Cliintoniods call it parsing, like the meaning of the word ‘is.” Normal folks just call it lying. B.J. Clinton could lie with finese. Alas, Mrs. Clinton lacks her husbands language skill.
Here is what the Pinch Sulzberg vanity blog [1] is reporting:
Talking to reporters after her floor speech in a mostly empty Senate chamber, Mrs. Clinton indicated that her view was that rescinding the original vote would mean that troops would be out as of October. “They have no authority to continue,” she said. “That is the point.”
Later, however, her aides said Mrs. Clinton was not seeking a total withdrawal of troops from Iraq, or a quick pullout that could put troops at risk. They said she had called for a phased pullout that would leave a reduced American force to pursue terrorist cells in Iraq, support the Kurds and conduct other missions — a position she continued to support, her aides said.
How to make sense of what Mrs. Clinton is saying On one paw, she says her plan will get U.S. troops out of Iraq, On the other paw, she, or her aides, say her plan will not will not. Does Mrs. Clinton understand what she is saying? Evidently not.