(2008-03-25) — After a CBS News video appeared on YouTube contradicting former First Lady Hillary Clinton’s account of her 1996 landing in Bosnia “under sniper fire”, a spokesman for Sen. Clinton’s presidential campaign said unnamed critics were trying to “swiftboat” her “in a fashion reminiscent of what they did to John Kerry in 2004.” [Click to View CBS Video]
Sen. Kerry, a professional Vietnam war veteran, faced relentless questions during his own White House bid that were sparked by fellow swiftboat crewman who alleged that his Vietnam service was not as harrowing and valorous as his own medal applications and stump speeches implied.
The Clinton campaign source said CBS News had apparently edited out the sniper fire audio from its video clips, making it look like First Lady Clinton and her daughter Chelsea were greeted at the landing site by a little, pony-tailed Bosnian girl who kissed Mrs. Clinton on the cheeks.
“Even without the audio, you can see Hillary and Chelsea ducking toward the little girl as bullets whistle over their heads,” said the anonymous campaign staffer. “The other people standing nearby were so paralyzed by fear that all they could do was smile. The little girl practically leaped into Hillary’s arms for protection from the barrage of searing hot lead.”
In an effort to avoid such a swiftboating, the Clinton campaign will reportedly air a new commercial which claims to include the original audio recorded that day. [Click here, or view video below.]
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1 Michelle Malkin » The Tuzla hustle: Enter the irresistible Hillary “sniper fire-dodger” Clinton photoshop/photo caption contest // Mar 25, 2008 at 9:03 am
[...] Satire king Scott Ott at Scrappleface has unearthed the real “raw video and audio” from Hillary’s Tuzla [...]
2 boberinyetagain // Mar 25, 2008 at 9:04 am
Now now, Hillary is allowed a bit of “artistic licence” isn’t she? Life as she knows it is much better in her head than in reality but who among us in not similarly guilty?
Very funny Scott!
brewers training….hic!
3 RedPepper // Mar 25, 2008 at 9:06 am
Why do people doubt Hillary’s account?
“Mr. President, you simply cannot go to Bosnia now! It’s far too dangerous!â€
“No problem. We’ll just send my wife and daughter … â€
4 boberinyetagain // Mar 25, 2008 at 9:11 am
There were indeed snipers but once they gazed upon her lovliness…they were spellbound and surrendered immediately
beats although, then again it beats most anything
5 Maggie // Mar 25, 2008 at 9:12 am
boberin….re #2
Hillary will win big in New York;she has all of the qualifications.
If she ran for office in the Netherlands ,would that be called ‘Swiss boating?’ (groan)
6 upnorthlurkin // Mar 25, 2008 at 9:14 am
Well, she learned from the best liar the country’s ever seen (according to the drive-by media’s slobbering awe of the Slickest Clinton)
7 seriocomic22 // Mar 25, 2008 at 9:25 am
Hillary perfectly skewered. Well done. Along similar lines:
Future News
Washington – President Hillary Rodham responded emotionally yesterday to a question about her failure to secure a nuclear weapons agreement with North Korea.
”It’s not easy to see this go down,” she said, her eyes tearing. ”I have worked so hard to make this happen, to save the global village. Kim and I talked and talked and laughed and cried, I stamped my foot, I yelled and threw an ashtray, we even danced, but we couldn’t get it done.”
As reporters wept along with her, President Clinton revealed that she had received assurances of emotional support from leaders around the world. ”Now that I’ve had a good cry, I’ll be in a much better frame of mind when I meet at Camp David tomorrow with Ahmadinejad,” she said.
8 gafisher // Mar 25, 2008 at 10:43 am
“… in a fashion reminiscent …”
The old Gin-juice con.
wv — expensive pays — cheap lies just don’t work anymore.
9 gafisher // Mar 25, 2008 at 10:48 am
I wonder if it takes a child to raze a village.
10 gafisher // Mar 25, 2008 at 10:56 am
Maggie Re#5: If Mrs. Clinton turns to food when things don’t go her way, she may have a case of Swift Bloating.
