Buckley: Who wrote Hillary's book?

Townhall.com ^ | 6-2-03 | William F. Buckley

[Ready4Freddy]

"One critic on television deems it outrageous ..."

O'Reilly, I guess. He thinks everything's outrageous. Even when provided with a list of several other 'authors' whose books were written by others (Bennett, for one), O just couldn't let go.

[the_Watchman]

Newsmen have "slow news days". I suppose this essay demonstrates that columnists have "slow issues days".

[Ruth A.]

She is a very clear and learned lady and is very discriminating, save possibly when at the wedding altar.

That was the best line of the piece. Oh, well, I was hoping for better.

[Bonaparte]

I have to vehemently disagree with Buckley. If HC didn't write her "autobiography," that needs to be made clear. But looking at its listing at Amazon, she is cited as the sole author, which is a lie, probably just the first of many for that book.

[SMEDLEYBUTLER]

Buckley

[PJ-Comix]

Time magazine didn't give the names of the writers of its stories.

Interesting note here. For several years the Religion writer at Time was Whittaker Chambers. And he is believed to have been the best writer Time had. I can believe that after reading his AMAZING autobiography, Witness.

[Howlin]

If HC didn't write her "autobiography," that needs to be made clear.

I saw that woman on Fox who use to have a show there -- Judith Reagan ??? -- who is also a publisher. She said that to even to discuss bidding on the book, you had to sign a confidentiality agreement -- and she indicated that that is pretty much standard fare with ANY dealings with Hillary.

She also said Rush doesn't write his books.

[PGalt]

Buckley is an apologist for the non-specific, the subjective, the insulation of propagandists. Pathetic.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

I am deeply saddened that Senator Clinton failed to miserably in acknowledging the writer of her book.

[Ready4Freddy]

"She said that to even to discuss bidding on the book, you had to sign a confidentiality agreement -- and she indicated that that is pretty much standard fare with ANY dealings with Hillary."

Actually, Regan indicated that confidentiality agreements are standard fare in the industry, period, esp for autobiographies. O was trying to spin it for all he was worth, her Rush & Bennett comments lowered the rpms just a bit. Wonder what his umbrage will be focused upon this week.....

[whereasandsoforth]

I don't buy that "Rush doesn't write his books". I read both of Limbaugh's books. They read exactly like he speaks. That cannot be faked. What would be the point? Rush would have to edit every line anyway. It's just another jab to discredit the honor of someone on the opposite side from someone like Hilary Clinton. Rush is an entertainer in print or on the air. Hilary is a bore from the minute she gets up in the morning until long after she is asleep at night.

[Petronski]

More important than who created the thing is who will destroy it: who will get the lucrative contract to pulp all the unsold copies?

[LanPB01]

I don't think it would be too hard to mimic the speech patterns of most radio personalities in print if you listened to them long enough. Rush isn't aired in my area, but I listen to Hannity almost daily. If I was going to write a book for him, I'd use the term, "At the end of the day" every time I was having to defend a position I wasn't really comfortable with, and just throw around the term, "You've got to believe" with impunity. It would also be more believable if I could find some way to fit 150 pages of ads into a 100 page book. I like Hannity's show, but sometimes I'm convinced he's cramming more ads into an hour than is physically possible.

[Pablo64]

She probably had Jayson Blair write most of it for her. ;)

[robertpaulsen]

"If HC didn't write her "autobiography," that needs to be made clear."

Exactly. Call it what it is -- an authorized biography.

[randita]

I don't buy that "Rush doesn't write his books". I read both of Limbaugh's books. They read exactly like he speaks.

The writer could have used transcripts of Rush's shows, condensed and edited them and there you have the book.

[TroutStalker]

For hillary, it takes a village to write a book.

[Howlin]

I'll take a publisher's word for it. BTW, O'Reilly agreed with her.

[cgk]

Thank you. I actually searched by title before posting, as I prefer not to step on toes. I checked that article at the link you provided and it is titled differently, perhaps by Yahoo?