Really good assessment.
As I was saying: “Theft of valor” indeed.
Following this introduction is a long, detailed statement from a veteran who is outraged at Clinton’s aggrandizement at the expense of those – peacekeepers and citizens of Bosnia alike – whose real experiences, real perils, real suffering were hijacked for political gain.
The full text of Ms. Hertherington’s letter is at the cite.
What do you know–she was telling the truth after all! 
Youtube is blocked for me at work. Can you summarize?
Wow.
I think that the collective SDMB was right, and I was wrong. I thought all the talk about “stick a fork in her” was wishful thinking by the Obamaniacs. 'Twasn’t.
Hilary Clinton will not be President of the United States of America in 2009.
Of course, given my record for picking nominees, this is all she needs to stage a major comeback.
Regards,
Shodan
Here’s a very telling interview with the Air Force colonel who piloted the plane Hillary was on (Caution: Some may find the questioner annoying, but the colonel’s comments are worth putting up with him). It appears that apart from the type of aircraft they were on, every single comment Hillary made in regard to this trip is fictitous.
Link.
It’s footage from one of the network stories last night, leading with her reciting her war story, then following with the Bosnian footage; while a pseudo-news anchor talks about her heroics (she landed the plane; she personally shot a sniper, etc.) the Bosnian footage runs with obviously fake explosions and such stuck into it.
It’s quite funny. Watch it when you can.
It’s devastating. Someone has edited the footage of Hilary’s visit to Bosnia to have people getting their heads shot off standing next to her, as she smiles and greets people. There is a shot of Hilary whipping out a handgun and shooting a terrorist under a truck.
The combination of parody and video game violence makes it both excruciating and hilarious.
I almost said Hilary-ous, but I doubt she would think so.
Regards,
Shodan
Holy. Fucking. SHIT.
The total debunking in the interview is devastating. The mockery is devastating. Never mind a fork; get the tongs out and flip up the lid of the garbage can.
It sure looks bad when so much of her campaign is stressing her experience and ability to be commander in chief. Maybe she should put on a flight suit and tell it again.
And THERE is the comparison that’s most devastating. The last thing any Democratic candidate (or sane Republican candidate, for that matter) should want is to be considered on a par with Commander Codpiece.
My husband just pointed this article out to me, and this thread seems like the spot for it:
It seems that she lifted this story from Olympia Snowe.
I think her campaign theme should be “Foreign Policy Experience You Can Xerox”. Oh my…
Not surprising. It would hardly be the first time a Clinton has outright appropriated talking/policy points from a Republican.
And here we have Bill (scrolling necessary), in his well-known finger-waving pose, explaining that after winning numerous primaries where she was predicted to lose (primaries which he specifically recalls), he vaguely states that she only started to lose all these ‘primaries and caucuses and things’ because, well, “she run outta money.”
(This grammar from an Oxford scholar, no less. :rolleyes: )
He also talks about how everybody knows they aren’t quitters in his family. (I should say so, given that the world-wide image of him in the Oval Office using a female intern as a humidor and shooting off all over her dress wasn’t sufficient disgrace for him to even consider leaving office.)
Then in the following textual description, he postulates: “Apparently it’s okay to say bad things about a girl."
Now, leaving aside the incongruity of referring to this sixty-year-old presidential candidate as a ‘girl,’ what kind of attitude is this?
Are men all of a sudden supposed to be polite and nice just because she’s a ‘girl’? Doesn’t this fly in the face of what the women’s movement has been telling us lo these many years? Once she’s in the White House, will he be running around lambasting foreign leaders for being ‘mean’ to her or not taking her seriously if they refuse to do what she wants because, after all, she’s just a girl?
We’ve seen her standing by her man…keeping her place in ‘his’ family…was she lying about not baking cookies, too? It’s beginning to look like that’s the kind of relationship they really have.
Why anybody wants these two back in the White House is an utter mystery to me.
For the luvva pete. For the LUVVA pete.
Rendered speechless. Doesn’t happen often.
At this point, I’m just numb. Nothing either Clinton says particularly outrages me anymore…so much of that water’s already washed over my head that more of it only adds to the weight I’m already carrying.
But man, that is NOT the way to talk up a campaign that’s supposed to be making feminist history, is it?
Everybody knows that the correct construction is “She done run out of money.”
Carville: “Obama’s gonna R-U-N-N-O-F-T with the nomination!”
Bill: “We’re in a tight spot!”
Hell, yeah!