Photographic Evidence for the Win.

Hillary's Balkan Adventures, Part II (Credit goes to insomnia for pointing this one out.)

"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."
--Hillary Clinton, speech at George Washington University, March 17, 2008.

Hillary Clinton has been regaling supporters on the campaign trail with hair-raising tales of a trip she made to Bosnia in March 1996. In her retelling, she was sent to places that her husband, President Clinton, could not go because they were "too dangerous." When her account was challenged by one of her traveling companions, the comedian Sinbad, she upped the ante and injected even more drama into the story. In a speech earlier this week, she talked about "landing under sniper fire" and running for safety with "our heads down."

There are numerous problems with Clinton's version of events.

(snip)

A review of nearly 100 news accounts of her visit shows that not a single newspaper or television station reported any security threat to the First Lady. "As a former AP wire service hack, I can safely say that it would have been in my lead had anything like that happened," said Pomfret.

According to Pomfret, the Tuzla airport was "one of the safest places in Bosnia" in March 1996, and "firmly under the control" of the 1st Armored Division.

Far from running to an airport building with their heads down, Clinton and her party were greeted on the tarmac by smiling U.S. and Bosnian officials. An eight-year-old Moslem girl, Emina Bicakcic, read a poem in English. An Associated Press photograph of the greeting ceremony, above, shows a smiling Clinton bending down to receive a kiss.

Yet another epic fail. Way to go, Senator Clinton. Your integrity, it dazzles.

Photographic Evidence for the Win.

Hillary's Balkan Adventures, Part II (Credit goes to insomnia for pointing this one out.)

"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."
--Hillary Clinton, speech at George Washington University, March 17, 2008.

Hillary Clinton has been regaling supporters on the campaign trail with hair-raising tales of a trip she made to Bosnia in March 1996. In her retelling, she was sent to places that her husband, President Clinton, could not go because they were "too dangerous." When her account was challenged by one of her traveling companions, the comedian Sinbad, she upped the ante and injected even more drama into the story. In a speech earlier this week, she talked about "landing under sniper fire" and running for safety with "our heads down."

There are numerous problems with Clinton's version of events.

(snip)

A review of nearly 100 news accounts of her visit shows that not a single newspaper or television station reported any security threat to the First Lady. "As a former AP wire service hack, I can safely say that it would have been in my lead had anything like that happened," said Pomfret.

According to Pomfret, the Tuzla airport was "one of the safest places in Bosnia" in March 1996, and "firmly under the control" of the 1st Armored Division.

Far from running to an airport building with their heads down, Clinton and her party were greeted on the tarmac by smiling U.S. and Bosnian officials. An eight-year-old Moslem girl, Emina Bicakcic, read a poem in English. An Associated Press photograph of the greeting ceremony, above, shows a smiling Clinton bending down to receive a kiss.

Yet another epic fail. Way to go, Senator Clinton. Your integrity, it dazzles.

Photographic Evidence for the Win.

Hillary's Balkan Adventures, Part II (Credit goes to insomnia for pointing this one out.)

"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."
--Hillary Clinton, speech at George Washington University, March 17, 2008.

Hillary Clinton has been regaling supporters on the campaign trail with hair-raising tales of a trip she made to Bosnia in March 1996. In her retelling, she was sent to places that her husband, President Clinton, could not go because they were "too dangerous." When her account was challenged by one of her traveling companions, the comedian Sinbad, she upped the ante and injected even more drama into the story. In a speech earlier this week, she talked about "landing under sniper fire" and running for safety with "our heads down."

There are numerous problems with Clinton's version of events.

(snip)

A review of nearly 100 news accounts of her visit shows that not a single newspaper or television station reported any security threat to the First Lady. "As a former AP wire service hack, I can safely say that it would have been in my lead had anything like that happened," said Pomfret.

According to Pomfret, the Tuzla airport was "one of the safest places in Bosnia" in March 1996, and "firmly under the control" of the 1st Armored Division.

Far from running to an airport building with their heads down, Clinton and her party were greeted on the tarmac by smiling U.S. and Bosnian officials. An eight-year-old Moslem girl, Emina Bicakcic, read a poem in English. An Associated Press photograph of the greeting ceremony, above, shows a smiling Clinton bending down to receive a kiss.

Yet another epic fail. Way to go, Senator Clinton. Your integrity, it dazzles.

"With WoW-like intensity."

New blog that idran linked me.

Here’s a neat toy from Slate that allows you to predict the results in the remaining primaries and see if Hillary or Obama wins. You can be sure that a bunch of folks in each campaign are obsessively running similar tools with WoW-like intensity.

http://www.slate.com/features/delegatecounter/

Despite this week’s bad news for Obama, Hillary in bad shape, mostly due to the fact that the Democrats apportion delegates proportionately– so e.g. Obama’s 44% loss in Ohio still got him 59 new delegates. I tried guessing the upcoming results based on those of neighboring states, and Obama ends up ahead 1677 to 1532 pledged delegates; the tool helpfully notes that he’d need 348 superdelegates to win.

Hillary could win every remaining state in a 61% landslide and still lose the nomination.

If you want to make your own predictions, this results page from CNN will help: http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/scorecard/#D

I need to play with this tool. I wonder if I'd be able to do anything useful with it.

"With WoW-like intensity."

New blog that idran linked me.

Here’s a neat toy from Slate that allows you to predict the results in the remaining primaries and see if Hillary or Obama wins. You can be sure that a bunch of folks in each campaign are obsessively running similar tools with WoW-like intensity.

http://www.slate.com/features/delegatecounter/

Despite this week’s bad news for Obama, Hillary in bad shape, mostly due to the fact that the Democrats apportion delegates proportionately– so e.g. Obama’s 44% loss in Ohio still got him 59 new delegates. I tried guessing the upcoming results based on those of neighboring states, and Obama ends up ahead 1677 to 1532 pledged delegates; the tool helpfully notes that he’d need 348 superdelegates to win.

Hillary could win every remaining state in a 61% landslide and still lose the nomination.

If you want to make your own predictions, this results page from CNN will help: http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/scorecard/#D

I need to play with this tool. I wonder if I'd be able to do anything useful with it.

"With WoW-like intensity."

New blog that idran linked me.

Here’s a neat toy from Slate that allows you to predict the results in the remaining primaries and see if Hillary or Obama wins. You can be sure that a bunch of folks in each campaign are obsessively running similar tools with WoW-like intensity.

http://www.slate.com/features/delegatecounter/

Despite this week’s bad news for Obama, Hillary in bad shape, mostly due to the fact that the Democrats apportion delegates proportionately– so e.g. Obama’s 44% loss in Ohio still got him 59 new delegates. I tried guessing the upcoming results based on those of neighboring states, and Obama ends up ahead 1677 to 1532 pledged delegates; the tool helpfully notes that he’d need 348 superdelegates to win.

Hillary could win every remaining state in a 61% landslide and still lose the nomination.

If you want to make your own predictions, this results page from CNN will help: http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/scorecard/#D

I need to play with this tool. I wonder if I'd be able to do anything useful with it.