Hillary Clinton’s Truth Problem
Keep in mind that almost everything Hillary says here is untrue
Hillary Clinton has had problems with the truth all along the campaign trail. Recently on the stump, she related a hospital/insurance horror story with quite a bit of passion and detail. Here it is…
Loading...Well, the big problem with her horror story (where characteristically both a woman and a child are victimized) is that it didn’t happen.
Clinton Drops Another Tale From Stump Speech
Another Clinton Campaign Story Shot Down
By ELOISE HARPER
April 5, 2008 —
For the second time in recent days, Sen. Hillary Clinton has had to drop a story from her stump speech after being challenged on its accuracy.
For the past month, the New York senator liked to tell the tale of a pregnant woman who was denied health care from an Ohio hospital because she did not have $100 the hospital demanded to treat her. After being turned away, the woman was brought back to the hospital days later with severe complications. She had to be rushed to another facility for advanced treatment, but it was too late. Both the woman and the baby died, Clinton told her audiences.
For Clinton, the story was an example of how everyone should have universal healthcare. It is a powerful tale and always drew gasps from the audience.
The hospital, which was never named in Clinton’s speeches, objected this weekend, saying it wasn’t true and demanded that Clinton stop telling it.
The O’Bleness Memorial Hospital in Athens, Ohio, told the New York Times that the woman was insured and was never denied treatment.
The Clinton campaign told ABC News today that the candidate heard the story from a deputy sheriff and had no reason to doubt the story.
“If the hospital claims it didn’t happen that way, we certainly respect that and she won’t repeat the story,” said Clinton spokeswoman Mo Elleithee.
“Candidates are told stories by people all the time, and it’s common for candidates to retell those stories,” Elleithee said. “It’s not always possible to fully vet them, but we try. For example, medical records are confidential. In this case, we tried but weren’t able to fully vet the story.”
Well, that makes me feel a lot better - they pretty much admit they shoot their mouths off half cocked, and there’s no claim that they ever even tried to verify the story.
Very shoddy. It’s really something that 1/2 of the democrat constituency is rooting for her. To be fair, it’s really something that the other 1/2 of the democrat constituency is rooting for that other guy.
how can you tell when hillary clinton is lying? when she opens her mouth.
Hellcat,
Great rule of thumb!
Oh, what’s the truth matter, when you’re fighting for Democratic principles? And Hillary is a fighter. I heard she’s so mean, she once shot a man . . . just for snoring!
Jaytee,
Hillary won’t let the truth stop her from saving us! We are so lucky!