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May 25, 2003 -- CONSERVATIVE Washington insiders are lining up to give Sidney Blumenthal a kick in the pants over his latest tome, "The Clinton Wars." Blumenthal is a former White House communications strategist for Bill Clinton. His book - in which he exhaustively attempts to bolster the Clintons' "vast right-wing conspiracy" theory - charges that gay writer David Brock, once a right-wing hero, was "excommunicated" from conservative power circles after complaining about anti-homosexual statements made by columnist Gary Aldrich. "Conservatives in Washington, led by a lobbyist, Craig Shirley, bruited it about that Brock was failing the cause because he was upset by Aldrich's gay-bashing," Blumenthal writes. Shirley - whose public-relations firm, Shirley & Bannister, reps books by Aldrich as well as Ann Coulter and Katherine Harris - begs to differ. "Knowing his behavior over many years and knowing his obsession with the 'vast right-wing conspiracy,' I can say that Sidney Blumenthal is a deeply disturbed paranoiac in need of clinical assistance," Shirley tells PAGE SIX's Ian Spiegelman. In a letter to Blumenthal, Shirley refers to the book as "your latest love paean to Bill and Hillary," charging, "That you did not source the charge or have the decency to call me to verify it proves you have no interest in the truth." The missive continues, "I don't want a retraction because, frankly, I don't care what you write or think . . . except when you deliberately write falsehoods. I suspect most of Washington shares this opinion. "For the record, I never said anything about David Brock's lifestyle as you falsely charge, nor did I ever hear any other conservatives take notice. Who was your source? Stephen Glass? Jayson Blair?" "He made it up, that's all," Shirley insists. "This guy lives in La-La Land." Asked if he's read the whole book, Shirley says, "I've thumbed through it, but it's like sticking your head in the sewer - I already know what's down there."
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Buddy web sites quickly exploded in cyberspace. (Socks web sites, too, Socks would add.) Mrs. clinton, a long-time adherent of synergistic exploitation, "authored" an instant book about three groups favored for exploitation by the clintons: dogs, cats and children. "Dear Socks, Dear Buddy: Kids' Letters to the First Pets" was published by the clintons' personal agitprop-and-money-laundering machine, Simon & Schuster.
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MIA T, Buddy Death Report Raises More Questions Than It Answers -
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- Bill Clinton is getting $12 million for his memoirs; Hillary is getting $8 million dollars for hers, for a total of $20 million. Not bad for a couple that for eight years swore under oath they couldn't remember anything.
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- YOO-HOO Mrs. clinton
A '68 Mustang is not exculpatory
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- by Mia T, 1-29-03
HALF A HOUSE, HALF A BRAIN:
Why we were compelled to hit on Simon & Schuster,our personal agitprop & money-laundering machine)
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