Hillary says she risked life on White House trips

[Herman Munster]

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/ny-usside315521015dec31,0,5515440.story

VINTON, Iowa - Ever since Barack Obama suggested Hillary Clinton's eight years as first lady were a glorified tea party a few days back, she's looked for an opening to strike back.

On Saturday night in Dubuque she pounced, arguing she risked her life on White House missions in the 1990s, including a hair-raising flight into Bosnia that ended in a "corkscrew" landing and a sprint off the tarmac to dodge snipers.

"I don't remember anyone offering me tea," she quipped.

The dictum around the Oval Office in the '90s, she added, was: "If a place was too dangerous, too poor or too small, send the first lady."

[Thor_MN]

1. I do have to give her credit on that, and dodging the GOP's loonies as well.

[Perry Logan]

2. What must it be like to have every mad dog in the country hate you?

[Yuugal]

3. The dictum around the Oval Office

"The dictum around the Oval Office in the '90s, she added, was: "If a place was too dangerous, too poor or too small, send the first lady.""

So, she is saying that they purposely sent her into harm's way all the time? Will anyone ask Bill if thats how it was?

[Demeter]

4. I Think She Went Only to the POLITICALLY Dangerous Places

Where a Presidential appearance would give the impression of support. Nobody but BushWorld thugs goes to the really dangerous places, and even the thugs get massive security, so they can hand-deliver the cash or contraband safely.

[Yuugal]

5. lol ok

I had visions of her running through machine gun fire on the tarmac to give some guy in a funny hat a new silver tea set, with Bill on the cell telling her to take her time. :)

[BeyondGeography]

6. And she just missed when she fired that cruise missile at Bin Laden

[Gman]

7. Experience? Where in a dangerous place in the world did Obama

have to dodge anti-aircraft fire and snipers while on a diplomatic mission? Some little precinct in Chicago while campaigning for the state senate doesn't qualify.

[ellacott]

10. When did this happen with her?

[hedgehog]

12. Obama is a young, black male in America today. Believe me, that

makes his life dangerous enough as it is!

[sniffa]

8. she's so brave

and i don't mean to embellish at all.

[JTFrog]

9. Did you post this with a straight face or were you cracking up the whole time? n/t

[hedgehog]

11. She took Chelsea with her on this trip?!?! nt

[CGowen]

13. Is she going to send Bill if the place is small, poor and dangerous? n/t

[Vickers]

14. Bosnians are really nice people...I can't believe nobody offered her tea.

:shrug:

[gorekerrydreamticket]

15. The inference is they were trying to kill her?

More over-the-top campaign rhetoric...

[Sulawesi]

16. You post this?

...and then have a "don't buy the hype" icon at the bottom?

[K Gardner]

17. ......

:hide: :hide:

[Viva_La_Revolution]

18. I faced more danger just by walking to the corner store in my old neighborhood!

Woulda been nice to have a dozen secret service guys around back then...