Hillary's Excellent (and Imaginary) Adventure

Hillary Clinton has been peddling a hair-raising tale on the campaign trail that is designed to make her look brave and presidential. Clinton is telling audiences she was sent around the world to places "too dangerous" for Bill to go while president, which sounds pretty ridiculous on face value, doesn't it?

One story she's been telling pertains to her trip to Bosnia in 1996. In a campaign speech last week, Hillary said:

"I remember landing under sniper fire. There was supposed to be some kind of a greeting ceremony at the airport, but instead we just ran with our heads down to get into the vehicles to get to our base."

Boy, that sounds pretty scary. But there is one teeny little problem with the story: The facts.

The Washington Post went back to news reports of the day and found that Hillary and her daughter enjoyed a lovely visit to Bosnia. Far from darting from the plane with heads ducked, they actually enjoyed a pleasant welcome ceremony on the tarmac that involved a poetry reading by a small child. As you can see from the photo below, this clearly was a very death-defying experience for all involved.

The trip included Sheryl Crow and Sinbad, who had the following to say when asked about this reportedly life-threatening experience:

"I think the only 'red-phone' moment was: 'Do we eat here or at the next place?' What kind of president would say 'Hey man, I can't go 'cause I might get shot so I'm going to send my wife. Oh, and take a guitar player and a comedian with you."

I don't think it's just the lying that annoys me, but to lie about something so obviously verifiable doesn't reflect well on Hillary's credentials as a president. After all, we've already had one Clinton in office that lied about something verifiable.