As two new books are about to hit the shelves of stores, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton may find herself defending the strong images she has worked to build in her presidential campaign.
The books drag us back behind the long-since closed doors of the Clinton presidency, as well as Bill Clinton's time as the governor of Arkansas.
"A Woman in Charge: The Life of Hillary Rodham Clinton" was written by Carl Bernstein who presents Clinton as a woman frightened of facing prosecution herself. Bernstein also writes that during her time as the first lady of Arkansas, she held an interview with a woman suspected of sleeping with her husband, Bill Clinton, and pondered thoughts of divorce as well as running for governor out of spite.
Within the book, George Stephanopoulos, the then- White House adviser, is also said to have spoken to colleagues about Clinton's responses to the White House Travel Office case and other various scandals as "Jesuitical lying."
The other book is "Her Way: The Hopes and Ambitions of Hillary Rodham Clinton," by Jeff Gerth and Don Van Natta Jr. This work paints Clinton as the leader of a team that set out during her husband's 1992 campaign to investigate and socially damage Gennifer Flowers "until she is destroyed." Flowers publicly admitted to an affair with then- governor Bill Clinton.
Gerth and Van Natta also show how the Clintons had a careful plan, even before getting married, to slowly rise to power. A former girlfriend of Bill Clinton describes a letter she discovered, written by Hillary, laying out their 20-year plan that began in the 1970's. Leon E. Panetta, the former White House chief of staff, also verifies speaking to the president once about the plan.
In an email to the Washington Post, Mike Murphy, a Republican strategist said, "HRC's deadly problem is that, while she's running in a change election, most of her identity is about the past, which is a very bad position to be in."
Senator Clinton's representatives, in talking with the Boston Globe, are brushing off these books as old news.
The books drag us back behind the long-since closed doors of the Clinton presidency, as well as Bill Clinton's time as the governor of Arkansas.
"A Woman in Charge: The Life of Hillary Rodham Clinton" was written by Carl Bernstein who presents Clinton as a woman frightened of facing prosecution herself. Bernstein also writes that during her time as the first lady of Arkansas, she held an interview with a woman suspected of sleeping with her husband, Bill Clinton, and pondered thoughts of divorce as well as running for governor out of spite.
Within the book, George Stephanopoulos, the then- White House adviser, is also said to have spoken to colleagues about Clinton's responses to the White House Travel Office case and other various scandals as "Jesuitical lying."
The other book is "Her Way: The Hopes and Ambitions of Hillary Rodham Clinton," by Jeff Gerth and Don Van Natta Jr. This work paints Clinton as the leader of a team that set out during her husband's 1992 campaign to investigate and socially damage Gennifer Flowers "until she is destroyed." Flowers publicly admitted to an affair with then- governor Bill Clinton.
Gerth and Van Natta also show how the Clintons had a careful plan, even before getting married, to slowly rise to power. A former girlfriend of Bill Clinton describes a letter she discovered, written by Hillary, laying out their 20-year plan that began in the 1970's. Leon E. Panetta, the former White House chief of staff, also verifies speaking to the president once about the plan.
In an email to the Washington Post, Mike Murphy, a Republican strategist said, "HRC's deadly problem is that, while she's running in a change election, most of her identity is about the past, which is a very bad position to be in."
Senator Clinton's representatives, in talking with the Boston Globe, are brushing off these books as old news.
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A.M. Morgan
10/16/2007
I hadn't heard of these books. It's going to be interesting to see what the presidential campaign continues to bring out about the lives of the candidates. Thanks for sharing.
Rebecca Livermore
05/28/2007
I'm really not surprised that the Clintons had everything planned out prior to marriage. It's been long known that their marriage is more of a business arrangement than anything else.
Jean Riva
05/28/2007
I wish someone would investigate the Bush family as thoroughly as they have the Clinton family. These two books have nothing new in them but were timed to dilute Hillary's time on the campaign trail. She'll be forced to answer old garage instead of talking about her solutions for current public issues. Enough is enough. Politics is getting too manipulative and are too well funded by special interests groups now.
Secretsides
05/28/2007
I will vote forHilary Clinton, WHEN HELL FREEZES OVERR! great article
RazorsEdge
05/28/2007
Jeff Gerth was the author of many articles and/or books on Whitewater. The only scandal about "Whitewater" was the massive, decade-long, taxpayer funded, multi-million dollar investigation...of a $40,000 land deal. Anything Jeff Gerth is involved in, I would be suspicious of. Both Clintons have their baggage, what pol doesn't? I'm not a big Hillary supporter, BTW. Their enemies, by their scorched-Earth, defeat them at-all-costs tactics, have convinced millions to vote FOR them because of backlash.
Tyger Valverde
05/28/2007
Of course, these books will be available to foul the campaign just in time! What else could be expected from a fearful, spiteful, manipulative conservative reactionary group. Rather than judge Hillary on her competence, we are forced to condemn her on hearsay. Had there been books like these about G. W. when he ran, our country would be in better shape today.
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