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Bill Clinton Retells Hillary's 1996 Bosnia Story
April 10, 2008 7:10 PM
ABC News' Sarah Amos and Eloise Harper Report: President Clinton, speaking in Boonville, Ind., revised history when he recounted his wife's recent flap discussing a trip she took to Bosnia in 1996. President Clinton's version had several inaccuracies and was slightly misleading.
President Clinton's described his wife's experience, saying, "There was a lot of fulminating because Hillary, one time late at night when she was exhausted, misstated and immediately apologized for it - what happened to her in Bosnia in 1995. Did y'all see all that. Oh, they blew it up. Let me just tell you." Clinton then criticized the press, saying, “You woulda thought, you know, that she'd robbed a bank the way they carried on about this. And some of them, when they're 60, they'll forget something when they're tired at 11:00 at night, too."
President Clinton's version of the story has several inaccuracies. Hillary Clinton actually made the exaggerated comments numerous times, including at an event in Dubuque, Iowa on Dec. 29th, in Waco, TX on Feb. 29th, and twice -- bright and early in the morning -- on March 17.
Sen. Clinton did not apologize, as Mr. Clinton asserted. His wife did say she had made a mistake and said that she had misspoken when describing the Bosnia incident.
Sen. Clinton also wasn't as quick with her apology as President Clinton may remember either. In fact, it took a week for her to eventually correct herself, first talking to the Philadelphia Inquirer editorial board on March 24 and again the following day in Greensboro, N.C.
President Clinton also indicated that his wife's trip took place in 1996 – when it fact it took place in 1995.
President Clinton then later in the evening told the story again in Jasper, Ind., saying the press was treating his wife like the Mata Hari. "She took a terrible beating in the press for a few days because she was exhausted at 11 o'clock at night and she started talking about Bosnia and she misstated the circumstances under which she landed in Bosnia. Did you all see all that? And oh, they acted like she was practically Mata Hari - like she was making up all this stuff."
April 10, 2008 in Bush, George W. | Permalink | User Comments (141)
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I always enjoy reading about Bill Clinton's point of view. His view of the Bosnia thing is interesting and shows why Hillary felt threatened in her trip.
As for the oil companies, Obama has received plenty from oil company zillionaires according to what I have read. The belief that all his contributions come from small supporters is absolutely not correct.
Posted by: Two-cats | Apr 10, 2008 7:36:26 PM
There is no doubt Bill Clinton is out smart Obama called "once life-time leader"...
Posted by: True Truth | Apr 10, 2008 7:45:34 PM
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AMERICAN PEOPLE WILL AT SOME TIME PAY ATTENTION TO DETAILS , THAT HAROLD ICKES SENIOR ADVISOR TO HILLARY CLINTON VOTED TO STRIP FLA. AND MICH. OF THEIR DELEGATES. AND TO TOP IT OFF SHE HAS KEPT HIM ON HER CAMPAIGN.
OBAMA ALL THE WAY
Posted by: lauren | Apr 10, 2008 7:47:21 PM
Go Hillary,
I've seen Bill speak numerous times advocating for his wife, and he does a great job. We need this women to be our next president, and once she wins Pa by 15% and goes on to win IN, KY, WV, OR, and Puerto Rico we'll be well on our way to that day. Despite ALL the media's grand ideas of bringing Mr.Obama into Pennsylvania Avenue
Posted by: Michael | Apr 10, 2008 7:47:56 PM
I guess we are the other half of blue collar workers having had many family members in Harms way I can believe that you might be under fire even if you don't get shot at but just like in Iraq when a plane lifts off there is always danger I don't think the clintons are trash the only two term president since FDR what a shame he picked the Democrat party to be loyal to.
Posted by: Bishop | Apr 10, 2008 8:03:16 PM
"But there was a lot of fulminating because Hillary, one time late at night when she was exhausted, misstated and immediately apologized for it"
Bald faced lie.
Posted by: Loflyer | Apr 10, 2008 8:34:49 PM
Why on earth would he bring this up, now?
The story is dead and gone. The damage that is done is done. At this point, the bell can't be un-rung.
I'm consistently mystified by what Bill has done in this campaign. All he does by bringing this back up by re-telling the story, is to have journalists look into HIS re-telling, which will invariably only be half true--at best.
Bill, you are KILLING your wife on the campaign trail.
Posted by: Jeff C. | Apr 10, 2008 8:35:14 PM
The Clintons are pathological liars, and that includes their daughter who bold-facedly asserted that her mother's lie about the landing in Bosnia was correct. Bill Clinton lied to the American people while under oath. Every single day, regular citizens are going to jail for doing just that: lying under oath. But he got away. Bill Clinton was stripped of his licence to practice law in Arkansas or before the Supreme Court because his conduct in the controversial produce market case, in his own words, bordered on illegal. How the American people continue to believe anything that this liar says is mystifying. Here is a family that lies. And people are willing to believe promises made by two pathological liars! Folks will have only themselves to blame when the sh*t hits the fan.
