Archive: Hillary Rodham Clinton
A Geppetto for Bill Clinton
Sometimes facial expressions are more eloquent than the most stirring rhetoric. The Fact Checker studies Bill Clinton's face during Tuesday night's election rally in Indiana.
Posted on May 7, 2008 at 10:30 AM ET | Comments (127)
Gas Tax Wars
Both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have twisted the facts in competing ads on the proposed "gas tax holiday."
Posted on May 6, 2008 at 06:00 AM ET | Comments (78)
A holiday from gas prices?
John McCain and Hillary Clinton are calling for a "gas tax holiday." Barack Obama calls the idea a "short-term quick fix" that won't help consumers. Who is right?
Posted on April 29, 2008 at 06:00 AM ET | Comments (152)
Tracking the Fund-Raisers
Both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have claimed new fundraising records recently. It is very difficult to verify their claims.
Posted on April 25, 2008 at 06:00 AM ET | Comments (55)
Is Clinton winning the 'popular vote'?
The Clinton campaign says that their candidate has overtaken Obama in the 'popular vote.' They are overlooking some crucial asterisks.
Posted on April 24, 2008 at 06:00 AM ET | Comments (152)
Hillary's 'two percent' college loan
Hillary Clinton says she received a two percent student loan that permitted her to attend Yale Law School. She has a rosier-than-warranted picture of the good old days.
Posted on April 23, 2008 at 06:00 AM ET | Comments (42)
Paying for the Iraq War
Hillary Clinton says that George Bush is the first American president to fail to pay for a war launched on his watch. She is partly correct.
Posted on April 18, 2008 at 06:00 AM ET | Comments (32)
Pennsylvania Democratic Debate
The big fight from Philly! Join in a live Fact Check of tonight's Democratic Debate from Pennsylvania.
Posted on April 16, 2008 at 08:02 PM ET | Comments (169)
Bill Shoots from the Hip
Just as the Bosnia sniper controversy is dying down, Bill Clinton steps in to fan the flames. We count at least six factual errors in his defense of his wife's Tuzla tales.
Posted on April 11, 2008 at 05:38 PM ET | Comments (64)
The Pot and the Kettle
The Clinton campaign is accusing Barack Obama of airing a "misleading" TV ad in Pennsylvania. But just how accurate is the Clinton response?
Posted on April 11, 2008 at 06:00 AM ET | Comments (121)
Still no light at the end of the tunnel
A rare Geppetto checkmark to General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker for acknowledging that there is still no "light at the end of the tunnel" in Iraq. The three remaining presidential candidates have been less honest about the flaws in their own Iraqi exit strategies.
Posted on April 9, 2008 at 01:55 PM ET | Comments (30)
Suffragettes for Hillary
Hillary Clinton is a little mixed up over the history of the women's suffrage movement in the United States. She may need a fact checker.
Posted on April 8, 2008 at 06:00 AM ET | Comments (85)
McCain's '100-year war'
Barack Obama continues to claim on the campaign trail that John McCain wants to fight a 100-year war in Iraq. Both he and Hillary Clinton have twisted McCain's words.
Posted on April 2, 2008 at 06:00 AM ET | Comments (164)
Professor Obama?
The Clinton campaign says that Barack Obama has been misusing the title of "former law professor." A former Princeton professor investigates.
Posted on April 1, 2008 at 06:00 AM ET | Comments (268)
Don't Forget Pat Nixon!
Hillary Clinton says she was the "first first lady" to visit a war zone since Eleanor Roosevelt. She is forgetting about Pat Nixon, who visited U.S. troops in Vietnam in July 1969.
Posted on March 27, 2008 at 06:00 AM ET | Comments (125)
Clinton Corrects the Record
Hillary Clinton now says that she "misspoke" in claiming to have come "under sniper fire" in Bosnia. We look back at her tall tales from Tuzla.
Posted on March 26, 2008 at 06:00 AM ET | Comments (171)
More Incoming Fire For Clinton
Hillary Clinton is under attack for her claim to have come "under sniper fire" in Bosnia. Eyewitnesses dispute her account.
