By now, you’ve probably heard about Hillary Clinton’s story that she went to Kosovo under sniper fire, and had to duck as she ran into the vehicles. Her welcoming festivities were canceled as the greeters had to move inside to be safe.
It’s a fairly compelling story … and, like such compelling stories as Treasure Island, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, and The Island of Dr. Moreau, it’s fiction.
This is another one of those random things that politicians like to say. and I’ve heard people making excuses for it. I’ve heard people saying that this, finally, is the thing to destroy her campaign (which is interesting, since Obama was declared destroyed by the same people last week … and some of them declared John McCain done last year, so I guess we’re not going to have a President next year …). Read the rest of this entry »