Clinton's Lies vs. Obama's Ill-Spoken Truth: Who Deserves the Nomination?

The past few days have given Hilary Clinton new ammunition to fire at Barack Obama. He comments made to a working class crowd of Pennsylvanians were ill-spoken, yet based on truth. People do turn to what they best know in times of adversity. We all tend to move toward our comfort zones during such times, such as religion, guns, or any multitude of things. Did Obama's comments come out the wrong way? Yes. But they were based on truth. Does this make Obama an out of touch elitist? Of course not. It shows that he has insight into the human condition...but chose his words wrongly.

Now, let us have a look at Hilary Clinton, who is obviously looking for some desperation ammunition to fire at Obama. Why is she desperate? To take the attention off of her lies...as well as her husband's lies. Because no matter how the story is padded, the fact remains that they both lied to the American people. Not senior moment lies. Not I was too tired to think clearly lies. Not even a 1 time lie.

Hilary Clinton stood before several different crowds on more than 1 occasion and plainly stated she had to run from her plane amidst sniper fire in Bosnia. The media was all over this story because they KNEW it was a lie. How did they know? Because they were there! They were quick to show new footage of Clinton exiting the plane in Bosnia not under a hail of sniper fire...but amidst a greeting committee smiling and shaking hands.

Caught in her obvious lie, she decided to lie some more...blaming it on a lack of sleep on that particular day. (the day the press revealed the truth). But what is her excuse for the other days when she gave the sniper fire story? There is no excuse. She lied to the American people.

Not only did she lie, she did it poorly. As a candidate for the Presidency, did she really believe the press would overlook this?

Happy was she when the Reverend Wright situation threatened the Obama campaign. It took the press away from her for awhile to focus on something negative in her opponent's campaign. It also gave her more ammunition to fire his way.

And then comes Bill, trying to defend his wife. How did he defend her? By bringing up the sniper fire incident again, reiterating that she had gotten little sleep the night before. In other words, he defended her by repeating the lie that didn't work the first time around.

People chuckle about it casually and it boggles my mind. As they chuckle, they berate Obama for some ill-chosen words spoken in truth. I don't get it.

Hilary Clinton's planned out lie meant to embellish her experience overseas is a slap in the face to the American people. With each lie, she is telling us we are ignorant, uninformed and incapable of recognizing the truth from a lie. Her lie is saying she was too tired to think clearly is also a slap in the face. Even if it is true (which it isn't), is she naïve enough to believe the American people would want a President who cannot think clearly when tired? And then, finally, her husband comes along to lie some more on her behalf.

How ignorant do the Clinton's believe we are?

So the question remains. Who will win the Democratic nomination? I suppose it depends on whether you want a candidate who will coldly and calculatingly lie to your face (using horrible judgment in the process) or a candidate who ill-spoke the truth during a speech and is friends with a minister who preaches strongly for racial equality.

The answer seems obvious to me. Ugly truths are much better to me than calculated lies. Barack Obama should win the nomination.