Posted on 09/24/2006 9:37:40 AM PDT by yoe
An upcoming book by a longtime Democratic insider asserts that Sen. Hillary Clinton is “ethically unfit” to hold public office.
The author of the book is Jerry Zeifman, who was counsel to the House Judiciary Committee for 17 years. He was chief counsel to the committee during the Watergate episode, a role he chronicled in an earlier book, “Without Honor: The Crimes of Camelot and the Impeachment of President Nixon.”
Hillary was a committee staffer at the time. And Zeifman’s new book “Hillary’s Pursuit of Power” is based in large part on his personal experiences with Hillary.
A press release about the book states: “This book describes and documents unethical practices of Senator Hillary Clinton . . .
“In 1974, [Zeifman] had supervisory authority of a staff that included Hillary Rodham, who was then engaged in a variety of self-serving unethical practices in violation of House rules.
“In 1998, as consultant to a member of the Judiciary Committee that impeached President Clinton, he gained extensive personal insights into the unethical practices of Hillary Clinton in her White House ‘west wing’ office.
“A lifelong Democrat, Jerry Zeifman has concluded that Hillary Clinton is ethically unfit to be either a senator or president – and if she were to become President, the last vestige of the traditional moral authority of the party of Roosevelt, Truman and Johnson will be destroyed.”
Zeifman provided more details about his dealings with Hillary in a letter he wrote to the New York Post in August 1999. It read in part:
“In December 1974, as general counsel and chief of staff of the House Judiciary Committee, I made a personal evaluation of Hillary Rodham (now Mrs. Clinton), a member of the staff we had gathered for our impeachment inquiry on President Richard Nixon. I decided that I could not recommend her for any future position of public or private trust.
“Why? Hillary's main duty on our staff has been described by her authorized biographer as ‘establishing the legal procedures to be followed in the course of the inquiry and impeachment.’ A number of the procedures she recommended were ethically flawed.
“And I also concluded that she had violated House and committee rules by disclosing confidential information to unauthorized persons…
“During my … tenure with the House Judiciary Committee, I had supervisory authority over several hundred staff members. With the exception of Ms. Rodham, [special counsel John] Doar and [senior associate special counsel Bernard] Nussbaum, I recommended all of them for future positions of public and private trust.”
Beyond unfit, Hillary would be decidedly dangerous, because unlike Bill who needed to be popular and loved, Hillary doesn't give a damn about such things so she would go bezerk with radical left wing policies.
Sorry. Too late.
Zeifman came out swinging about a decade ago also, either in conjunction with the Whitewater hearings or the impeachment.
Something tells me this guy will be having an unexpected "heart attack", plane crash or "suicide" in the near future.
All these vague generalities with no specifics. YAWN!
Hey Jerry: decline any invitations to a picnic at Fort Marcy Park.
Apparently some serious doubts about the veracity and reliability of Herself were raised early on. In the intervening years, very little in the way of rehabilitation was ever undertaken.
Little bit by little bit, the capabilities of the Dem'crat party have turned away from what it once meant as a uniquely American movement, to the enabler of foreign domination of our internal affairs that it has become today. In fairness, this all started long before Herself was ever in any position to provide direction, but Herself has mounted up and ridden the institutional Dem'crat party to its present state.
Those of us who have watched Hillary for years don't need specifics. Maybe this guy knows who the real Hillary is. Hillary as President is a frightening prospect.
"“And I also concluded that she had violated House and committee rules by disclosing confidential information to unauthorized persons…"
Very interesting statement. Just made me think of the New York Times. It sickens me to think (no, KNOW) there are those that would sell their own Mother for a price.
Can you imagine what the Department of Homeland Security would become under Hillary Clinton? FR would be considered a threat..
hmmm. I was expecting some bombshells. nothing to see here.
Nope and can you imagine her as CIC?
