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October 20, 2006
Hillary's Staff Tells A Whopper
Hillary, Not as in the Mount Everest Guy
NYT
By DANNY HAKIM
Published: October 17, 2006
For more than a decade, one piece of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s informal biography has been that she was named for Sir Edmund Hillary, the conqueror of Mount Everest. The story was even recounted in Bill Clinton’s autobiography.
But yesterday, Mrs. Clinton’s campaign said she was not named for Sir Edmund after all.
“It was a sweet family story her mother shared to inspire greatness in her daughter, to great results I might add,” said Jennifer Hanley, a spokeswoman for the campaign.
In May 1953, Sir Edmund and his Sherpa guide, Tenzing Norgay, became the first men to reach the summit of Mount Everest. In 1995, shortly after meeting Sir Edmund, Mrs. Clinton said that her mother, Dorothy Rodham, had long told her she was named for the famous mountaineer.
“It had two l’s, which is how she thought she was supposed to spell Hillary,” Mrs. Clinton said at the time, after meeting Sir Edmund. “So when I was born, she called me Hillary, and she always told me it’s because of Sir Edmund Hillary.”
Even though Bill Clinton repeated the story in his 2004 autobiography, “My Life,” Hillary Clinton did not mention it in her own autobiography, “Living History,” which was published in 2003.
But one big hole has been poked in the story over the years, both in cyberspace and elsewhere: Sir Edmund became famous only after climbing Everest in 1953. Mrs. Clinton, as it happens, was born in 1947.
Wild Thing's comment.....
LMAO this is so funny! And Bill Clinton repeated it in his book. No one bothered to even check it out first. hahahahha
Posted by Wild Thing at October 20, 2006 01:55 AM
Comments
Did Bill really think to remember to mention "old Whats-Her-Name?" in his book? The Clintons have to be the most "unmarried" married couple in the political arena. How refreshing the Bushs are after the Clinton era.
Posted by: TomR at October 20, 2006 04:03 AM
Since when did facts matter to Bill Clinton?
Posted by: BobF at October 20, 2006 07:48 AM
Tom.......... Hahaahaha they sure are! GOsh I would hate a marriage like they have.
"the most "unmarried" married couple in the political arena"
Posted by: Wild Thing at October 20, 2006 11:15 AM
Bob easy answer.....facts never mattered to them or truth.......never. You are so right.
Posted by: Wild Thing at October 20, 2006 11:16 AM
Will someone PULLEEEEEEEZE put a lid on that trash can !!!
Posted by: Billy at October 20, 2006 08:21 PM
Billy....heh heh. I wish it was that easy to keep her quiet.
Posted by: Wild Thing at October 21, 2006 03:16 AM
