The Fact Checker’s Judgment on Clinton’s Claim That Republicans Want to Turn Social Security Over to Wall Street

Glenn Kessler, the Washington Post’s Fact Checker, gave former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton three Pinocchios for saying that the Republicans wanted to turn Social Security money over to Wall Street. I am afraid that I see this one a bit differently.

First, as a small point, the piece comments:

“We have explained before that “privatization” is one of those pejorative political labels used by opponents of the Bush plan…”

That’s not how I remember the story. In the 1990s many conservativ...