It’s 3am and your children are safe and asleep.
But there’s a phone in a mansion in Chappaqua, NY and it’s ringing.
Something is happening in the world.
“Hello Hillary, it’s me, Sinbad.
“Sinbad?”
“Sinbad, the entertainer. Remember? We partied in Bosnia in ‘96?
“Oh yes, I remember it very well.”
“Well, I was just talking to Sheryl, you know, Sheryl Crow. I thought I was losing my mind, but the thing is… well, she doesn’t remember any sniper fire either.”
“Sinbad, listen to me. That was the way it happened. There was sniper fire from the hills all around us. Our plane had to take evasive action. I mean, it was a warzone, Sinbad! And I was… I was presidential! I acted like a Commander-in-Chief!

The amazing thing about Hillary’s Bosnia warzone story/fabrication/misremembrance was that she told the story over and over again — it was even a regular part of her stump speech! And many members of the press, especially those covering the Clinton campaign, were well aware that it was a total fabrication. “She misremembered” is the polite way some have characterized it.

Required reading on the story: Jonathan Alter’s The Tales Hillary Tells, in Newsweek’s April 7th issue, now online. Here is his remarkable closing paragraph: Continue reading →