Christina’s Common Sense

Last week, Hillary Clinton recounted a tale of landing under sniper fire during her 1996 trip to Bosnia . Turns out, the tale was a crock. Big shocker, I know. She says she “misspoke” about the incident, and there actually was sniper fire on the hillside near the landing strip. Good heavens. If this woman confuses sniper fire near her with bullets actually being fired at her, what else will she “misspeak” over? I mean, if the North Koreans batted an eye she’d rapidly turn it into a full-scale nuclear assault or something.

Since then, various military commanders have denounced Hillary’s remarks, saying that it demeans the sacrifices they make. They’re right. Making light of something like getting shot at by snipers diminishes everyone who’s actually been under fire. It’s like schools branding everyone and his brother with a learning disability—it hurts the credibility of those who are actually learning disabled. Not only that, but Hillary’s story makes the military look like they fell down on the job and let the First Lady and her teenage daughter land with a bunch of disgruntled Bosnians on the runway.

So we have two options here. Hillary’s either too dense to properly recall a fairly memorable incident like being shot at, or she cares so little about our servicemen that she’s perfectly willing to make up a story which demeans them. Neither one’s a particularly attractive trait in a potential Commander-in-Chief, is it?

With Barack’s pastoral mishaps and Hillary’s faulty memory, the Democrats look ready to shred themselves this year. For them, that’s bad. Which translates to wonderful for America! And for this blog, as  it means I will rarely be short post topics.