true

[cui bono]

7. Her desperation has made her STUPID!

She'll try anything at this point. Loser.

[hughee99]

11. IMHO, she's gotten away with it before...

She's told "little white lies" before that, either through basic logic or because there were dozens of witness to the actual event, could be easily proven as lies, and before a few months ago, the press would accept it or at least let it slide without any investigation or follow up. I think she still thought she could get away with it, though I don't know why she would think that.

[Cali_Democrat]

12. She's trying to puff up her resume

Voters are catching on to her "35 years of experience" bullshit.

[SoCalDem]

13. Wants to show she's popular with the military

not like this photo..

[Jed Dilligan]

15. Maybe she thinks we're all dumber than fuck,

for which I don't blame her entirely, seeing how many people voted *.

[ChimpersMcSmirkers]

16. Good and valid question. Had she left if at being an emissary for Bill

then this would have been a bright spot for her. Instead, she completely made up stuff to make herself look like she was a SF operator or something...

[cherokeeprogressive]

17. She misremembered, then missspoke, and we misunderheard.

That's what happened. Honest.

[Kurovski]

18. Because her allegiance lies elsewhere other than the Democratic Party,

and she does all she can to tear down the party itself from within?

Sorry to answer a question with a question, but her behaviour--after all these years and what we've been through with the "lying" issue--is so fucking crazy, It's the only reasonable sounding thing I could come up with.

[Catherina]

19. I think she figured if Bush could sell WMDs what's a few snipers? n/t