Posted on March 24, 2008 at 12:08 PM ET | Comments (266)
Hillary's Balkan Adventures, Part II
Hillary Clinton claims that her airplane came "under sniper fire" during a 1996 trip to Bosnia and that she had to run for cover. There are numerous problems with Clinton's version of events.
Posted on March 21, 2008 at 06:00 AM ET | Comments (533)
Iraq Truth-Telling, Part II
Hillary Clinton's spokesman says the candidate will stick to her troop withdrawal plans from Iraq, no matter what happens on the ground in 2009. No flexibility permitted.
Posted on March 18, 2008 at 06:00 AM ET | Comments (28)
Hillary's Balkan Adventures
Hillary Clinton is claiming a "major role" in the foreign policy decisions of her husband's administrations. We explore her record on the Balkans and northern Ireland.
Posted on March 17, 2008 at 02:52 PM ET | Comments (46)
Truth-telling on Iraq
Back from a short vacation, the Fact Checker awards a rare Geppetto checkmark, celebrating the dictum that "a gaffe is when a politician tells the truth."
Posted on March 13, 2008 at 01:25 PM ET | Comments (30)
Taxing questions for Clinton
The Obama campaign says Clinton's failure to release her taxes shows that she has "something to hide." The Fact Checker examines the Clintons' record on financial disclosure.
Posted on March 7, 2008 at 06:00 AM ET | Comments (248)
Clinton stumbles on Ohio history
In a swipe at Obama, Clinton claimed last night that nobody has ever won the presidency without carrying the Ohio primary. That is false.
Posted on March 5, 2008 at 11:52 AM ET | Comments (115)
'NAFTA-gate', Part II
The Clinton campaign is attempting to transform a Canadian diplomat's memo into "NAFTA-gate." The Fact Checker looks behind the spin.
Posted on March 4, 2008 at 11:46 AM ET | Comments (84)
Readers Fact Check Dem Debate
Readers submitted dozens of tips on items to truth squad in Tuesday night's Democratic debate. The Fact Checker follows up.
Posted on February 28, 2008 at 06:00 AM ET | Comments (55)
Democratic Debate Feb. 26, 2008
Join the Fact Checker, diplomatic reporter Glenn Kessler, and researcher Alice Crites for live truth squadding of tonight's MSNBC debate from Cleveland, Ohio.
Posted on February 26, 2008 at 08:15 PM ET | Comments (115)
Feuding over NAFTA
Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are both guilty of distortions and factual errors in the debate over NAFTA.
Posted on February 26, 2008 at 06:00 AM ET | Comments (37)
Obama vs Clinton
Both candidates made some factual errors, but no huge mistakes, in last night's Democratic debate from Austin, Texas.
Posted on February 21, 2008 at 10:51 PM ET | Comments (91)
Obama's 'backroom deal'?
Hillary Clinton has accused Obama of cutting a secret deal with a major campaign contributor. But she has failed to produce evidence to support her claim.
Posted on February 14, 2008 at 06:40 PM ET | Comments (388)
Will Puerto Rico decide everything?
Several media pundits are predicting that the Democratic presidential race could be decided by the "winner takes all" Puerto Rican primary. We look at the facts.
Posted on February 11, 2008 at 03:58 PM ET | Comments (40)
Who has the most delegates?
Most news organizations are reporting that Clinton is leading in the delegate count. The Obama campaign claims that Obama is ahead. Who is right?
Posted on February 7, 2008 at 05:55 PM ET | Comments (80)
John McClinton?
A new Romney ad depicts John McCain and Hillary Clinton as almost identical. We look at his facts.
Posted on February 7, 2008 at 06:00 AM ET | Comments (28)
Obama's voting record on abortion
E-mails from NOW leaders are attacking Obama for lack of consistency on abortion. We examine the record.
Posted on February 6, 2008 at 06:00 AM ET | Comments (59)
Hillary vs Barack on Meeting Dictators
She claims that he would meet with dictators "without precondition." He claims that she is following the discredited "Bush-Cheney" doctrine of refusing to talk to your enemies. Who is right?
