By Florida Bill Hillary Clinton is running for President and declares that she has earned the trust of Americans. Her latest misstep, misuse of emails, is just hogwash, she assures. Nevertheless, non partisan surveys tell us that 60 per cent of Americans consider her to be dishonest. Is there any basis for her reputation as a liar, or is it just sniping by her political enemies?
Her name has been in the headlines for more than four decades, and just recently in a campaign appearance she told her followers that she has never in her life told a lie. And of course, that was a lie and she knew it. It is amazing that the media continues to fawn over her as she dodges the truth and offers little more than a phony laugh and wooden explanations for her "mistakes."
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 skepticism, 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 skepticism, 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 in an interview the story of her bravery. 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 current polls, Clinton leads the race to become her party's standard bearer in the 2016 election. And in the face of surveys questioning her honesty and integrity, the liberal 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?
She should have told the truth about Benghazi from the beginning. She might have been able get past it. The investigation into Benghazi is what led to the problems with her emails.
ReplyDeleteOver and over, she has stated that she never sent or received any emails marked classified. She is counting on the ignorance of her supporters and most non government employees. Emails are never marked classified, they are marked Confidential, Secret or Top Secret. So you see, technically she did not send messages that were marked Classified.
There are other very serious issues going on here. Hillary more than likely had one of the highest security clearances in the nation because of her position as Secretary of State. Possibly one or two of her staff had the same access as she did but anyone else who had access to those messages is in deep doo doo. It stands to reason that the guy who maintained that private server did not have the proper clearance. Huge problem here!
Another problem, I spent over 20 years working IT on classified computer networks. This entailed maintaining the servers and workstations. Trust me, there is a great deal of effort involved in securing classified information. As an IT person, I might have been able to copy something classified off of a classified network but, it would have left an audit trail. In a classified environment, the workstations are very locked down. There is no way to use a USB drive, writable CD, etc. Everything is disabled so nothing can be downloaded. If somebody found a way to download classified information and transfer it to Hillary's private server, they are in very bad trouble.
I had another theory about how someone was able to get classified information from the classified system without being noticed. Someone with access to the Secure area and with access to a classified computer could have printed everything and snuck it out, (another serious crime) and then scanned it into Hillary's private server. Those document scanners are very incredible and accurate. That is my best guess for how this was done. The fact that this was able to happen for four years is astounding! No doubt many people were aware that something was going on but didn't mention it to their superiors.
When you start hearing people involved saying they didn't know anything was wrong, they are lying. Everyone with a Top Secret security clearance is trained and briefed over and over. The rules are incredibly strict and precise.
The people who keep interviewing Hillary are not asking the right questions. She is very good at answering questions without actually answering the questions that are asked. Keep that in mind the next time you hear her say, "I never sent or received emails that were marked classified."
Gail, very good analysis of a situation of which most people know and understand little, including yours truly. Hillary's record as a liar is firmly established. The idea that she could become president and commander-in-chief is scary. Anyway, thanks for the insight. Cheers and come visit the sunshine state.
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