Lying, Misspeaking, and Integrity

A few weeks ago Hillary Clinton managed to tell a falsehood, otherwise known as a lie, about her trip to Bosnia. She was accompanied by her daughter and a lot of press because she was the First Lady of the United States. Supposedly she reported this event in her book, sorry I haven't read it, and said nothing about what has now become Snipergate. Were this the first time she exaggerated we might excuse and forgive her accepting her statement that she was "sleep deprived".This was not here first lie.

On September 11, 2001, Hillary reported that Chelsea had been running in the area of the Twin Towers when they went down. Chelsea reported that was not the case.

Hillary had previoulsy reported that her parents had named her after Sir Edmund Hillary, the man who had conquered Mt. Everest. He conquered it some half dozen years after Mrs. Clinton was born. Given these misspeaks, one could reasonably come to the conclusion that there are probably many more in Mrs. Clinton's wardrobe.

Now let's look at bit further into this matter. We are all well acquainted with Bill Clinton's proclivity to lie. R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. in his book "The Clinton Crack Up" commented on Mr. Clinton's lying. Tyrrell said that Bill told a lie when he didn't need to as though he were practicing and he told a big lie when a small one would have sufficed.

There are two questions here. Are both of these people pathological liars and should we even concern ourselves with this?

Let me offer some answers. I believe they are pathological liars. How do you explain this kind of behavior in this era of technology? Did Hillary forget that they were running film when she was in Bosnia? Did she forget her own paranoia that the vast right wing conspiracy was watching her? Did she really think we would all forgive and forget? Was she counting on her pals in the press to not bring out the film? I could go on but you get my point.

As to whether we should be concerned about this the answer is a definite yes. Continual lying goes directly to character. Why do you thing people you know and love, parents, former teachers, your prist or minister, caution you about it? Did your parents ever tell you that constant lying could cause those who loved you to lose trust in you, something you did not want to happen. Can you imagine your parents not trusting you? Can you imagine being the president and the nation not trusting you?

Her lie about Bosnia brought out other lies she told. This reminded all of us about the famous "I never had sex with that woman" lie by her husband and all the lies he told. This is why she has the high negatives she has and will continue to have. And this is why she will not be the president of the United States.