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Democratic Insider: Hillary ‘Unfit’ for President
NewsMax ^ | 9/24/06 | NewsMax Editor

Posted on 09/24/2006 1:04:26 PM PDT by SoldierDad

Democratic Insider: Hillary ‘Unfit’ for President

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.”

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: hillary; hitlery; presidentialbid; unfit
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To: doug from upland
She is no John Kerry, that is true. But, her history can not be erased by Soro's money. There is to much on the public record now. Her own words would sink her in any Democrat primary.
21 posted on 09/24/2006 1:36:01 PM PDT by operation clinton cleanup
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To: SoldierDad
“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.”

The party is reeking with moral degenerates. We've know that for 10 years (FreeRepublic's 10th anniversary). Where have you been Zeifman?

22 posted on 09/24/2006 1:36:09 PM PDT by PGalt
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To: operation clinton cleanup
She will be Senator from NY for the rest of her life.

I doubt it. This was taken during a Senate hearing shortly after she first got elected.

I don't think she will be able to stand being only one out of a 100 Senators for long.

23 posted on 09/24/2006 1:38:24 PM PDT by Bubba_Leroy (What did Rather know and when did he know it?)
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To: SoldierDad
“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.”

Earth to Jerry Zeifman: There hasn't been any "tradition" of moral authority in the Democrat party in many, many years.

24 posted on 09/24/2006 1:38:37 PM PDT by demkicker (democrats, terrorists, Powell, McCain, Graham & Collins are intimate bedfellows)
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To: hnj_00
she truly was beaten with the ugly stick!!!

There is a very old expression, "She fell out of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down."

It was originally written to describe Hillary.

25 posted on 09/24/2006 1:41:00 PM PDT by Bubba_Leroy (What did Rather know and when did he know it?)
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To: potlatch






26 posted on 09/24/2006 1:41:42 PM PDT by devolve ( ----------CITGO--HUGO--NOGO--NUKO----------)
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To: SoldierDad

Shrillery at one time has stated, "I loathe the military". This fugly beast shall NEVER be Commander in Chief.


27 posted on 09/24/2006 1:42:38 PM PDT by rippingmyhairout
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To: SoldierDad
the last vestige of the traditional moral authority of the party of Roosevelt, Truman and Johnson will be destroyed.”

Hey, "traditional moral authority"? You didn't mention Jimmah Cartah. Just because he was the sorriest President of the 20th Century and a two-faced hippocrit; whassup with that?
28 posted on 09/24/2006 1:43:51 PM PDT by no dems ("25 homicides a day committed by Illegals" Ted Poe (R-TX) Houston Hearings 8/16/06)
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To: devolve

Very nice devolve.

Hmm, I have an idea for door 2!


29 posted on 09/24/2006 1:44:46 PM PDT by potlatch (Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?)
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To: FormerACLUmember

NO!


30 posted on 09/24/2006 1:45:04 PM PDT by SoldierDad (Proud Father of an American Soldier)
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To: devolve

LOL! Thats some good stuff!


31 posted on 09/24/2006 1:47:07 PM PDT by operation clinton cleanup
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To: air pappy

I can't say, but if I get more info I'll pass it along/sarc.


32 posted on 09/24/2006 1:48:38 PM PDT by SoldierDad (Proud Father of an American Soldier)
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To: SoldierDad
Political Rule #17

Whoever is the "obvious" choice for the presidential nomination three years before the election is gone before the end of the primaries.

Muskee, Romney, Scoop Jackson, etc.
33 posted on 09/24/2006 1:49:10 PM PDT by MindBender26 (Having my own CAR-15 in RVN meant never having to say I was sorry....)
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To: SoldierDad

In the old (and not so old) days you had your Harry Trumans, Scoop Jacksons, Zell Millers... but no more.

They even had Big Liberals like Hubert Humphrey, who I greatly disagreed with, but also greatly admired. Humphrey was a decent, honest man of high ethics. Nothing resembling any of these folks exists now.


34 posted on 09/24/2006 1:49:47 PM PDT by FormerACLUmember
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To: operation clinton cleanup

We had a president who led demonstrations on foreign soil in which our flag was burned, was on record for loathing the military, and had a history of assaults on women. His history was not erased.


35 posted on 09/24/2006 1:51:25 PM PDT by doug from upland (Stopping Hillary should be a FreeRepublic Manhattan Project)
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To: doug from upland

And now he's shrillingly complaining that he's being unfairly dumped on by the "right wingers" for his failure to do anything about Bin Laden. He's blaming others for his short-comings.


36 posted on 09/24/2006 1:54:50 PM PDT by SoldierDad (Proud Father of an American Soldier)
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To: doug from upland
That was pre-internet and pre-Fox news. Hillary may picture herself as the first woman President, but it will not happen!
37 posted on 09/24/2006 2:01:24 PM PDT by operation clinton cleanup
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To: potlatch


Door3 ?????


38 posted on 09/24/2006 2:02:13 PM PDT by devolve ( ----------CITGO--HUGO--NOGO--NUKO----------)
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To: SoldierDad

"the party of Roosevelt, Truman and Johnson..."

Funny how he forgets to include Carter and Bill.


39 posted on 09/24/2006 2:04:47 PM PDT by El Sordo
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To: El Sordo

I agree on Truman.


40 posted on 09/24/2006 2:07:13 PM PDT by em2vn
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