Letters to the Editor
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get a grip
Gotta love the Obama people here again. Oh the irony of calling Hillary a liar as they, you know, lie.
So where is the evidence she has said "repeatedly" she ran under sniper fire? Or that she's told this story "many times"? Let's see the evidence, please?
When this version first broke, my first post asked for a transcript and then a follow-up to the Clinton campaign since every other time she's mentioned this incident she's referred to "worries" or "concerns" about potential sniper fire. So what you have are dozens (at least) of times where the story is told one way and a single incident where it's told another way (in one sentence of the story). It was obvious to any reasonable person this was an aberration and likely mispeaking. I could figure even without my journalist decoder ring. Do I think she exaggerated her trip? Yes, slightly and probably half-consciously and half unconsciously just as every single one of you has in your lifetime at least once and I'd guess more like dozens of times at a minimum (and you're liars if you say otherwise). Just as Obama has exaggerated his stories. Or, you know, lied about Wright (or used "Clintonian" parsing)
But alongside my belief she is exaggerating somewhat is also the confirmation by others there that she was told to wear a flak jacket, that she was moved up to the plane. Do I think it reasonable that someone responsible for the safety of the First Lady, the President's wife and daughter, might err on the side of caution (or you know, cover their ass) by being overcautious and that some of that may have been conveyed to Hillary? It's more than reasonable; it's likely. (And do I also think that they could give a damn about Sinbad and so probably didn't convey any anxiety to him? Hell, I would have used him as a diversion for people to shoot at, so yes.)
But again, that's a reasonable view of the whole situation. I certainly wouldn't want to hold Obama people to that standard, so feel free to keep ranting and raving and screaming and frothing.