Senator Hillary Clinton: At it Again?

When I first heard Senator Clinton tell the story of that poor woman in Ohio who lost her baby and her own life because she did not have insurance and $100 to pay the hospital before it would admit, I had to hold back tears. This was a very compelling story for Senator Clinton’s universal health care proposal. According to Senator Clinton, the woman went back to the hospital again and the hospital told the woman the same thing—no $100, no insurance=no treatment. Hillary claimed that the woman worked at a pizza parlor and did not have insurance. She admitted that a deputy sheriff told the story to her. As it turned out, the story was not true.
Now, there are two points to make at the onset:
· The Senator did not have first hand information regarding the veracity of the story; and,
· She did not have her staff check the story out before adopting it and repeating it in her campaign stump speech four times a day since March 20th .
In the instant case, Senator Clinton cannot blame the deputy because by repeating the false story several times, she adopted it. It’s like hearing a libelous story and then adopting it as your own by repeating it several times to others. The law interprets repeating the libelous statement as adopting the statement itself and the law makes the person who repeats such a libelous statement legally liable for slander, also.
Then, I heard the story about the Clintons’ release of their income tax. “Bravo,” I thought, she deserves credit for doing so!.
Not so fast: I then learned that the Clintons had tricked me again—no 2007 release! The Clintons were getting an extension in which to file their 2007 taxes!
Tricked again!
Then again, when I heard the news that the Clintons had given over ten million dollars to charity since leaving the White House, I thought “Bravo,” you gotta give them credit for being charitable because many couples or people who make that kind of money contribute far less to charity.
Tricked again!
Now, it has come out that the Clintons’ charitable contributions were to the CLINTON FOUNDATION!
Tricked again!
To say that the Clintons gave over ten million to charity is like their saying they were going to release their income taxes by April 15th or shortly thereafter, then obtaining an extension and releasing 2000- to 2006 returns. Hell, they had these returns all along. So, I was Tricked again!
The Clintons are simplely unbelievable. Since last October 2007 Senator Clinton has lied at least on four separate occasions about her plane making a corkscrew landing in Bosnia to avoid being fired up and then having to keep her head down and run for cover when landing on the tarmac—lied until caught red handed by a video of the allegedly dangerous under-fire landing.
Now, we have her saying she was against the American War in Iraq before Senator Obama!
Now, we have her saying that Mark Penn had been fired as her chief political strategist for his lobbying activities on behalf of the Colombian government and the trade treaty that Bush wants while at the same time receiving million of dollars from Hillary’s campaign as the Senator makes apparent resolute statements of her opposition to the treaty.
Tricked again!
We’ve just learned today that Penn is still on her staff; he is still participating in the morning strategy sessions—and apparently still getting paid.
Americans must ask themselves this: If they elect Mrs. Clinton, what will be the difference between her lying to us and President Bush’s lying to us?

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Lenton Aikins, Ph.D., J.D.
Dr. Aikins has traveled widely, lived abroad in Europe and Latin America, recently spending three years in Costa Rica as Director of a Spanish Language school. He holds a Ph. D. in Political Science from University of Southern California, a Juris Doctor in Law from Western State University, College of Law. He is the author of many articles and of While African Americans Slept: Leadership by Parasites, now available at: http://lentonaikins.com, and available in all bookstores July 1, 2008. You can read his daily blog: Go to: http://lentonaikins.com and click on blog.