There is so much risk in calling someone a liar that politicians are always coming up with genteel sounding alternatives. Hillary Rodham Clinton offered two crafty examples this week.
Today in an online forum on The Huffington Post the New York senator called her Democratic presidential rivals "a little inauthentic" for criticizing her campaign contributions from lobbyists since they accept money from lobbyists' employers and relatives. Clinton moved a bit closer to the L-word when questioning Iraq commander David H. Petraeus this week. She said the general’s rosy report on the troop surge required a “willing suspension of disbelief.”
That sounds mild, but it is quite damning when you think about it — and it prompted Republican White House hopeful Rudy Giuliani to accuse Clinton of spewing “political venom.” Had Clinton outright called Petraeus a liar Giuliani’s attack would not seem so ridiculously over the top, which is why she was smart to carefully choose her words.
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