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| Hillary Clinton's Campaign Needs To Hire Better Liars |
| 2016-09-13 |
| [The Federalist] Hillary Clinton’s campaign has a problem. A truth problem, to be specific. No, not the problem of being completely incapable of ever telling the truth, although that is a problem. The truth problem I’m talking about is the Clinton campaign’s inability to tell believable lies. "But why not just ask the Clinton campaign to tell the truth?" you might ask. "Wouldn’t that be easier?" Maybe. But these are the Clintons. If you’re a Clinton, you lie. It’s what you do. Expecting them to not lie is a fool’s errand. But given the amount of time the Clintons have spent in politics lying to the public‐somewhere in the neighborhood of three decades‐they really ought to be better at it by now. For those who’ve been living under a rock, people have been asking questions about the aging Democratic nominee’s health ever since a potentially life-threatening blood clot near her brain was discovered after the former Secretary of State suffered a serious concussion that sidelined her for several weeks. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Clinton blamed that concussion for her alleged inability to recall details about her lawless e-mail server scheme. Here are a few headlines that captured the rough tenor of coverage of Hillary’s health woes over the past few weeks: CNN (Aug. 24, 2016): Clinton’s health is fine, but what about Trump? New York Post (Sept. 4, 2016): Dr. Drew loses show after discussing Hillary’s health Washington Post (Sept. 6, 2016): Can we just stop talking about Hillary Clinton’s health now? Sarah Silverman (Sept. 8, 2016): "I think anyone bringing up her health is a f***ing a**hole" The wheels officially came off the bus on Sunday when Hillary Clinton seized up and passed out on camera. Suddenly, asking questions about her health no longer indicted you as an un-person who should be sent off to the re-education camps. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #6 her staff is also Supposedly coming down with it I think that's bullshit |
| Posted by: Frank G 2016-09-13 19:11 |
| #5 "not infectious" but she poses with the prop child and her staff is also coming down with it |
| Posted by: Frank G 2016-09-13 18:46 |
| #4 The quality of the lies is key. If she had pneumonia and they claimed the flu instead of deny, deny, deny they would have gotten sympathy and a free pass for a weekend or more of rest. If she has something worse than pneumonia you claim pneumonia because people know it is serious when you are old but goes away (or the patient does) so if she survives it wouldn't effect her Presidency. I think the quality of her lies is so poor because the sycophants in the media copy/paste even the most insane lies with a smile. They have done her a disservice by letting her natural Clinton lying muscles go flabby. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2016-09-13 18:08 |
| #3 whenever she or her apparatchiks open their mouths, I assume they are lying But, JQC, this only works 95% of the time. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-09-13 10:06 |
| #2 Nah. They are about as skilled as you get. Hillary's lied so much that we have lost all ability to know whether or not she is telling the truth about anything. I've taken the approach that whenever she or her apparatchiks open their mouths, I assume they are lying. What about Slick Willy (What's the meaning of "Is.") and Obama (If you like your insurance and your doctor, you can keep them)? They've got this down pretty damn good. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2016-09-13 10:04 |
| #1 The quality of their liars doesn't matter. She could kill a puppy, a kitten, and a newborn on live television. Immediately after doing so at least 90 percent of the "professional media" would scramble to explain what "provoked" her to do so (and why we should be ok with it). And 45% of the voters would immediately write it off as "At least she didn't insult anyone like Trump likes to do". People who actually believe in right and wrong have to step up. Conversations that are "uncomfortable" have to take place. Hillary isn't "a woman who might be the first woman president". Instead, she's a sack of evil shit that has to be denounced at every turn. |
| Posted by: Crusader 2016-09-13 00:07 |