From Alamogirl.com:
DOWNSIDE LEGACY AT TWO DEGREES OF PRESIDENT CLINTON
SECTION: REMEMBERING THE DEAD
SUBSECTION: List of Names
Revised 7/14/00
SUICIDES
Vincent Foster (Whitehouse Deputy Counsel, Gunshot to mouth, neck wounds)
Kathy Ferguson (ex-wife of Clinton co-defendant, Gunshot to head)
Bill Shelton (Arkansas state trooper, Kathy Ferguson's fiancee, Gunshot to head)
Susan Coleman (Alleged Clinton Girlfriend, 7.5 months pregnant, Gunshot to head)
Jon Parnell Walker (RTC Investigator on Whitewater, fell from top of Lincoln Towers)
Niko Junic (In charge of the radio beacon/Brown Crash, Gunshot)
John A. Wilson (Former Wash D.C. councilman, hung)
Terrance Yeakey (First policeman at the Murrah Building, gun shot wound/slashes)
Ian Spiro (Inslaw Witness, Gunshot to Head)
Sharlott A. Donovan (Ret TechSgt/WH Comm Office, Plastic Bag over Head)
Admiral Boorda (CNO, gunshot chest)
Frank Aller (Clinton roommate at Oxford, repentant of draft dodging, Gunshot to mouth)
Robert Bates (Mena mechanic, witness) - drank himself to death on mouthwash
James Bunch ("Black Book" keeper, gunshot)
Wallace Blaylock (husband of Lenora Steinkamp - lady in Drudge video taped 93 aired 9/98, gunshot)
Raymond Albright (shot 5 times in chest, ruled suicide by M.E. Malak)
Charles Wilbourne Miller, Exec of Alltel - successor to Jackson Stephen's Systematics (gunshot)
Gordon Matteson (Clinton friend/associate, Shot to head)
Danny Casolaro (Investigator Inslaw, "Octopus" - Wrists Slashed)
Calvin Walraven (Witness Jocelyn Elders son's drug case, Gunshot)
Marine Cpl Eric S. Fox, assigned to helicopter squadron for president (gun shot to head)
Peter John Berwick, shot to death witness in federal investigation Arkansas company
John Arthur Paisley (CIA, gunshot to head, found in river…)
Laurence Martin (OKC surviver, suicide by plane crash)
Kenneth Trentadue (OK prisoner)
Li Fuxiang (foreign exchange, jump)
John I Millis (House Intelligence, CIA)
Evan Hunziker (held in North Korea)
Charlene Edwards (INS Miami)
Franz Lanz (ARL scientist, informant)
HOMICIDES
Mary Mahoney (Former White House intern shot multiple times in a Starbucks, pockets picked, no cash register money taken)
Luther "Jerry" Parks (Provided security for Clinton's campaign, multiple gunshots)
Kevin Ives (Witness to Mena, skull crushed, left to be run over by train)
Don Henry (Witness to Mena, stabbed, left to be run over by train)
Eric Butera (Starbucks informant, beaten to death in sting)
Jeff Rhodes (Ives/Henry Witness, gunshot to head)
Ed Gould (Clinton's HIV/AIDS Advisory Council, Toxic)
Florence Martin (Accountant with info on Barry Seal, Gunshot to head)
Alder Berriman (Barry) Seal (Mena, Murdered)
Keith McKaskle (Ives/Henry Informant, Stabbed)
Gregory Collins (Ives/Henry Informant, Gunshot to Head)
James Milon (Ives/Henry Informant, Decapitated)
Richard Winters (Ives/Henry Suspect, Shotgunned)
Jordan Ketelson (Ives/Henry Informant, Shotgunned)
Larry Guerin (Inslaw Investigator, unknown)
Alan Standorf (NSA, Inslaw Investigator, unknown)
Dennis Eisman (Inslaw attorney, Shot)
Mitchell D. Abel, (Cocaine dealer and student re Tyson, Gunshot)
Mike Samples (Ives/Henry witness)
Eric L. Henderson (financial advisor to Ron Brown, shot while riding bicycle)
Steve Leung (investor in China, beaten)
Mary Beth (Pixie) Grismore (politically connected, murdered)
Judy Danielak (journalist, sniper)
Cecil Boren (by escaped inmate, tainted blood whistleblower)
Lee Scott Hall (stabbed, Lawrence Livermore Lab employee)
JohnD Muskopf (CIA Analyst, murder in robbery attempt)
....Duh!
Rose law firm billing records discover
suicide (sic) in Washington DC park
making so much money in cattle futures with the help of friends
Hollywood fund raiser
Who doesn't understand that Hillary Clinton has no ethics?
FR was considered a threat during the clinton years. I suspect that under anyone but Jim Robinson, FR would have bent or broken under the pressure to fold or to reveal Freeper names. I don't know that, but I guess it.
As for hillary, I doubt whether this book will hurt her at all with the people who intend to support or vote for her. They could care less about ethics. They only care about pushing their agenda, which means winning by any means necessary. For them, the end justifies the means.
I think just about every leftist out there understands that bill clinton is a serial liar, a rapist, an opportunist. They don't care, because as the press sometimes used to chortle, he is a very good liar. An effective liar. A liar who gets away with it, with their willing complicity. Because he lies on behalf of their bottom line agenda.
Good post..
My feeling is that Hillary will win the 'Rat nomination for the reasons you state here. I genuinely believe that the American electorate is better than this.
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