Wherein lies the truth?
What a wonderful feeling it must be to have yourself surrounded by people who believe you have the ability “to mesmerize any human being.”
Former President Clinton is attempting to sell his wifes possible presidency on the premise that world leaders love her and she will save us from the debacle which he must believe has been President Bush.
“Every African leader I talked to, every single one when I was there, without any prodding from me, said, ‘For God sakes, I hope Hillary wins. We don’t like disliking America here,’” Bill Clinton said at a fund-raiser for her last month.
“I called the outgoing French president, and he said, ‘Oh, tell me Hillary’s going to win. I’m so tired of disliking America,’” Bill Clinton told the crowd.
Bill Clinton also quoted the immediate past prime minister of Singapore as saying, “‘Please tell me Hillary’s going to win. We need America leading the world again.’”
So, with all of these foreign countries facing their own internal problems and many staring terrorism in the face as we are, their main focus is returning a Clinton to the White House?
Hold on a moment though, there is a twist.
Aides to Jacques Chirac, the former French president, and Goh Chok Tong, Singapore’s former prime minister, told The News they could not confirm Bill Clinton’s assertions -and, they said, it’s general policy to stay out of other countries’ elections.
and:
Aides to the Clintons refused to provide a full list of the global leaders allegedly supporting Hillary Clinton. But records show Bill Clinton met with Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete and Malawian President Bingu wa Mutharika in July, just weeks before he boasted that “every African leader” he talked to voiced hope his wife would win.
Officials from both countries said neither president has expressed public support for Hillary Clinton. A Tanzanian official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said it would be a mistake to interfere in the U.S. election.
So where is the truth? Does it lie with the former president, or all of these foreign leaders who appear to deny his assertions? Well, just ask a former aide to the president and a member of Senator Clinton’s staff and he will clarify the issue for you.
Jay Carson, who served as an aide to Bill Clinton and is now working for Hillary Clinton, initially told The News that Bill Clinton has “never cited specific countries” whose leaders support his wife.
When The News provided Carson with the former President’s quotes, he replied, “Sen. Clinton visited 82 countries as First Lady and is beloved around the world because people everywhere know she’ll end America’s current policy of cowboy diplomacy,” he said.
Carson also said the former President stood by his statements.
The News repeatedly asked Carson to supply confirmation from these leaders. Carson did not.
Well, that answers all the questions doesn’t it. Case closed.
HT: Betsy Newmark
Written by Sue
Big Mo Says:
September 24th, 2007 at 8:29 amVisit Big Mo
Haven’t we heard this before? Hmm…
Oh, that’s right! John Francois Kerry said much the same thing about himself in 2004!
Sue Says:
September 24th, 2007 at 10:16 amVisit Sue
Just another example of history repeating itself, right Big Mo?