3AM bites back

[libertango]

I saw the press conference part of this, where Senator Clinton was asked about the "12 years" comment. I have to tell you, she seemed just as callous, just as cold-hearted, just as contemptuous of the idea that she might be accountable for her actions as Dick Cheney earlier this week with his, "So?" comment about the war in Iraq. I've been searching for a transcript -- this article in the New York Times is as close as I can get:

...Mrs. Clinton said on a radio station in Pittsburgh that people might cut her some slack, saying, “Occasionally, I am a human being like everybody else.”

Then she added about the Bosnia trip: “I have written about it in my book and talked about it on many other occasions, and last week, you know, for the first time in 12 or so years misspoke.”

At the news conference, she was pressed about the 12 years.

“I was joking — I mean, you know, gosh, lighten up guys,” she told reporters. “Obviously I say millions of words every week. There is a lot more room for error when you are talking as much as I am talking.”

So... It's 3AM. Somewhere in Washington, DC, a phone is ringing. Do you really want the response, when the phone is picked up, to be, "Hey, Vladimir... I was joking — I mean, you know, gosh, lighten up guy."

If only she had experience observing a Commander-in-Chief, and had any idea of how carefully someone with that responsibility has to weigh what they say.

If only she gave a damn.

Comments

[cluefairy-j.livejournal.com]

Yeah, didn't Bush respond yesterday saying basically the same thing? Or was it McCain? Someone I read yesterday made a similar statement. I tried to find it for ya to show you're not alone. Every day she shows her true colors. Of course, those of us who have been paying attention already know what those colors are....