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Blumenthal's Book Contradicts Hillary's
NewsMax.com ^
| June 4, 2003
| Carl Limbacher
Posted on 06/04/2003 5:43:30 AM PDT by Carl/NewsMax
In her new book "Living History," New York Senator Hillary Clinton says she was so angry after her husband admitted having sex with Monica Lewinsky that she barely spoke to him.
But her account differs sharply from that of her chief defender, Sidney Blumenthal, who says in his own recently released book, "The Clinton Wars," that Bill and Hillary were "bantering" back and forth just two days after the silent treatment supposedly started.
In excerpts of her book covered by the Associated Press, Mrs. Clinton claims that on Aug. 15, 1998, after her husband confessed that his relationship with Lewinsky was "more serious than he had previously acknowledged," she felt "nothing but profound sadness, disappointment and unresolved anger."
"I could barely speak to Bill, and when I did, it was a tirade," the former first lady insists.
But Blumenthal says that on Aug. 17, 1998 - immediately after Mr. Clinton told the nation that he had lied to protect his wife and daughter, the president called him to ask about his reaction to the speech.
After telling Clinton he thought it went "all right," Hillary got on the line. "I told her the same," wrote the former White House aide.
After they spoke, Mrs. Clinton handed the phone to James Carville, who was also on hand to gauge the damage. But Blumenthal says he could still hear the voices of others in the room.
"I could hear the President and Hillary bantering in the background," the top Clinton spinmeister recalled on page 465 of his scandal tome.
Blumenthal says he was relieved to discover that the first couple "were still working as a team."
"Without that, nothing was possible," he said.
Hillary, however, says that she was still giving Bill the cold shoulder even after they left the White House for a vacation on Martha's Vineyard.
"While on the island, she felt 'nothing but profound sadness, disappointment and unresolved anger,'" Mrs. Clinton wrote, according to the AP. "Buddy, the dog, came along to keep Bill company," Hillary claims. "He was the only member of our family who was still willing to."
TOPICS: Breaking News
KEYWORDS: contradicted; hillary; livinghistory; sid; sidblumenthal
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To: Thebaddog
nah..the heliocopter walk was fake clinton drama...If they were down about anything, it was the bad reviews coming in on the monica a speech. Remember, the next day he flew back to kill innocent people in Sudan...
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posted on
06/04/2003 11:19:47 AM PDT
by
y6162
To: alisasny
They didn't ruin the party, they just took the mask off so everyone could see it for what it was. IE, the gig is up.
Snake oil don't sell real well when the public knows it's whiskey.
62
posted on
06/04/2003 11:23:33 AM PDT
by
Havoc
(If you can't be frank all the time are you lying the rest of the time?)
To: y6162
Good point, he did snap back rather fast.
I still like the other story that she decided to run for Senate as a way to get over his screwing around on her. Do you buy that one?
63
posted on
06/04/2003 11:36:21 AM PDT
by
Thebaddog
(Fetch this!)
To: canalabamian
Maybe she had Buddy rubbed out because he sided with Bill.
64
posted on
06/04/2003 11:38:05 AM PDT
by
lowbridge
(Rob: I have a five letter word: F-R-E-E-P. Freep. Jerry: Freep? What's that? -Dick Van Dyke Show)
To: Thebaddog
No, she was one of the closest in the decision making at the time of the Jones deposition, in January of that year, also the time she came up with "Vast Right Wing Conspiracy".
Hillary has really accomplished something. Making Sid look honest. even if only by comparison..lol
65
posted on
06/04/2003 11:40:07 AM PDT
by
hobbes1
( Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "I know everything so you don't have to" ;)
To: Thebaddog
Further from the
WaPO in 1998Indeed, Hillary Clinton has been dealing with questions about her husband's fidelity since before their marriage, when she drove to Fayetteville in 1974 to help him campaign for a congressional seat and, one campaign aide recalled, he often found himself shooing an Arkansas woman out the back door when Hillary was coming in the front.