Posted on February 4, 2008 at 11:30 AM ET | Comments (27)
Democratic Debate, Jan. 31, 2008
Did Hillary Clinton negotiate an open border agreement with Macedonia? The Fact Checker and friends truth squad last night's Democratic debate from Hollywood.
Posted on January 31, 2008 at 06:03 PM ET | Comments (69)
Obama and Health Care
Clinton catches Obama in an inconsistency on his advocacy of a single-payer health insurance system, similar to the Canadian system.
Posted on January 24, 2008 at 06:00 AM ET | Comments (52)
Clinton vs Obama on CNN
Clinton and Obama got into a slanging match during the South Carolina Democratic Debate over their records. We look at Obama's ties with a "slum landlord" and Clinton's work for Walmart.
Posted on January 23, 2008 at 06:00 AM ET | Comments (98)
Bill the Attack Dog
We adjudicate the dispute between Barack Obama and Bill Clinton. Has the former president been twisting the facts?
Posted on January 22, 2008 at 06:00 AM ET | Comments (95)
Barack Obama's 'neighborhood'
Clinton supporter Robert Johnson has now apologized to Obama for bringing up the candidate's past drug use. Previous statements by the Clinton campaign on this issue must now be considered "inoperative."
Posted on January 18, 2008 at 06:00 AM ET | Comments (62)
Clinton vs Obama on Iraq
Clinton has accused Obama of "inconsistency" on his opposition to the Iraq War. We examine the record.
Posted on January 16, 2008 at 06:00 AM ET | Comments (60)
Democratic Debate Las Vegas
Live truth squadding ofthe Democratic debate from Las Vegas.
Posted on January 15, 2008 at 05:59 PM ET | Comments (33)
Clinton and Northern Ireland
Hillary Clinton claims that she was "intimately involved" in the Northern Ireland peace process. The Fact Checker examines the record.
Posted on January 10, 2008 at 10:27 AM ET | Comments (52)
Why We Got it Wrong
The prose candidate won. The Fact Checker asks why the media (FC included) were all wrong.
Posted on January 9, 2008 at 10:43 AM ET | Comments (66)
Poetry versus Prose
The Fact Checker shares his impressions from four days on the road in New Hampshire. The Poetry party is beating the Prose party.
Posted on January 8, 2008 at 10:53 AM ET | Comments (25)
Off-base on NAFTA and "Hillary Care"
UPDATED Monday 11:30 a.m. I am at Manchester airport, on my way back to Baltimore, after a fascinating four days in the Granite State. I will file a wrapup report tomorrow. There have been lots of statements to fact check, several of which will take a little more time. Here...
Posted on January 7, 2008 at 06:37 PM ET | Comments (13)
Obama and Iraq
5:10 p.m. I just came from a Bill Clinton town hall meeting in Peterborough. The news nugget out of the meeting was his attack on Barack Obama for alleged inconsistency over the Iraq war. The former president reminded his audience that Obama had made a big deal out of a...
Posted on January 7, 2008 at 05:10 PM ET | Comments (50)
Saint Anselm College Presidential Debates
Join the Fact Checker for live truth squadding of the Republican and Democratic debates from Saint Anselm College in New Hampshire.
Posted on January 5, 2008 at 10:44 PM ET | Comments (44)
Hillary and Martin Luther King Jr.
Hillary Clinton says she went to hear Martin Luther King speak on "a cold January day" in 1963. She is almost certainly wrong.
Posted on December 31, 2007 at 05:06 PM ET | Comments (62)
The 2007 Pinocchio Awards
The Fact Checker announces the 2007 Pinocchio Awards and a special Geppetto prize for truth-telling.
Posted on December 31, 2007 at 06:00 AM ET | Comments (55)
Obama vs Clinton on Foreign Policy
Clinton and Obama are feuding over who has the most support from the Democratic Party foreign policy establishment. We name names.
Posted on December 27, 2007 at 06:00 AM ET | Comments (53)
Hillary Bakes Some Stats
Clinton says that health care costs have spiraled under Bush, but were stable under her husband. The Fact Checker examines the data.
Posted on December 21, 2007 at 06:00 AM ET | Comments (17)
True But False
What do Barack Obama, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, and Jesus have in common? A) They attended madrassas. B) They are "spirit brothers."
