Man Not Named After Hillary Clinton Dies

First the news.

Everest conqueror Sir Edmund Hillary has died, New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark has announced.

He died on Friday morning at the age of 88.

Sir Edmund became the first person to stand on Mt Everest, the world's highest peak, on June 2, 1953 - the day of Queen Elizabeth's coronation.

His chance to make his mark in history came when selected for the 1953 British expedition to climb Mt Everest, led by former commando Colonel John Hunt, later Lord Hunt.

Then the fabrication.

More here.

Bill Clinton’s autobiography “My Life” has been raising eyebrows in New Zealand amid rumblings the former US president has been less than truthful about the mountainous origins of his wife’s name.

Mr Clinton’s claim that Hillary was named in honour of Sir Edmund Hillary, the New Zealander who conquered Mount Everest, has created more interest here than the former president’s relationship with White House intern Monica Lewinsky.

On several visits to New Zealand during his time in office, the president referred to Sir Edmund as “the second favourite Hillary in our household”, while Hillary herself has attributed her moniker to the mountaineer.

There is even an after dinner joke here that goes: “What do Bill Clinton and New Zealand have in common? They both owe their reputations to Hillary.”

But the story has a fundamental problem: Edmund Hillary reached Everest’s peak on May 29, 1953, nearly seven years after the infant Hillary arrived in the world.

Just pointing out the inconvenient truth that the Clintons are pathological liars.

UPDATE: Michelle Malkin links. Thanks!