“I was sleep deprived, I misspoke.”
Having been caught telling a tall story about her Bosnia trip, Hillary Clinton made the fatal mistake most liars make when they are rumbled: she lied again claiming “I was sleep deprived, I misspoke”.
How is that a lie? Well, it didn’t take long to discover that this was no simple error due to lack of sleep, but the fourth time she’s said the same thing. So this is just the latest in a string of similar untruths and that looks very much like a pattern.
Then there’s the small problem of her choice of excuse. This whole thing was an attempt to bolster her contention that she has the experience that she claims Obama lacks. You remember how that first came up? Yes that’s right, it’s that 3am phone call advert. Are we now supposed to believe that President Hillary Clinton would be the best person to take that urgent phone call at 3am, when she makes completely false assertions because she’s “sleep deprived”?
The phrase “when in a hole, stop digging” comes to mind, but this is, as her advert pointed out, serious stuff. There will be 3am phone calls for the next President, and when they come, and you’re feeling a bit “sleep deprived”, it will be that person’s character and judgment which make the difference. Forget Hillary’s lack of judgment in voting for a war without reading the National Intelligence Report beforehand, the worry now is just what she’ll say whilst clearing the sleep from her eyes!
Her campaign team refused to answer reporter’s questions today about this matter. It’s not hard to see why.