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Did Sinbad Sink Hillary’s Claims in Bosnia?
Published by Pamela Gentry on Tuesday, March 25, 2008 at 2:51 pm.
By Pamela Gentry, Senior Political Producer
Posted March 25, 2008 – Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) in efforts to boost her international experience “misspoke” about her March 1996 trip to Bosnia. The former First Lady recalled landing there under “sniper fire.” But one passenger on the plane: comedian Sinbad, also along on the humanitarian trip, disagreed.
“I never felt that I was in a dangerous position,” Sinbad told the Washington Post last week. “I never felt being in a sense of peril, or ‘Oh, God, I hope I’m going to be okay when I get out of this helicopter or when I get out of this tank,” he said.
But just last week, when asked about the same trip, Clinton said, “I certainly do remember that trip to Bosnia,” she said, in remarks that aides described Monday as not being part of her prepared speech. “I remember landing under sniper fire. There was supposed to be some kind of a greeting ceremony at the airport, but instead we just ran with our heads down to get into the vehicles to get to our base.”
Well, it looks like after more in-depth “fact checking.” Sinbad was right.
Clinton admitted while campaigning in Pennsylvania Monday she “misspoke” about the circumstances surrounding their arrival. She didn’t offer up an explanation, but admitted making the mistake.
She didn’t recant her earlier statements until several news organizations confirmed Sinbad’s version of the event. The Washington Post published a “fact check” on the trip with their reporter who was also there, and CBS News ran the footage of Clinton and her daughter Chelsea walking calmly on the tarmac. The landing and arrival was uneventful and no one on the trip ever heard or reported gunfire.
Clinton had recalled the trip as “harrowing.” While Sinbad said it involved no greater decision-making skills than “Do we eat here or at the next place?” according to an interview with the Washington Post.
On Monday, Clinton told the Philadelphia Daily News editorial board she was told “that we had to land a certain way and move quickly because of the threat of sniper fire,” not that actual shots were being fired.
“So I misspoke,” she told the paper.
This now opens the door to challenge her claims of “experience” that she has built her campaign around. Clinton has maintained she would be “ready on day one” and would be a better commander and chief because of her White House years and her role as First Lady.
Sinbad, an Obama supporter, may have the last laugh, because I’m sure no one in the Clinton camp is laughing.
Sen.Clinton sank her own story via lying in the first place.How someone makes a outrages claim and not think a person will not research her claim is astounding in of itself.She is desperate.
HOW MANY TIMES IS SHE GONA DO A ROGER CLEMMENS AND SAY HER WORDS WERE MISHEARD OR MISUNDERSTOOD//
HOW MANY TIMES IS SHE GONA DO A ROGER CLEMMENS AND SAY HER WORDS WERE MISHEARD OR MISUNDERSTOOD? THIS WOMAN i NOW BELIEVE IS A PATHOLOGICAL liar!@
SENATOR HILLARY CLINTON, LIED ABOUT HER TRIP TO BOSNIA.
Whatever lies they give to there own suppoters,the republicans are going to win any way
Clinton shouldn’t have lied about her trip, but people there’s so much going on in that lady life right now it may have slipped her mind or maybe she got it confused with some other event that took place.
Slipped her mind alright, she said “she remembers vividly”. Anyone remembering vividly doesn’t forget. Its something etched in their mind. I really hope the media dragg her through the mud like they dragg Senator Obama’s name.
She is full of it. She is no different from any other politician out there……Liars!
The only question this fall is who can outlie the other into the “White house”…………
And unfortunately for my Obama supporters, they dont call it the “White” house for nothing. We do need changes in Washington, and unfortunately it may not be in our lifetime.
SINBAD KEEP IT REAL THAT ALL CUZZ OBAMA FOR LIFE…….
Two weeks ago, Sinbad told the truth about what happened (or what didn’t happen) in Tuzla. Clinton made up a story to try to look heroic. I hate to call her a liar, but that’s what the facts indicate. Sinbad jokingly asked what kind of president would send his wife, a comedian and a guitarist (Sheryl Crow)to a place where people were shooting at them? When Sinbad spoke up, the Clinton campaign attacked his credibility. Will they apologize now? I doubt it. Thank you for speaking up, Sinbad.
OBAMA for PRESIDENT 08!!! Hillary is not truthful and will do anything and everything within her power (or her husbands) to win; including lying, cheating, stealing, etc. She lied many times about this story, and only now is saying she “misspoke” after finding out their is video contrary to her fabricated story!!! PEOPLE GET OUT AND VOTE FOR OBAMA !!!
Clinton is a lying racist fraud and I would never vote for the woman.
Clinton will do anything she can to have people feel sorry for her and to make them feel she can handle all walks of life well we the american people can see that is untrue vote for obama he has lived and walked miles in some of our shoes he keeps it real and that’s what’s up