The Barack Obama campaign Tuesday questioned the truthfulness of Hillary Clinton in her description of a visit she made to Bosnia while she was First Lady.
"I'd like to express my disappointment that Senator Clinton would exaggerate this story," U.S. Rep. G.K. Butterfield of Wilson said in an Obama campaign teleconference. "That is not what we look for in elected officials in North Carolina. We need a principled person who knows the importance of not exaggerating."
Butterfield was referring to Clinton’s 1996 visit to Bosnia, where she claimed to have run across the tarmac to avoid sniper fire. Clinton later said she "misspoke" after CBS News showed footage of Clinton and her daughter Chelsea calmly walking across the tarmac being greeted by dignitaries.
"That is a strike against the senator," Butterfield said. "She needs to apologize to North Carolina and apologize to America."
The Clinton campaign however said Obama had a long history of embellishment.
"Senator Obama has called himself a constitutional professor, claimed credit for passing legislation that never left committee, and apparently inflated his role as a community organizer among other issues," Clinton spokesman Phil Singer in a statement. "When it comes to his record, just words won’t do."
The exchange occurred as Obama was scheduled to visit Greensboro on Wednesday, and Clinton is expected to campaign across the state on Thursday.
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Re: Butterfield questions Clinton's truthfulness
"That is not what we look for in elected officials in North Carolina. We need a principled person who knows the importance of not exaggerating."
Hahaha that is funny! North Carolina really does not have a strong recent track record of electing principled people to office. Wright, Black & Decker (Jim Black and Michael Decker). Those are just the ones we know about.