Wider still and wider: Tuzla-gate hits the front pages
Tue Mar 25, 2008 at 08:16:13 AM PDT
USA Today: Clinton says she 'misspoke' about sniper fire, calls misstatement a 'minor blip'
The New York Times: Clinton Says She ‘Misspoke’ About Dodging Sniper Fire
The Los Angeles Times: Video contradicts Clinton's tale of harrowing Bosnia arrival
The Washington Post: More Incoming Fire For Clinton
The Baltimore Sun: Clinton's 'landing under sniper fire,' a 'misstatement'
The Seattle Times: Clinton: "misspoke" on Bosnia incident
Interjection: what do you think all those quote marks around 'misspoke' mean? Maybe that nobody's buying that interpretation? But there's more.
The Boston Globe: Clinton embellished Bosnia visit
Oh, wire services, right, can't forget about those.
AFP : Clinton embarrassed over Bosnia gunfire claim
The Press Association: Clinton admits Bosnia memory 'blip'
The Associated Press: Clinton 'Misspoke' About '96 Bosnia Trip
Oh no: a media firestorm. Whatsoever shall Clinton backers and bloggers do? I know, more stories about Jeremiah Wright! That's the way out of this fersure.
Oh, wait. Via the Baltimore Sun, a simple headline: "Pastor Flap Erased".
For all the controversy that Obama has faced during the past few weeks surrounding the "incendiary'' remarks of his longtime and now-retired pastor, remarks which the candidate has disavowed, the last two accountings of the Gallup daily tracker suggest that the senator from Illinois has placed that behind him. [Emph. added]
Aw jeez, that ain't gonna work either. What are the five-percenter Clintons going to do now?