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Shocking: Clinton's Editor Questions Memoir's Credibility: "Did you make half of that stuff up?"
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Posted on 05/26/2003 9:58:47 AM PDT by rs79bm

An editor working on ex-President Bill Clinton's memoirs has raised questions about the veracity of his account after reading the book's first draft.

"Did you make half of that stuff up?" the editor asked, according to Clinton's own admission during a ceremony at his Little Rock presidential library on Friday.

In little-noticed comments covered by the Associated Press, the ex-president revealed the unnamed editor's skepticism, saying, "When I first showed my editor the drafts of my memoirs, he said, 'Boy you've got a lot in here about Arkansas.'

"And I said, 'Well read it before you cut it out.'"

Then Clinton revealed, "He read it and said he laughed and cried and hooted and hollered and he said, 'Did you make half of that stuff up.'

"And I said, 'No it really happened that way.' "

In 2001, Knopf Books won the bidding war for Clinton's memoirs with a reported $12 million advance.

The ex-president's editor isn't the first to doubt his truthfulness. In 1999 Clinton was fined $90,000 and held in civil contempt for providing false and misleading answers to U.S. District Court Judge Susan Webber Wright, who presided over Paula Jones' sexual harassment lawsuit.

A year before, Clinton became the first elected president in U.S. history to be impeached after he gave false testimony to a federal grand jury probing his attempts to obstruct justice in the Jones case.


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To: rs79bm
Clinton Reflects
41 posted on 05/26/2003 1:27:01 PM PDT by byteback
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To: rs79bm
If you have ever read Errol Flynn's book "My Wicked Wicked Ways" you can about imagine how Bill's book will read.
42 posted on 05/26/2003 2:02:21 PM PDT by Pylot
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To: Izzy Dunne
It's stuff like this that gives bull crap a bad name.

I would like to extend my sincere apologies to Bull Crap everywhere.

43 posted on 05/26/2003 2:04:22 PM PDT by Slyfox
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To: rs79bm
Make the bad man go away!
44 posted on 05/26/2003 2:16:21 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (This tagline has been bananad.)
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To: rs79bm
An editor working on ex-President Bill Clinton's memoirs has raised questions about the veracity of his account...

The editor sould consult Lanny Davis and Sydney Blumenthal for credibility back-up.

As neutral observers, they ought to settle this crazy notion and unfounded rumors that Bill Clinton would ever distort the truth.

For heaven's sake -- the man's record is clear on this...Isn't it??

45 posted on 05/26/2003 2:18:28 PM PDT by F16Fighter (Democrats -- The Party of Stalin and Chiraq)
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To: rs79bm
>Did you make that up?

One day: "No, that's the way it happened."

Next day: "Yes, I did."

46 posted on 05/26/2003 2:22:15 PM PDT by jagrmeister
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To: tophat9000
Penthouse, yeah, the guys with the elastic rulers.
47 posted on 05/26/2003 2:36:54 PM PDT by Old Professer
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To: Miss Marple; Mo1; Howlin; rintense
Barf Bag Alert
48 posted on 05/26/2003 3:08:01 PM PDT by Brad’s Gramma
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To: rs79bm
So is he trying to drum up sales for his work of fiction?
I, for one, won't be reading it!
49 posted on 05/26/2003 4:05:34 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: rs79bm
In 2001, Knopf Books won the bidding war for Clinton's memoirs with a reported $12 million advance.

And just how many hungry chilrun coud have been fed with that amount of money?

50 posted on 05/26/2003 4:16:11 PM PDT by Mark (Treason doth never prosper, for if it prosper, NONE DARE CALL IT TREASON.)
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To: SuziQ
Speaking of which, How many copies has the Hildybeast sold so far?
51 posted on 05/26/2003 4:19:29 PM PDT by Young Werther
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To: Mark
Well, you know that he probably donated all of it to a worthy charity...and made sure that he and his family were taken care for, gotta do that...and racked up a bit of a bill on Buddy and Socks after they wandered into traffic...and paid off those hit squads in Mena...OOPSIE, DID I SAY THAT? I MEANT, paid off those hit squads in Haiti, I MEAN, er, that is...HE NEVER HAD SEX WITH THAT WOMAN! Yeah, that's the ticket!
52 posted on 05/26/2003 5:09:34 PM PDT by LibertarianInExile ("MORONI DEPORTED TO SWEDEN - Claims He's Not From There!")
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To: freekitty
Agreed. The only time I'll believe what the Klingon says is when he says, "Guilty, your honor."
53 posted on 05/26/2003 5:10:44 PM PDT by UpNAtEm
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To: rs79bm
Well, the bits about parting the Red Sea to lead Israel into the promised land and leading the French Army in the march to Moscow WERE a little over the top.
54 posted on 05/26/2003 5:29:07 PM PDT by Stefan Stackhouse
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To: RobbyS
Oxford Scholars: (definition:) bright guys whose principal talent is being able to con people.
55 posted on 05/26/2003 6:51:55 PM PDT by cinFLA
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To: rs79bm
NewsMax -- now there's a credible source....
56 posted on 05/26/2003 6:56:02 PM PDT by r9etb
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To: Brad's Gramma
Then Clinton revealed, "He read it and said he laughed and cried and hooted and hollered and he said, 'Did you make half of that stuff up.'

Since The POS said this .. I'm thinking it's a ploy to get people to buy his stupid book

57 posted on 05/26/2003 7:01:25 PM PDT by Mo1 (I'm a monthly Donor .. You can be one too!)
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To: CIB-173RDABN
BINGO. You figured it out.

A week before it comes out. Spew some mis-infomration. Get us salivating over it. Bring it out. Show that it is not quite as bad as we made it out to be ...
58 posted on 05/26/2003 7:03:04 PM PDT by Pikachu_Dad
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To: Mo1
Hope he has the same sales as Algore's book.

Last week, Hugh Hewitt said it was in the 70,000ish (I wrote it down, don't ask where) mark on Amazon.

Yep.

Sell away to the wenches on DU.
59 posted on 05/26/2003 7:03:39 PM PDT by Brad’s Gramma
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To: Liz

60 posted on 05/26/2003 7:06:22 PM PDT by ALS ("We are the president." Hillary Clinton)
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