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The truth about 'Hillary'? It's not very good
Boston Globe ^ | August 2, 3005 | Nina J. Easton

Posted on 08/02/2005 5:39:24 AM PDT by Quilla

Hillary Rodham Clinton is frigid. No, she's a lesbian. No, wait: She had a torrid affair with her husband's deputy counsel, Vince Foster, who committed suicide after realizing the first lady could no longer be his ''intimate friend."

There's a danger when you throw together rumor, innuendo, mind reading, and unsubstantiated blind quotes from sources who overtly hate your subject. And it's not just the risk of looking (as Edward Klein does) like an author devoid of credibility.

Klein's attempt at a breathy tell-all about the former first lady and current New York senator, ''The Truth About Hillary," leaves a confusing portrait of contradiction and caricature. Any reader hoping to find even a tiny glimpse into the real woman behind the political facade will be sorely disappointed.

But women, in particular, will find much to be offended by. To Klein, Clinton's major sins seem to be that she's smart, ambitious, kept her own name, and as a young woman wasn't interested in dressing to attract men like him. Early in the book, we learn that as a law student, ''Hillary felt so hopelessly unattractive that she did not bother to shave her legs and underarms, and deliberately dressed badly so that she would not have to compete with more attractive women in a contest she could not possibly win."

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Maybe Klein's book provides Hillary haters with a good adrenaline rush while they're waiting for Rush Limbaugh to come on-air. But many on the right are put off, too. One prominent operative proclaimed the book ''disgusting" and fretted that the fallout would bolster Clinton's presidential prospects.

Klein may have set out to destroy Hillary Clinton. Instead, it will make most readers want to rush to her defense.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bookreview; edwardklein; hillaryclinton; truthabouthillary
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1 posted on 08/02/2005 5:39:27 AM PDT by Quilla
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To: Quilla
Hillary felt so hopelessly unattractive...

Great self observation

that she did not bother to shave her legs and underarms

Is she French?

2 posted on 08/02/2005 5:43:06 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it.)
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To: Quilla
''Hillary felt so hopelessly unattractive that she did not bother to shave her legs and underarms, and deliberately dressed badly so that she would not have to compete with more attractive women in a contest she could not possibly win."

And Clinton said to himself: "I've got to have that."

3 posted on 08/02/2005 5:43:14 AM PDT by Hemingway's Ghost (Spirit of '75)
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To: Quilla

Look into the eyes and you will see the truth.

4 posted on 08/02/2005 5:43:35 AM PDT by BulletBobCo
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To: Hemingway's Ghost

LOL!


5 posted on 08/02/2005 5:44:23 AM PDT by johnny7 (Racially-profiling since 1963)
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To: Quilla
Thought we should have a visual to go along with the story:


6 posted on 08/02/2005 5:45:08 AM PDT by Hemingway's Ghost (Spirit of '75)
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To: BulletBobCo

pure evil. look too long and you'll go blind.


7 posted on 08/02/2005 5:46:26 AM PDT by newfrpr04
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To: Quilla
Perhaps unintentionally, the author tripped into The Truth About Hillary: she's a "confusing portrait of contradiction and caricature.

That's about right.

9 posted on 08/02/2005 5:46:51 AM PDT by SittinYonder (America is the Last Beach)
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To: johnny7

Can you imagine? I bet one of Clinton's friends elbowed him in the side and said "Hey, I'll bet you $5 you won't ask the class pig out," and Clinton---probably drunk or high on coke---said "You're on," and the rest is history.


10 posted on 08/02/2005 5:48:19 AM PDT by Hemingway's Ghost (Spirit of '75)
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To: Hemingway's Ghost

The sh*thead on the left is stoned.


11 posted on 08/02/2005 5:48:20 AM PDT by dljordan
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To: Quilla
Klein may have set out to destroy Hillary Clinton. Instead, it will make most readers want to rush to her defense.

Most people won't read the book anyway. Just like most people will never read John Kerry's true and aqccurate military records.

Since this thread is basically about Hillary and hearsay, I've heard from people close to the White House that there was a standing order to the Secret Service staff in the White House hallways to never recognize Hillary Clinton. I've been told that just saying "Good Morning Ma'am" to Hillary would usually be met with a "$#%uck you!" back.

True? You never know. You know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know.......

12 posted on 08/02/2005 5:48:27 AM PDT by isthisnickcool (Get all the incumbents out of politics!)
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To: newfrpr04
Um....


13 posted on 08/02/2005 5:48:40 AM PDT by xcamel (Deep Red, stuck in a "bleu" state.)
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To: Hemingway's Ghost

That photo ought to be captioned "Arkansas Gothic".


15 posted on 08/02/2005 5:50:58 AM PDT by snarks_when_bored
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To: Hemingway's Ghost
I LOVE that photo of Raggedy Ann and Andy posted in # 6. Thanks.

Leni

16 posted on 08/02/2005 5:51:04 AM PDT by MinuteGal
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To: Quilla
"Maybe Klein's book provides Hillary haters with a good adrenaline rush while they're waiting for Rush Limbaugh to come on-air."

She had to drag Rush Limbaugh into the story. Hahhaha. I thought this story was about Klein and his book. Is this the same person who shows up on Brit Hume's roundtable? Krauthammer always cuts her to pieces to the point where she has very little to add. I was going to email her and chastize her for doing the predictable liberal thang by linking anything negative with Limbaugh but I see there is no email for her.

17 posted on 08/02/2005 5:53:20 AM PDT by rhombus
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Yes, I do believe she is Brit's occasional guest. I haven't been impressed by her comments on the panel and am even less impressed now after reading her column. Krauthammer rocks!


18 posted on 08/02/2005 5:55:40 AM PDT by Quilla
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To: Quilla

Nina Eason co-authored the BG Kerry biography and is a noted Bush basher. She did her best to beat Bush in 2004. I don't understand why Fox puts her on the Sunday show as a panelist. Whatever she says or writes is pure garbage.


19 posted on 08/02/2005 5:56:13 AM PDT by kabar
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To: Quilla
"Hillary Rodham Clinton is frigid."
- I don't care, hideous Pork-Beasts shouldn't be "gettin funky" anyway.

"No, she's a lesbian."

- What? No oh no. Porno has lied to me! I thought lesbians were hot babes, not the aforementioned Pork-
Beast.

"No, wait: She had a torrid affair with her husband's deputy counsel, Vince Foster, who committed suicide after realizing the first lady could no longer be his ''intimate friend."

- Maybe he couldn't live with himself because he saw Hitlery in her all-togethers.

"There's a danger when you throw together rumor, innuendo, mind reading, and unsubstantiated blind quotes from sources who overtly hate your subject."

- Sounds like a Michael Moore movie.

"But women, in particular, will find much to be offended by. To Klein, Clinton's major sins seem to be that she's smart, ambitious, kept her own name, and as a young woman wasn't interested in dressing to attract men like him."

- LOL. Hitlery couldn't catch a man if she had a case of beer, a Frederick's of Hollywood catalog and a bear trap.

"Early in the book, we learn that as a law student, ''Hillary felt so hopelessly unattractive that she did not bother to shave her legs and underarms, and deliberately dressed badly so that she would not have to compete with more attractive women in a contest she could not possibly win."

- Well, well, well. Madame Defarge was right. What is it they say about stopped clocks?
20 posted on 08/02/2005 5:57:44 AM PDT by exile (Exile - Helen Thomas tried to lure me into her Gingerbread House.)
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