A History Of Lies
Stuart Taylor Jr. from The National Journal has a handy-dandy history of the lies, distortions, misrepresentations and dissembling of Hillary Clinton throughout her White House years. Put together this way, it is extraordinary - and highlights the insanity of the Clinton Campaign trying to attack the integrity of other candidates.
Hillary Rodham Clinton is supposed to be smart. But how smart is it for a woman with such a bad reputation for truthfulness and veracity to put those character traits at the center of the campaign?
The irony of her potshots at Barack Obama's character has hardly gone unnoticed. Nor has the idiocy of her December 2 press release breathlessly revealing that "in kindergarten, Senator Obama wrote an essay titled 'I Want to Become President.' " (Emphasis added.) This, the Clinton release explained, gives the lie to Obama's claim that he is "not running to fulfill some long-held plans" to become president. Hillary was not, it appears, joking.
At a campaign stop the same day, Clinton added: "I have been, for months, on the receiving end of rather consistent attacks. Well, now the fun part starts." Indeed.
I will not excavate Clinton's own kindergarten confessions. Nor will I compare the honesty quotient of her campaign-trail spin with the dreadful drivel dutifully uttered by Obama and other candidates to pander to their fevered primary electorates.
The list is long and damning. Time after time Hillary Clinton was caught out speaking what turned out to be completely false statements. Taylor's list is a nightmare for the Clinton campaign and it tends to highlight that infamous tin ear that Hillary has. She acts as if none of these events exist or can be easily looked up in this day and age. If she becomes the Democratic candidate for the presidency, I can see this entire history turning up in a campaign commercial.
By DavidL, Tuesday, 11 December , 2007 @ 10:26 am
Worth noting that Stuar Taylor, Jr. is leans left.
By Mwalimu Daudi, Tuesday, 11 December , 2007 @ 10:37 am
Gaius, a trademark of Clinton Inc. is brazen, bald-faced lying. Twice the nation went to the polls and deliberately voted for this pair (that is why I am such a pessimist). Nothing in the last few years has changed my mind or improved my outlook.
For that reason Hillary is gambling - probably correctly - that what worked twice before will work again. Given the mostly milquetoast candidates the GOP has these days, she has probably made a safe bet.
I support Rudy for the simple reason that he is almost alone among the candidates in understanding that his real advisery is Hillary and the Democrats. Most of the rest are arguing about who is the reincarnation of Ronald Reagan.
If Hillary wins the nomination – again, another safe bet given the power and influence of Clinton Inc.- the MSM will circle the wagons around her. If the GOP tries to hold her accountable by using the material in Taylor’s piece, the MSM will shriek, “Negative campaigning!” Almost certainly the GOP will wimp out in the face of media disapproval. Meanwhile, Clinton Inc. runs amok.
Gaius, I have pretty much given up on the current GOP. I will vote for them, but with very few exceptions I have no faith in their leadership ability. It will take a new generation of Republican leaders to undo the damage done by the current one.
By Mockin'bird, Tuesday, 11 December , 2007 @ 2:17 pm
The woman is a Socialist. Socialists lie until it doesn’t work anymore. After that, we’ll have to see.
By martian, Tuesday, 11 December , 2007 @ 3:40 pm
Again, this is simply that old Democrat campaign tactic, perfected and heavily used by the Clintons: If you say anything loud enough and long enough it BECOMES the truth - no matter how false it was originally. This tactic has a corollary: If you completely ignore a fact (like Taylor’s list) and absolutley refuse to acknowledge its existence, it will fade away and disappear.
As Mwalimu has pointed out, these two tactics have worked remarkably well for the Clintons for decades. Why would they stop using them now?
By Anthony (Los Angeles), Tuesday, 11 December , 2007 @ 4:53 pm
The article reminded me of the title of a very good book about the Clintons by Christopher Hitchens: “No one left to lie to.”
By Robert, Wednesday, 12 December , 2007 @ 3:57 pm
If you say anything loud enough and long enough it BECOMES the truth - no matter how false it was originally.
Amazing how close that is to a (National) Socialist tactic of telling the big lie, and repeating it over and over until most everyone believes that anything said so often must somehow be true. Actually it probably shouldn’t be such a surprise that other Socialists try the tactic of National Socialists.