Posted on 05/30/2005 2:10:26 PM PDT by woofie
Edited on 05/31/2005 5:01:23 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
NEW CLINTON BOOK: THE LIES, THE FIGHTS, THE INSULTS
XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX MON MAY 30, 2005 17:01:22 ET XXXXX
NEW CLINTON BOOK: THE LIES, THE FIGHTS, THE INSULTS
**Exclusive**
Summer starts with a bang as veteran WASHINGTON POST reporter John Harris traces the emotional highs and lows of the Clinton presidency.
THE SURVIVOR: BILL CLINTON IN THE WHITE HOUSE drops this week from RANDOM [the book ranked #9,527 on AMAZON's sales parade Monday afternoon], but the DRUDGE REPORT can now sneak:
--Bill Clinton was so upset that his weight-loss regimen in 2000 was not working that he made his aides release a bogus number after his annual Navy physical to make him five pounds lighter. (pg. 394)
--Hillary taunted her husband's aides as being wimps by not fighting hard enough on Whitewater - "JFK had real men in his White House!" (pg. 108)
--Tipper Gore was so disgusted in 2000 with Bill and Hillary that she stayed cloistered in a holding room instead of going to a New York reception with major Democratic fund-raisers where the Clintons would be. "No, I'm not doing it," she snapped to an aide. "I'm not going out there with that man."
--The first conversation between Clinton and Gore after the Lewinsky story broke. Clinton is shouting at Gore, "This is a [expletive deleted] coup d'etat!" Gore just stared back blankly. pg 313.
--Former White House counter-terrorism chief Richard Clarke on the record hitting Clinton for not having the guts to fire FBI director Louis Freeh, who Clarke called a major obstacle on anti-terrorism policy. "He should have just fired Freeh and taken the [expletive deleted] it would have caused." (pg. 408)
The POST plans two jumbos on Tuesday, newsroom sources tell DRUDGE.
One story from Harris will outline Hillary Clinton's presidential preparations.
XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX MON MAY 30, 2005 17:01:22 ET XXXXX
NEW CLINTON BOOK: THE LIES, THE FIGHTS, THE INSULTS
**Exclusive**
Summer starts with a bang as veteran WASHINGTON POST reporter John Harris traces the emotional highs and lows of the Clinton presidency.
THE SURVIVOR: BILL CLINTON IN THE WHITE HOUSE drops this week from RANDOM [the book ranked #9,527 on AMAZON's sales parade Monday afternoon], but the DRUDGE REPORT can now sneak:
--Bill Clinton was so upset that his weight-loss regimen in 2000 was not working that he made his aides release a bogus number after his annual Navy physical to make him five pounds lighter. (pg. 394)
--Hillary taunted her husband's aides as being wimps by not fighting hard enough on Whitewater - "JFK had real men in his White House!" (pg. 108)
--Tipper Gore was so disgusted in 2000 with Bill and Hillary that she stayed cloistered in a holding room instead of going to a New York reception with major Democratic fund-raisers where the Clintons would be. "No, I'm not doing it," she snapped to an aide. "I'm not going out there with that man."
--The first conversation between Clinton and Gore after the Lewinsky story broke. Clinton is shouting at Gore, "This is a fucking coup d'etat!" Gore just stared back blankly. pg 313.
--Richard Clarke on the record hitting Clinton for not having the guts to fire FBI director Louis Freeh, who Clarke called a major obstacle on anti-terrorism policy. "He should have just fired Freeh and taken the shit it would have caused." (pg. 408)
The POST plans two jumbos on Tuesday, newsroom sources tell DRUDGE.
One story from Harris will outline Hillary Clinton's presidential preparations.
MORE
Swearing Steaming Screaming -- White House as Hot House
From pages 356-7 of THE SURVIVOR: BILL CLINTON IN THE WHITE HOUSE by John F. Harris, national correspondent for the WASHINGTON POST:
Context is Sally Quinn's article from 11/98 explaining why the Washington Establishment was appalled by Clinton's behavior during Lewinksy, even though a majority of the country at large was not: "One could hardly imagine a more well-timed morale booster at the White House than Quinn's article. [Paul] Begala went to the Oval Office waving the article in his hand. "This is perfect," he exclaimed. "This is the best and most accurate article you will ever read about Washington." Quinn, as Begala saw it, had accurately chronicled the smug insularity of establishment Washington, as well as its preciousness and hypocrisy. Clinton could not agree more. The article stayed on his desk for weeks, and on his mind even longer. Some time afterward the president was going over papers with his staff on the upcoming Presidential Medal of Freedom awards. Spontaneously, he launched into a little riff for his assembled aides. His nominee for the prestigious award this year would be none other than the famous [Watergate editor] Ben Bradlee, husband of Sally Quinn.
The aides looked on in puzzled amusement.
"Anyone who sleeps with that bitch deserves a medal!" he explained.
Developing...
February 26, 1993 = First WTC Attack
April 19, 1993 = Waco
Clinton has no problems rolling tanks. He just has a hard time pointing them at someone other than the American people.
None, which is why our local libraries will probably be overflowing with copies of this swill.
Lets everybody infiltrate book stores and move as many copies of this book and My Lies into the True Crime section of your local book store. He He He
THE SURVIVOR of all his own illegalities.
There, I fixed it. :-)
My only comment: "Gee, golly whiz! Thanks, H. Ross. Please keep your mouth SHUT FROM NOW ON UNTIL YOU ARE TOO OLD TO SPEAK!!"
Yep! H. Ross Perot, all 5'6" of him, gave us Bill Clinton. Am I bitter? What do you think?
Ny thoughts exactly..and if he had been in office,
that 9/11 attack would have been replicated three-
four more times by now...Liberals- they have the audacity
to keep pressure on Bush, as making a mistake because
he is fighting back...when are they ever going to
realize..these terrorists are not human..but rather
blood thirsty savages who live, so they can die, killing
us anyway they can ...our troops deserve better than
some of these people in Congress, including some
RINOS....Jake
I'll tell you who else was a survivor: UBL, since Toon refused to harm a hair on that psycho's head. In light of all that Toon allowed to happen under his watch, that's a darned unfortunate title for this frigging book.
H Ross was not only an SOB in politics but you should have seen what a Pr*ck he was in business. A complete hypocrite and user.
I agree.
"authentically populist spirit" is code for Communist and the last "authentically populist spirit" was gunned down in the back of the Louisiana State Capitol building in 1935 (imo, on orders from FDR).
Huey Pierce Long was going to run (and probably win) in '36 with his, Every Man a King campaign.
Thanks for the excerpt!
There is NOTHING authentic about Bill Clinton. NOTHING.
You are correct, Bill Clinton not only gave the Chinese missile guidance and rocket technology, he DID certainly help terrorism grow like a cancer from his lack of leadership and actions.
Clinton's legacy - Killed more Americans than terrorists!
Wow, he does look like heck on a half shell.
Well, as I had never heard of it before, I thought his misuse of his cigar was authentic.
Er, he was the only President in the 20th Century to be impeached, right? Whattaguy.
Steve Jobs hooked him bigtime into investing into NeXt, as I recall... looks like H Ross met his match.
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