IWA For Sunday 040608

Just for being her

Hey folks,

It's Sunday! Time for the IWA. I can hear the music, but I think we need to change the words.

"Oops, Hillary did it again. She opened her mouth, and the lies came flying out." But of course, it's not her fault. She was lied to. {Laughing}

According to ABC News - Clinton Drops Another Tale From Stump Speech

Another Clinton Campaign Story Shot Down
By ELOISE HARPER
April 5, 2008 —

For the second time in recent days, Sen. Hillary Clinton has had to drop a story from her stump speech after being challenged on its accuracy.

For the past month, the New York senator liked to tell the tale of a pregnant woman who was denied health care from an Ohio hospital because she did not have $100 the hospital demanded to treat her. After being turned away, the woman was brought back to the hospital days later with severe complications. She had to be rushed to another facility for advanced treatment, but it was too late. Both the woman and the baby died, Clinton told her audiences.

For Clinton, the story was an example of how everyone should have universal healthcare. It is a powerful tale and always drew gasps from the audience.

Which would not have saved her either, had this been TRUE. But it wasn't.

The hospital, which was never named in Clinton's speeches, objected this weekend, saying it wasn't true and demanded that Clinton stop telling it.

The O'Bleness Memorial Hospital in Athens, Ohio, told the New York Times that the woman was insured and was never denied treatment.

The Clinton campaign told ABC News today that the candidate heard the story from a deputy sheriff and had no reason to doubt the story.

"If the hospital claims it didn't happen that way, we certainly respect that and she won't repeat the story," said Clinton spokeswoman Mo Elleithee.

SHE WAS LIED TO!!! It's not her fault. {Laughing}

"Candidates are told stories by people all the time, and it's common for candidates to retell those stories," Elleithee said. "It's not always possible to fully vet them, but we try. For example, medical records are confidential. In this case, we tried but weren't able to fully vet the story."

Then don't tell it. Right? Oh yeah, it FIT the agenda.

Elleithee said the point of the story is that the country has a health care problem. "That's a point very few people will dispute," she said. The senator's credibility came under fire last week when she tried to burnish her credentials as a veteran of international hot spots and described dodging sniper fire upon arrival in Bosnia in 1996 when she was traveling as a First Lady.

This is to funny. Forget that she just lied, uh, again, and just accept her point. Everyone knows we need Universal Healthcare. If you disagree, then you are just an idiot and in the very small minority. You are to stupid to understand.

She admitted she "misspoke" when a video emerged showing her getting off the helicopter and being greeted by a girl with flowers. Clinton later tried to make fun of the misstep by telling Jay Leno during an appearance earlier this week that she almost was late because she was pinned down by sniper fire at the Burbank airport.

Why would anyone expect any different from her? Seriously, she LIES. but in this case, I will give her the benefit of the doubt.

Congratulations Supreme Leader Wannabe Hillary, for failing to check this story out before repeating it, and repeating it anyway, you ARE the Idiot of the Week. I can't wait to hear what else you have done, or been told. {Smile}
Peter

Sources:
ABC News - Clinton Drops Another Tale From Stump Speech