Hillary’s Blue Dress

I have always maintained Bill Clinton would still be lying about his dalliance with Monica Lewinsky if she hadn’t had the presence of mind to hang onto the now infamous blue dress. Thank you, Linda Tripp. Without the dress the Clinton slime machine would have branded her a liar and a looney and she would have been relegated to Paula Jones status. As the Clinton’s have proven time after time, they will lie and distort anything if it serves their purpose.
So it comes as no surprise Hillary’s in over her pant suit after being busted in yet another whopper, this time about her death defying landing in Bosnia while First Lady. The story as told repeatedly by Sen. Clinton goes something like this. In 1996 while on a goodwill trip with her daughter, Hillary’s plane landed amidst sniper fire and the First Lady and Chelsea had to run for their lives upon landing. There were no welcoming ceremonies or other fanfare as the area was simply too dangerous.
Well everyone associated with that trip are giving Hillary’s version the full Pinocchio, saying it never happened. The pilot of the plane says the landing was uneventful and there was a formal welcoming ceremony complete with pigtailed little girl bearing flowers. As recently as two weeks ago, Hillary Clinton told that story again and concluded her remarks by stating “and that’s the way it happened.” All the while her smarmy campaign people kept insisting the story was true and excoriating the press for doubting Sen. Clinton.
But here’s where the blue dress analogy comes in. Until CBS television found the actual video of that trip, Hillary Clinton was prepared to affirm the lie and discredit any witnesses to the contrary including military personnel. My God, they even attacked poor Sinbad, the comedian with the MC Hammer pants, who accompanied the Clinton’s on the trip. Have the Clinton’s no shame? You know you’re in trouble when you’re trading punches with Sinbad on Bosnia.
Like her husband during the Lewinsky scandal, it took irrefutable proof to get Hillary Clinton to admit it didn’t happen the way she told it. The CBS video showed a relaxed, smiling Clinton and her daughter sauntering off the plane and being greeted by local children, hardly the harrowing yarn spun by Sen. Clinton. Simply put, if there’s a reader out there who doesn’t think they would have a very specific memory of landing amidst sniper fire and scrambling to safety upon landing, write me a letter. Hillary Clinton lied through her teeth to bolster her “national security” credentials.
The pathetic part of that is what does any of that have to do with presidential qualifications? If it did, the tens of thousands of brave men and women who have actually seen combat would be in the White House before a poser like Hillary Clinton. By getting caught in yet another “misstatement” i.e. I was named for Sir Edmund Hillary six years before he climbed Mt. Everest, “lost” The Rose Law Firm billing records until statute of limitations ran out, was NAFTA opponent, lied about White house travel office firings and “The fact is, I’ve always been a Yankees fan.”, Clinton has to be trying the patience of even her most ardent supporters.
The real issue here has nothing to do with the specifics of this lie or the many others told by both Clintons over the years. It has to do with the most important attribute we demand in a President…telling the truth to the American people all the time, not just when it suits your political agenda. Hillary Clinton fails that test.