Say this for Hillary: She’s an excellent liar
Just to be clear, Clinton lied and is still lying. When asked about the claim that the attack was sparked by a protest over a video, she responded, “I did not say . . . that it was about the video for Libya.”
That’s simply untrue. When she stood by the caskets of the four Americans killed in Libya, she directly blamed an “awful Internet video that we had nothing to do with.” Afterward, she reportedly told the father of Tyrone Woods, the former Navy SEAL who was killed in the attack, “We will make sure the person who made that film is arrested and prosecuted.” Why tell the man that if the video had nothing to do with it?
Moreover, Clinton was part of an administration that crafted an entire PR strategy to blame these attacks on “an awful Internet video.” White House press secretary Jay Carney was unequivocal: This was a “response to a video, a film we have judged to be reprehensible and disgusting.” In his address to the United Nations, President Obama mentioned the video six times but al-Qaeda once. When he appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman, he blamed the video directly. U.N. ambassador Susan Rice went on five Sunday shows blaming the video. All of this happened when they already knew it was not true on the day of the attack, and even the president of Libya had publicly called the protest explanation ridiculous.
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Congenital, even.
http://www.nytimes.com/1996/01/08/opinion/essay-blizzard-of-lies.html
Shaughnessy on January 25, 2013 at 7:23 PM
She’s learned from 2 of the best: Bill and Barry
Bitter Clinger on January 25, 2013 at 7:27 PM
Excellent? No. Shameless? Definitely. I wasn’t fooled for even a split second by her ridiculous performance, and neither were millions of Americans.
Christien on January 25, 2013 at 7:30 PM
Hillary also made a commercial with Obama (at U.S. taxpayer expense, of couse) that was played on Arab t.v., in which the two of them called the YouTube video hateful and disclaimed any responsibility for it.
She was in on the cover-up from the start. I would not be surprised if blaming the YouTube video for the Benghazi attack was her idea.
AZCoyote on January 25, 2013 at 7:31 PM
In Hillary’s case, being a PATHOLOGICAL LIAR does not equate to being an EXCELLENT LIAR – I think she stinks at it.
Pork-Chop on January 25, 2013 at 7:49 PM
But I want to say one thing to the American people. I want you to listen to me. I’m going to say this again: I did not say . . . that it was about the video for Libya. I never told anybody to lie, not a single time; never. These allegations are false. And I need to go back to work for the American people. Thank you!
Paul-Cincy on January 25, 2013 at 7:52 PM
Actually, she’s a terrible liar.
John the Libertarian on January 25, 2013 at 7:55 PM
That’s a great question. Whose idea was it? I just figured it was Obama’s. He lies so often. He’s going to put ObamaCare negotiations on C-Span. He’s for federal financing of Presidential elections. Increasing the debt limit is a failure of leadership and is mortgaging our children’s future. He told Univision that “Fast and Furious” was a program leftover from the Bush administration. And he stood behind the “it was the YouTube video” for weeks. He says this isn’t a country of black and white or Republicans and Democrats, we are one nation, and then he divides it along race and class like nobody else. Just about everything he says either hedges, shades the truth, or is out an and out lie. He questions the motives of and destroys the character of those who disagree with him. He’s toxic.
Paul-Cincy on January 25, 2013 at 7:58 PM
In his book “Blood Sport” about the Clintons the liberal James B. Stewart said what struck him most about the Clintons was their utter lack of regard for the value of the truth. They saw no value, in itself, of telling the truth. The would lie just as soon as tell the truth, if a lie worked better. They are two peas in a pod.
Paul-Cincy on January 25, 2013 at 8:01 PM
She’s not a good liar, she expresses utter and obvious contempt when she lies.
“What does it matter?” tells the story.
CorporatePiggy on January 25, 2013 at 8:05 PM
Bill is the liar in that family. Hillary wishes she were that good.
SagebrushPuppet on January 25, 2013 at 8:08 PM
There’s a place in Hell for all of these traitors. Clinton, Jarret, the Mocha Messiah, Moochelle, Goebbelsrod, Jackass Biden, Pelosi, Reid, et al. I will live to dance on their graves. And if don’t, Heaven can wait while I haunt their every moment. God damn them all.
teacherman on January 25, 2013 at 8:09 PM
What difference at this point does it make.
They have no need to tell the truth at this point. They won an election by doing nothing but lying and it worked like a charm. Who needs a plan when they can lie that they have one and it is better than those who do.
tjexcite on January 25, 2013 at 8:09 PM
It runs in the family.
Socratease on January 25, 2013 at 8:10 PM
Was she under oath?
Socmodfiscon on January 25, 2013 at 8:26 PM
Insert obligatory “What difference does it make?”
Drained Brain on January 25, 2013 at 9:11 PM
No, Hillary!!! is not a good liar. Like Obysmal, she is a brazen distractor and equally bad at that.
Steyn hits all of the right notes in his latest piece, covering the idiotic inaugural, as well as the deceitful Hillary!!!
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/338863/obama-simulacrum-mark-steyn
onlineanalyst on January 25, 2013 at 9:23 PM
I have believed, since about the time the vid was publicized, that our State Dept. had something to do with it’s production; as a potential prophylactic when the inevitable happened somewhere. Our President aids and abets our enemies.
phineas on January 25, 2013 at 9:24 PM