Posted by: Bruce | Apr 10, 2008 11:25:50 PM
When is Hillary's senate toime up. I am in Illinois but I will contribute as much money to ANYONE (repub, demo,inde)WHO UNSEATS THAT LYING EXCUSE FOR A HUMAN.
The Clintons need to be out of politics FOR EVER
Posted by: Norman | Apr 10, 2008 11:26:33 PM
Bill is turning senile and you Hillary supporters can't spell. I would love to hear bill speak so I can laugh at the comedy."I tell you what."
Posted by: chuck | Apr 11, 2008 12:08:30 AM
I really don't understand you Clinton supporters. I read your comments and I am convinced that you suspend your ability to discern fact from fiction when you defend Sen. Clinton.
It's really disconcerting. It's disconcerting how you don't see their triangulating, Rove-ian politicking and even through the campaign staff.
It's not that the media is so Obama-biased, or that Obama supporters are just delusional (which is quite ironic). It is that the media and Obama supporters have caught onto genuine character and not divisive politics.
Posted by: Dan | Apr 11, 2008 12:08:34 AM
jacksmith, there's no difference now between Clinton supporters and Bush supporters. Loyalty trumps truth.
Posted by: LJM | Apr 11, 2008 1:27:51 AM
Huh? Lies upon more lies. Clinton just made all this Bosnia stuff up. Check the facts.
Posted by: bob10001 | Apr 11, 2008 1:35:56 AM
"We need this women" . . .?
"Bald faced lie" . . . ?
"Democrat party" . . . ?
Guys. C'mon. Elementary school is also known as grammar school because you're supposed to learn these things there. Oh, wait. I remember. You Clinton supporters are vastly undereducated.
Posted by: scott | Apr 11, 2008 1:50:55 AM
The arrival ceremony doesn't look abbreviated to me. Now, if there would have been snipers in range, Hillary would have been a wonderful target. And the fact remains: she said she was under sniper fire, when she clearly wasn't. That's a lie and no matter how Bill (the man who lied under oath) twists and turns it, it's still a lie.
Then again, not telling the truth must be a prerequisite for being a Clinton.
And I still say... the current race for POTUS reminds me of the Three Stooges or the Marx Brothers. The only difference is, the Marx Brothers were brilliant, even the Three Stooges were funny compared to Hillary, Obama and McCain. No matter how you look at it, the US will be screwed for at least 4 years. I'm so glad I'm not American.
Posted by: Takekaze | Apr 11, 2008 2:33:55 AM
Thanks, Ned - that's the crux of the whole issue. Hillary didn't hesitate to make our military look like reckless idiots who would let anyone, much less a state leader, venture from their aircraft under enemy fire - and she did it to make herself look cool. Unacceptable and reprehensible, period. Imagine how she'll treat our troops if she wins the Oval Office. What a nightmare.
Posted by: DisdainLady | Apr 11, 2008 3:42:25 AM
Oh, Bill.
Bill, dear, it is difficult to take you seriously.
Like your fellow lawyers do, once you prove that a witness has lied in a material way in the past, then that is ground to cast down upon his current testimony.
Right Bill Clinton?
And you have lied in the past, Bill, on a matter of grave importance to our republic.
And your wife (who you callously sent into the line of sniper fire) has lied too.
Don't try so hard, Billy-Boy. That is the way things are. We don't take your word - nor that of your wife - nor that of Chelsy (who went on that Bosnia trip and yet she let her mom go on fibbing until caught)
Posted by: chokora | Apr 11, 2008 4:07:21 AM
This is not funny anymore. It is astonishing that anyone could support these two getting back in the White House again. There is truly something psychologically the matter with these two and they need some professional help. I am not kidding or trying to be sarcastic. They really need some help.
You people who support this woman need some counseling too.
Posted by: eagle35 | Apr 11, 2008 7:08:16 AM
With Bill on her side, there is nowhere to go but down. How typical of him to re-rewrite history.
Are these people incapable of telling the truth?n And do their supporters not care about such things? I mean, seriously. Does it bother the supporters that they lie with such ease and with such frequency?
Posted by: Monty | Apr 11, 2008 7:09:18 AM
Bill Clinton claiming his family was the poorest family to move into the White House in 100 years is a total joke. Talk to the Fords or the Trumans..... Clinton's wife practiced law for 15 years, sat on the board of companies like Walmart, got rich in cattle futures trading and he of course, was the governor of Arkansas, living for free on the taxpayers and getting paid on top of it. Do the Clinton's make up everything they say or just most things?
Posted by: Greg | Apr 11, 2008 7:18:21 AM
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