By Florida Bill
I find it amazing that Hillary Clinton, who has accumulated enough baggage to fill an ocean liner after 40 years of deceiving the public--and apparently the media--is still able to get away with it.
As First Lady of Arkansas and in Washington, she busied herself trying to keep track of her husband's bimbo eruptions, and in her free time dabbled in Whitewater real estate in Arkansas and investing in the commodities market. In the latter 1970's, she invested $1,000 in "cattle futures" and in ten months saw a return of $100,000. There was much speculation about Clinton's windfall, but never any official investigation.
There was nothing of note of her activities as a New York senator, other than walking in as an anointed Democrat with little opposition. As Secretary of State under President Obama, Mrs. Clinton contributed to America's downgrading in the eyes of other nations, and she was out front supporting her boss as he ordered the withdrawal of all troops from Iraq allowing ISIS to take top spot as an entity of terror.
From her early days as a graduate of Yale law school, she has distinguished herself for being less than honest in many of her dealings.
In 1973, as a 27-year-old staff attorney on a Watergate committee, she was castigated and fired by the chief counsel Jerry Zeifman, for dishonesty and lying in the preparation of a legal brief. In an interview, Zeifman, a Democrat, said that Clinton "was a liar..an unethical, dishonest lawyer. " She conspired to violate the constitution, the rules of the House, the rules of committee and the rules of confidentiality," he said.
As First Lady in the Bill Clinton White House, she gained a reputation for fudging answers when investigations arose. There was Travelgate,Whitewater real estate and the Vince Foster Investigations and there was always speculation that she was not telling the complete truth as to what and when she knew of the Monica Lewinski dalliances with her husband. In 1995, while speaking at a breakfast, she told of a 1975 attempt to enlist in the Marines, but was turned away because she was too old for the military. That story has left fact checkers with scepticism, wondering about her compulsion to enhance her special credentials. The late New York Times columnist William Safire once branded her as a "congenital liar."
In 1973, as a 27-year-old staff attorney on a Watergate committee, she was castigated and fired by the chief counsel Jerry Zeifman, for dishonesty and lying in the preparation of a legal brief. In an interview, Zeifman, a Democrat, said that Clinton "was a liar..an unethical, dishonest lawyer. " She conspired to violate the constitution, the rules of the House, the rules of committee and the rules of confidentiality," he said.
As First Lady in the Bill Clinton White House, she gained a reputation for fudging answers when investigations arose. There was Travelgate,Whitewater real estate and the Vince Foster Investigations and there was always speculation that she was not telling the complete truth as to what and when she knew of the Monica Lewinski dalliances with her husband. In 1995, while speaking at a breakfast, she told of a 1975 attempt to enlist in the Marines, but was turned away because she was too old for the military. That story has left fact checkers with scepticism, wondering about her compulsion to enhance her special credentials. The late New York Times columnist William Safire once branded her as a "congenital liar."
In boasting of her travel and demeanor as First Lady, she once claimed that in 1996 she and her daughter, Chelsea, were set upon with sniper fire after landing in Bosnia. With humility while a candidate for President in 2008, she told of escaping without injury as she recounted the story of her bravery during an interview. However, films later surfaced showing that she and Chelsea arrived in Bosnia amid smiles hugs and handshakes, and no gunfire. Clinton acknowledged that the story was a lie, characterizing the episode as a "mistake." (Brian Williams paid a much higher price for his "mistaken" helicopter attack.)
She also told the story of how Chelsea was jogging in the vicinity of the twin towers on that fateful day of the 9/11 attack. She was shaken but escaped injury, said a thankful Clinton. Later it was determined that Chelsea was in her apartment at home watching TV when the attack occurred. And in another little fib, Clinton told of how she was named for Sir Edmund Hillary, the New Zealand mountaineer who was the first to climb Mt Everest. She later acknowledged this was a mistake since Sir Edmund climbed the mountain six years after her birth.