Posted on December 19, 2007 at 06:00 AM ET | Comments (52)
Most Revealing Fibs: Hillary Clinton
In conjunction with the "Front Runners" series, the Fact Checker examines the factual mistakes of the candidates for clues to their approach to campaigning. First up: Hillary Clinton.
Posted on December 9, 2007 at 07:30 AM ET | Comments (15)
Clinton vs Obama: The 'Fact Check' War
The Clinton and Obama campaigns have issued competing "Fact Checks" on Iran. The Fact Checker fact checks the "fact checkers".
Posted on December 6, 2007 at 08:00 AM ET | Comments (17)
'Bomb, Bomb, Bomb; Bomb, Bomb, Iran'
Some presidential candidates have claimed flatly on the campaign trail that Iran is developing nuclear weapons. But their assertions are undercut by the latest National Intelligence Estimate released yesterday.
Posted on December 4, 2007 at 06:00 AM ET | Comments (43)
Grace and Candor Under Pressure
Giuliani, Clinton, and Obama receive Geppetto checkmarks from the Fact Checker for statements that combine honesty with memorability.
Posted on November 26, 2007 at 06:00 AM ET | Comments (17)
Clinton vs. Obama on Health Care
Both Clinton and Obama have claimed that their health care plans will provide "universal coverage" to all Americans. We point out the gaps in their proposals.
Posted on November 19, 2007 at 06:00 AM ET | Comments (25)
Edwards vs. Clinton on Iraq
Edwards claims that Clinton does not have 'a plan' for Iraq, and has promised only to hold 'a planning meeting' with her generals. Is that accurate? The Fact Checker investigates.
Posted on November 12, 2007 at 08:00 AM ET | Comments (37)
Aliens Support Clinton, Richardson
Bill Richardson says the government "hasn't come clean" about UFOs. Archives officials say the governor of New Mexico is living on another planet. The Fact Checker adjudicates.
Posted on November 6, 2007 at 06:00 AM ET | Comments (20)
Is Hillary Responsible for the 'Library Lockdown'?
The Clintons and the Republican National Committee have been arguing over who is responsible for delays in releasing the former president's papers. The Fact Checker sorts through the spin.
Posted on November 1, 2007 at 06:00 AM ET | Comments (28)
Fact Checking the Fact Checker
The Fact Checker adjudicates the case of Obama and Edwards vs "federal lobbyists." Is FC a "shill" for the Clinton campaign?
Posted on October 29, 2007 at 08:50 AM ET | Comments (12)
'Hillary Care' and 'Socialized Medicine'
Mitt Romney says that Hillary Clinton is planning a government takeover of the health care system. Has he got his facts right?
Posted on October 24, 2007 at 06:00 AM ET | Comments (59)
Rudy: 'I Am NOT Hillary'
Rudy Giuliani says that enthusiasm for the Yankees is just about the only thing he has in common with Hillary Clinton. Is that a true statement?
Posted on October 23, 2007 at 06:00 AM ET | Comments (16)
Obama, Edwards, and the Lobbying Industry
There are numerous loopholes in the anti-lobbyist campaigns launched by Barack Obama and John Edwards. Do they deserve Pinocchios?
Posted on October 22, 2007 at 07:00 AM ET | Comments (51)
Iraqi Civilian Deaths, Part II
Unscrambling Iraqi civilian casualty statistics. The Fact Checker awards Pinocchios to General David Petraeus, Hillary Clinton, and the Council on Foreign Relations.
Posted on October 19, 2007 at 06:00 AM ET | Comments (53)
The Fine Print in Hillary's Promise to 'End the War'
Clinton has promised to end American "involvement" in Iraq. But she also says some U.S combat troops will remain behind to fight al-Qaeda. We try to clear up the confusion.
Posted on October 10, 2007 at 06:00 AM ET | Comments (37)
Counting Civilian Deaths in Iraq
Gen. Petraeus said civilian deaths in Iraq "declined considerably." Hillary Clinton said that requires "the willing suspension of disbelief." Who is right?
Posted on October 1, 2007 at 08:01 AM ET | Comments (45)
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