In his book about the 1992 presidential campaign campaign, Carville recounts being delegated the unhappy task of having to inform Hillary Clinton about the tabloid allegations involving her husband and Gennifer Flowers. Hillary Clinton's first response when she returned his emergency phone call, Carville writes, was simply to inquire, "How is Bill?"
Reports at the time had Hillary Clinton asking another, equally critical question: "Is the mainstream press asking about this?"
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posted on
06/04/2003 11:48:26 AM PDT
by
hobbes1
( Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "I know everything so you don't have to" ;)
To: Maria S
The reason they will never divorce is because they would have to list all the property they have together which would expose the farce that they were just poor white trash until they left the White House.
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posted on
06/04/2003 11:55:50 AM PDT
by
John Lenin
(Government does not solve problems, it subsidizes them)
To: Carl/NewsMax
wow, which liar do we believe...
68
posted on
06/04/2003 3:04:29 PM PDT
by
isom35
To: OldFriend
Certainly Chelsea never stopped being daddy's little girl.
Even after he was found unalive in Ft Marcy Park??? (/sarcasm)
To: Carl/NewsMax
Hard to argue who is not telling the truth here; my bet is neither of them. Hillary and Sid are both experienced and talented self-serving liars. . .
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posted on
06/04/2003 4:40:31 PM PDT
by
cricket
To: Carl/NewsMax
And ... Susan Estrich was right - all the Clintons are doing is SUCKING UP ALL THE OXYGEN.
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posted on
06/04/2003 5:02:21 PM PDT
by
CyberAnt
( America - You Are The Greatest!!)
To: Carl/NewsMax
sidney would be wise to avoid private aircraft and walks in the park.
To: Carl/NewsMax
Anyone that gets too close to the Clintoons that could shed light on their dirty linen gets axed, dogs no exception.
To: cyncooper
Ahhh...poor ol' Buddy. I forgot about him. Now that you mention it, I do remember them asking for the citizens to submit names for him, and named him "Buddy" anyway. They must have had a focus group and taken a poll...
"So fake at the time I could choke on it."
Now, I remember feeling the same way at the time.
There is so much of this kind of stuff that it's hard to remember everything.
I'm not gonna even mention Chelsea...
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posted on
06/04/2003 7:53:41 PM PDT
by
dixiechick2000
(I live in my own little world. But it's OK. They know me here.)
To: cyncooper
"According to Stephanopoulos, the Clintons canceled dinner plans that night because, Hillary said, they had to "clean closets." Uh huh...
riiiiight...
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posted on
06/04/2003 7:55:40 PM PDT
by
dixiechick2000
(I live in my own little world. But it's OK. They know me here.)
To: Carl/NewsMax
I'm thinking this same old sordid sorry sex story of the dysfunctional Clintons that the dear little sweet sanctimonious woman, Mrs. Clinton, is expecting us to think she had to endure is becoming ridiculously as small insignificant a story as was the silly presidency of her husband.
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posted on
06/04/2003 8:38:59 PM PDT
by
harpo11
(Godspeed Brave USA Troops! My Families Thoughts and Prayers are Being Sent to YOU! "Job Well Done!)
To: dixiechick2000
Yes, Buddy, named after a favorite Uncle. LOL!
To: ShandaLear
ROTFLOL!
Those silly clintoons...
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posted on
06/04/2003 9:44:22 PM PDT
by
dixiechick2000
(I live in my own little world. But it's OK. They know me here.)
To: TheRedSoxWinThePennant
That's been my thought since I heard Sidney's book contradicts her heinous' book.....hope he has good body guards.
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posted on
06/04/2003 9:58:53 PM PDT
by
goodnesswins
(FR - the truth, and nothing but the truth.........getting to the bottom of journalistic bias.)
To: goodnesswins
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posted on
06/05/2003 3:06:08 AM PDT
by
ppaul
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