Did Hillary Lie About "Honest Abe" at the 2nd Debate?

So an email was leaked where Hillary said that in negotiations you need both a public and a private position. Her enemies have jumped on this to accuse her of being a liar.

But let's think about this for a minute. Isn't it actually true that without having a public and a private position you can't have a negotiation at all? If you make an offer on a house
don't you have a public and a private position? The amount you are offering and the (different) amount that you are really willing to pay? When you negotiate a salary at a new job don't you have a public and a private position? The amount you are asking for and the different) amount you are willing to settle for?

So when everybody else does this, including Trump, we call it negotiating. When Hillary talks about the need for doing this, we call her a liar?

But at the debate Hillary gave a more detailed explanation for her words. She said when she was giving the speech she had been thinking about the way Abraham Lincoln negotiated for the 13th Amendment.

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And Trump mocked her and called her a liar. And some pundits said that was Trump's BEST line in the debate. And since then I've read two articles that mocked her and called her a liar. Imagine! That dishonest Hillary "admitting" she was a liar in that speech and now trying to cover herself by pretending she had been thinking of Abraham Lincoln!

Well, here is a quote from Hillary's speech: "You just have to sort of figure out how to — getting back to that word, “balance” — how to balance the public and the private efforts that are necessary to be successful, politically, and that’s not just a comment about today. That, I think, has probably been true for all of our history, and if you saw the Spielberg movie, Lincoln, and how he was maneuvering and working to get the 13th Amendment passed...."

Hmm.... So Hillary WAS thinking about Abraham Lincoln when she gave that speech. And when she said that in the debate she was telling the straight and simple truth. And Trump and the others who mocked her and called her a liar were either liars themselves or maybe just suffering from the arrogance of ignorance.

Either way, once again it is Hillary who was right and Trump who was wrong. And that was Trump's BEST line during the debate. If you hear other people mocking Hillary or calling her a liar over this Abraham Lincoln statement, please share this with them.

http://qz.com/805005/the-leaked-email-behind-hillary-clintons-mid-debate-reference-to-steven-spielbergs-abraham-lincoln-biopic/