Is there anyone left who doesn’t understand that Bill Clinton is a pathological liar? Get a load of this, just as the controversy was dying down, Bill gives it new life,
Bill Clinton defends wife’s Bosnia remarks
“You know, I got tickled the other day. A lot of the way this whole campaign has been covered has amused me. But there was a lot of fulminating because Hillary, one time late at night when she was exhausted, misstated — and immediately apologized for it — what happened to her in Bosnia in 1995 [sic]. Did y’all see all that? Oh, they blew it up.
I have to hand it to him, not many people can lie four times in one sentence. “One time” is a well documented lie. “Late at night” is also a lie. The speech she was busted for was at 11am, not pm. “Mistated” is also a lie. She made it up out of whole cloth. Only a Clinton could consider that a “mistatement”. As for the “immediate” apology, that didn’t happen either.
MID POST UPDATE: ABC’s Jake Tapper says it’s five lies, not four, and adds,
Former President Bill Clinton offered this bit of revisionist history of his wife’s Bosnia story in Jasper, Ind., today, one riddled with a veritable sniper fire of errors — ones necessitating footnotes.
On November 13, 2007 I did a post titled “Bill is intent on destroying Hillary”
Hub Blog has named this The subconscious-torpedo theory!
My earlier prediction with regard to Hillary’s presidential campaign was the Bill would somehow subconsciously torpedo her presidential ambitions late in the general election campaign. Maybe it would be having his picture snapped leaving some urban cougar’s apartment, something along those lines.
Now I think the combination of his massive ego and temper may do her in long before the general election.
Maybe I should have added mental illness to the list?
How can you tell if someone is a pathological liar?
1. Exaggerates things that are ridiculous. Check
2. One-upping. Whatever you do, this person can do it better. You will never top them in their own mind, because they have a concerted need to be better than everyone else. This also applies to being right. If you try to confront an individual like this, no matter how lovingly and well-intentioned you might be – this will probably not be effective. It’s threatening their fantasy of themselves, so they would rather argue with you and bring out the sharp knives than admit that there’s anything wrong with them. Check
3. They “construct” a reality around themselves. Check
4. Because these people don’t value honesty, a lot of times they will not value loyalty. So watch what you tell them. They will not only tell others, but they will embellish to make you look worse. Their loyalty is fleeting, and because they are insecure people, they will find solace in confiding to whomever is in their favor at the moment. Check
5. They may be somewhat of a hypochondriac. This can come in especially useful when caught in a lie, for example, they can claim that they have been sick, or that there’s some mysteriously “illness” that has them all stressed out. It’s another excuse tool for their behavior. Check
6. Obviously, they will contradict what they say. This will become very clear over time. They usually aren’t smart enough to keep track of so many lies (who would be?). Double check.