Al Franken would have called you on this if he were still on Air America:
HRC was recently caught fibbing about N. Ireland, SCHIP, Bosnia, and FMLA....Her whole argument has been experience, but all her specific experience claims have been shown to be exaggerations, if not lies.
Your comment is the very definition of a shameless lie.
Sen. Clinton has not been "caught" exaggerating or lying about anything. In fact, the proof that her statements are completely accurate has come from John Hume and Bertie Ahern in Ireland--both involved in the peace process, as well former Northern Ireland Secretary Mo Mowlam and others in Northern Ireland. Her involvement in SCHIP has come from none other than Sen. Ted Kennedy--who is on the record saying that if it weren't for Hillary Clinton pushing the bill from the White House, it wouldn't have happened. Her trip to Bosnia is well documented by Alegre and a Nexis Lexis search of the articles at the time proves she was flying into a COMBAT ZONE with snipers in the area--the first time a First Lady has flown into a combat zone since Eleanor Roosevelt flew into London during WWII. And Clinton flew to two outlying bases in the area to visit combat troops personally, a trip which Crowe and Sinbad did not accompany her on.
HRC's schedules have shown the truth:
The documents offer no support for her claims, made during the presidential campaign, that she helped to negotiate the Irish peace accords or facilitated the flow of refugees in the Balkans. Neither is there evidence in them to back up her claim that she helped pass the Family and Medical Leave Act, the first legislation Mr. Clinton signed as president. The legislation, sponsored by Senator Christopher J. Dodd, Democrat of Connecticut, sailed through Congress and landed on Mr. Clinton's desk 10 days after he was inaugurated. Indeed, on the day Mr. Clinton signed the bill into law, Feb. 5, 1993, there is no indication on that day's calendar that she attended. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/19/us/pol itics/19cnd-archives.html?pagewanted=1&a mp;_r=3&hp
Northern Ireland: She claimed she was instrumental to the peace process. Everyone, including those you mentioned, agree that HRC was never part of the peace negotiations. Mitchell and others who wrote about the peace process never mentioned her in their writing. Everyone, including those who have minimized her role in the peace process will acknowledge that she play a positive role in the process because she met with women's groups. The problem is that it is silly, and politically stupid, for her to claim she was an instrumental part of creating peace--everybody knows that this is taking credit for the work of others.
SCHIP: The bill was initiated in congress, with support from Hatch. The Clinton administration was opposed, for budgetary reasons. The budget and funding issues where worked out in congress. As part of the lobbying effort to move the White House, HRC was recruited by those in congress to help get WJC to support the legislation. HRC didn't create SCHIP, she didn't work to get congress to pass the legislation, she was recruited to get WJC to accept what congress was doing. As much as her persuasion of WJC, SCHIP was accepted in the White Hosue because it's funding was changed so that WJC the initial budget issues were removed. But, HRC was a helpful advocate in the White House, why can't she just stick with the truth? Why does she need to take credit for the work of others? HRC has been caught exaggerating on this when she takes credit this legislation.
Bosnia: You're joking, right?
WJC was in there two months earlier. HRC had her teenage daughter with her. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=It6JN7ALF 7Y&eurl=http://www.dailykos.com/stor yonly/2008/3/23/95418/5038/471/482606
You need to acknowledge that she invented this story (which she repeated more than once) if you want to have any credibility.
FMLA: you didn't address this one.
**Lies can be small and lies can be whoppers. Hillary has tried to give the impression that she was more involved in the peace process than she indeed was. Hume was being kind. He named people who were especially helpful in his Nobel acceptance speech. Bill's name came up. Tony Blair's name came up. Mitchell was named. Didn't see Hillary mentioned. I'm certain that Tony Blair's wife was also quite hopeful that there would be a meaningful peace. Do you think she claims to have been instrumental in the peace process? I think those of us who are/were FOB admired his diplomatic skills. I don't think they should necessarily be extended to his wife. Hillary is being rightfully pilloried for this series of "exaggerations." It's probably helpful that this isn't an October surprise.
