Any one can take a few words and twist them to mean anything they wish. This is taking the quote out of context. To put it back into context, you have to read the entire passage that the writer/speech giver/ etc. actually said. To do otherwise is to continue to pass on erroneous information and is intellectually lying.
To date, I have not been able to find most of these quotes in their original context. I can only find conservative sites that post them without links to originals, and worse, without any reference to when or where it was stated.
The ones I have found clearly show they are being quoted out of context and do not support what the ones erroneously posting them wish them to support. For example, the quote attributed to Hillary Clinton is 121 words out of 2,468. If you truly believe that you understand what Hillary was saying by only reading 4.98% of what she actually said, you are mistaken.
As I find more of these quotes, I will post them on my blog to show the discrepancy of how some people are using these words to lie to the masses.
For now, here is Hillary Clinton’s speech concerning the use of force against Iraq. If your going to judge her, may as well know what you are judging.
October 10, 2002
As Delivered
Link to Senate speech
William S. Cohen, Secretary of Defense
“I am absolutely convinced that there are weapons…I saw evidence back in 1998 when we would see the inspectors being barred from gaining entry into a warehouse for three hours with trucks rolling up and then moving those trucks out.” — Clinton’s Secretary of Defense William Cohen in April of 2003--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I cannot find the source on William Cohen you quote, but I did find the last security report: [Annual Report to the President and the Congress, January 2001]
It is an interesting read. It shows a lot more about this man and his concerns about security than the 40 words being quoted around Town Hall.
Annual Report to the President and the Congress, January 2001