Now, in her second run for the world's most powerful office, she is trying to double-talk her way clear of criticism about how she handled her email accounts as Secretary of State. Her stories keep changing. She should have followed her mother's long ago admonition that "if you tell the truth you won't need a good memory." Even her faithful boot-licking members of the media are finding it difficult to maintain the spin of what a great lady she is.
The Benghazi attack has again found Clinton jiggling explanations about what she did both before and subsequent to the attack on the American compound in Benghazi, Libya. Clinton acknowledges that the security at the compound was grossly inadequate, but she says she delegated security matters to experts under her and the slain ambassador's repeated requests, in emails, for more security, were never brought to her attention.
After the attack, Clinton told associates and leaders of other nations and her daughter in a communication that the compound had been hit by Al Qaeda terrorists. Nevertheless, for more than a week, she made public statements that the attack and slaying of four Americans, including the ambassador who she described as her "friend," was a spontaneous crowd reaction to an internet video criticizing the Prophet Mohammad. She told this same untruth to members of the families of the Americans killed on the compound. She lied about the episode in order to assist Barack Obama's re-election claims that his leadership had brought terrorists to their knees, and that Al Qaeda was on the run. Her dishonesty and double talk were abundantly clear in her testimony before the House committee investigating the attack on the embassy.
She also told the story of how Chelsea was jogging in the vicinity of the twin towers on that fateful day of the 9/11 attack. She was shaken but escaped injury, said a thankful Clinton. Later it was determined that Chelsea was in her apartment at home watching TV when the attack occurred. And in another little fib, Clinton told of how she was named for Sir Edmund Hillary, the New Zealand mountaineer who was the first to climb Mt Everest. She later acknowledged this was a mistake since Sir Edmund climbed the mountain six years after her birth.
Now, in her second run for the world's most powerful office, she is trying to double-talk her way clear of criticism about how she handled her email accounts as Secretary of State. Her stories keep changing. She should have followed her mother's long ago admonition that "if you tell the truth you won't need a good memory." Even her faithful boot-licking members of the media are finding it difficult to maintain the spin of what a great lady she is.
The Benghazi attack has again found Clinton jiggling explanations about what she did both before and subsequent to the attack on the American compound in Benghazi, Libya. Clinton acknowledges that the security at the compound was grossly inadequate, but she says she delegated security matters to experts under her and the slain ambassador's repeated requests, in emails, for more security, were never brought to her attention.
After the attack, Clinton told associates and leaders of other nations and her daughter in a communication that the compound had been hit by Al Qaeda terrorists. Nevertheless, for more than a week, she made public statements that the attack and slaying of four Americans, including the ambassador who she described as her "friend," was a spontaneous crowd reaction to an internet video criticizing the Prophet Mohammad. She told this same untruth to members of the families of the Americans killed on the compound. She lied about the episode in order to assist Barack Obama's re-election claims that his leadership had brought terrorists to their knees, and that Al Qaeda was on the run. Her dishonesty and double talk were abundantly clear in her testimony before the House committee investigating the attack on the embassy.
According to polls, Clinton leads by a large margin in the campaign to become her party's standard bearer in the 2016 election. Nevertheless, surveys report that some 65 percent of Americans question her truthfulness and integrity, yet the Main Street media continues to treat her as the female Messiah destined to succeed another master liar, Barack Obama. (Remember his assurances about Obamacare: "If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor.")
It has become alarmingly apparent that Clinton will lie whenever she feels the necessity to do so. She has been telling whoppers throughout her life and has always gotten away with it. She wears a smug look and appears confident that she has earned the right to become America's 45th President. Will her track record of double talk and lies eventually do her in?
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It has become alarmingly apparent that Clinton will lie whenever she feels the necessity to do so. She has been telling whoppers throughout her life and has always gotten away with it. She wears a smug look and appears confident that she has earned the right to become America's 45th President. Will her track record of double talk and lies eventually do her in?
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