'Hey folks, did I ever tell you about the time I woke up out of a sound sleep, and decided that I was gonna be a United States Girl Marine? Well, you might want to sit down for This one! It was a dark and rainy day, long, long, long ago. The night before, a bunch of war protester friends had been over, and you know how one good brownire leads to another, and then whew, lights out! Maybe I 'dreamed' about being a Marine...I don't know, but boy when I woke up I Knew that's exactly what I wanted to be. Right away I started excercising, and running, and eating 'Marine' food, you Know, raw lizards, bugs, tree bark, stuff like that. I said to Bill; Bill, doggone it, I'm gonna be a girl Marine and I'm gonna be able to whip butt so don't give me any lip or you're gonna get a Fat one back. Whoaaaa, you shoulda seen the look on his face, I bet he was thinking Ahead on That one all right! Well, after about a week I figured I was in as good marine condition as I was ever gonna be. I trimmed and polished my toe nails, poo'd my hair, looked up a few Marine 'words' and headed on down to the marine Recruiters office. When I walked in all heads turned towards me so fast it created a little whirlwind that nearly blew me right off my pretty feet. Jaws dropped and you could hear'em clunking onto the floor, sounded like bowling balls being airdropped onto Fifth Avenue! You know, I was one good looker back then, and those boys sure were lookin! They snapped to attention because they Knew they were in the presense of a superior being.' It would be our pleasure to assist you Madam!' I told them that I was following my 'calling' and was here to become a girl Marine. And that's when the poop hit the ol' perverbial fan. 'What?! They said as one voice! How can that be? You cannot become a Marine, not even a 'girl' Marine, because You Are a Girl! We don't take girls in This man's Marine Corps lady! Maybe you meant to go to the Girl Scouts office? Hey, we Love your snappy Toes but you cannot pass Go, and you cannot be a Marine! Some day, far, far away, you will look back on this moment and be thankful that we totally blocked you from being something you can Never be. You will tell your children, and your grandchildren, and even the American public at large while you are running for the Oval Office some unlikely day, about this moment in history, and you will be scoffed at no doubt. Orrrr...perhaps you should Not Ever mention this moment in time to Anyone...maybe you are still asleep after that busy brownie party and this Marine thing is just a crazy 'dream', sometimes 'dreams' seem Soooo real that we just want to blurt out to every one we meet..did I ever tell you about the time I wanted to be a girl marine....?' ;) ;)
Hillary Clinton Retells Military Story That CNN Reporter Admits ‘Seems So Unusual’ — Guess What Happened When He Asked Questions
Hillary Clinton recently retold a story about how she supposedly tried to join the U.S. Marines in the 1970s, but was turned down because of her gender. She claims the Marine recruiter gave her fake reasons for why she couldn’t enlist.
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CNN’s senior Washington correspondent Jeff Zeleny expressed strong skepticism about the story on Thursday, but said the Clinton campaign is now refusing to provide any additional details about the claim.
“We do not have enough specifics actually to actually know if it’s true or not,” Zeleny said. “She didn’t give any other explanation.”
Zeleny said he requested more information from the Clinton campaign because “it seems so unusual that a Yale-educated lawyer who worked on the anti-war campaigns of McCarthy and McGovern, who had just moved to Arkansas, whose husband was about to become the Attorney General of the state would decide to want to join the Marines.”
However, he got no response other than a statement indicating the campaign is “not going to add any more comment on this.”
The Washington Post gave the story “Two Pinocchios,” mostly because the story can’t really be confirmed or disputed due to the lack of details. More from the fact check:
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CNN’s senior Washington correspondent Jeff Zeleny expressed strong skepticism about the story on Thursday, but said the Clinton campaign is now refusing to provide any additional details about the claim.
“We do not have enough specifics actually to actually know if it’s true or not,” Zeleny said. “She didn’t give any other explanation.”
Zeleny said he requested more information from the Clinton campaign because “it seems so unusual that a Yale-educated lawyer who worked on the anti-war campaigns of McCarthy and McGovern, who had just moved to Arkansas, whose husband was about to become the Attorney General of the state would decide to want to join the Marines.”
However, he got no response other than a statement indicating the campaign is “not going to add any more comment on this.”
The Washington Post gave the story “Two Pinocchios,” mostly because the story can’t really be confirmed or disputed due to the lack of details. More from the fact check:
So far, we do not have enough documentary proof to say the incident never happened, such as supposedly landing under sniper fire in Bosnia or getting the date wrong for hearing a speech by Martin Luther King Jr. This is simply a personal recollection — one that at least two friends have confirmed they had been told about at the time.
But the circumstances are in question. She pitches it as a matter of public service, but her friends suggest it was something different. So at this point Clinton’s story is worthy of Two Pinocchios, subject to change if more information becomes available.
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