11 Hawkeye // Mar 25, 2008 at 11:24 am
Sen. Kerry, a professional Vietnam war veteran…
Scott, that line still cracks me up!
12 Hawkeye // Mar 25, 2008 at 11:26 am
Hillary said the whole episode is “seared into her memory”!
13 Hawkeye // Mar 25, 2008 at 11:29 am
gafisher #10,
As in Swift Premiumâ„¢?
14 Hawkeye // Mar 25, 2008 at 11:39 am
C’mon now folks. Let’s give Hillary a break. I mean, in her 35 years of experience she’s been in more war zones with more snipers shooting over her head than the average Democrat…
15 Shelly // Mar 25, 2008 at 12:34 pm
Wasn’t being in Cambodia in December of 1968 under President Nixon (who took office in 1969) “seared” into John Kerry’s memory?
16 Ms RightWing, Ink // Mar 25, 2008 at 1:26 pm
How do you spell fraud?
Hillary
17 mindknumbed kid // Mar 25, 2008 at 2:51 pm
When I was last residing in West Virginny, I discovered Goldenseal magazine, the first copy I read had a story about the winner of the annual Liar’s Contest, which was won that year by a preacher, Methodist, if I remember correctly. Anyhow, after viewing that most excellent piece of journalistic videography, and reading comment #6 by upnorthlurkin, I began to wonder if this presidential electioneering might be more interesting and entertaining if it were an actual liars’ contest. And from what we see here, cHillary is definitely a better liar than Barack will ever be.Sadly though, millions of Americans won’t even think twice about what she has said, how every speech she gives seems to have quite a bit of “embellishment” slipped into them. They are absolutely devoid of any character whatsoever, and yet, people vote for them and listen to everything they say as though it means something!
18 camojack // Mar 25, 2008 at 6:26 pm
Lying liars and the lies they tell.
Great video!
19 onlineanalyst // Mar 25, 2008 at 7:01 pm
Madame Hillary! has come to learn that like any fat-bottomed girl on her bicycle, she became Ms-spoked.
20 mindknumbed kid // Mar 25, 2008 at 7:26 pm
I think she is stupid enough to think she can open her pie-hole and tell such whoppers and get away with it. I know that she is known as the smartest woman in the world, but the way I see it she falls a might short on that claim. If she is all that and she can’t beat the likes of Obamabull, it doesn’t look so good for ever having a woman behind the Big Desk.
21 debass // Mar 25, 2008 at 8:41 pm
It was probably US snipers firing blanks since they weren’t allowed to use live ammo as peace keepers and with her husband’s military budget cuts, they couldn’t afford it anyway.
22 MajorDomo // Mar 25, 2008 at 9:03 pm
MNK #17: I think that about 24% of the American population is just like the Clintons. They not only excuse them, they applaud their ability to pull the wool over peoples’ eyes. They saw nothing wrong with Bill’s little Lewinski dallying. That’s why, no matter how outrageous their lies and actions, a significant number of us will continue to vote for them because it’s just another badge of (dis)honor.
23 PanamaRed // Mar 25, 2008 at 10:56 pm
Man, I had the kyak out ready to go down river on some good whitewater with some other swiftboaters and I find out Hillary lied on tape? Needless to say, I am bummed out…not that Hillary lied, she’s had veracityitis fo 20 some odd years, its just that I had such a good time planned. Rev Wright expletive here ____politicians!
wv testi Egypt = irate Rhameses
24 Senator_Lampoon // Mar 25, 2008 at 11:19 pm
From: Senator Lampoon(mailto:EubinYakinov@Senate.gov)
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 7:49 PM
To: Senator Clinton(mailto:HillaryBillary@Senate.gov)
Subject: Our Bosnia trip.
Hay baby, don’t let them CBS clowns get you down. I was there with
you and I remember it just like you said only better.
We were flying in under heavy fire. [deleted]
[deleted]
Hahaa. You gotta love CBS. They don’t remember squat. Their film is
a 100% photoshop project.
Love ya.
Senator Lampoon
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