Posted on 06/01/2008 11:29:28 AM PDT by vietvet67
The Office of President Bill Clinton responded with fury Sunday to a Vanity Fair article that attacks the former president and suggests he is out of control personally and consumed by “cavernous narcissism.”
The article, which hits newsstands next week, was distributed to the media and online in advance of its publication. The author, Todd Purdum, has covered Clinton for 16 years. He is married to former Clinton Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers. “A tawdry, anonymous quote-filled attack piece, published in this month’s Vanity Fair magazine regarding former President Bill Clinton repeats many past attacks on him, ignores much prior positive coverage, includes numerous errors, and ultimately breaks no new ground. It is, in short, journalism of personal destruction at its worst,” reads a statement from the office of the president.
“Though (Purdum) researched the piece for several months, his first contact with President Clinton’s office was several weeks before he closed the story. Most revealing is one simple fact: President Clinton has helped save the lives of 1,300,000 people in his post-presidency, and Vanity Fair couldn’t find time to talk to even one of them for comment,” the statement continues, along with several pages of argument refuting the article’s main points.
Purdum suggests that in the years since Clinton left the White House $12 million in debt, he has been caught up in a world of rich friends, adoring fans and borrowed jets. The article quotes one former aide calling Clinton’s current associates like billionaire Ron Burkle and movie producer Stephen Bing “radioactive.”
The aide says Clinton’s associates are compounding worries that the 61-year-old former president is running with a fast crowd
(Excerpt) Read more at elections.foxnews.com ...
And so the worm turns.
Let’s see. The article tells us that Bill Clinton is a womanizer, has an uncontrollable lust for power, is given to bouts of rage at perceived slights, and likes to associate with people who have lots of money.
Like Scott McClellan’s book, this article tells us absolutely nothing new.
Clintoon’s just jealous because the left has found a new love interest in Obama. And I find it funny they are now calling him out on his flaws. Narcissist he is and he’s obviously finding this election very difficult indeed.
“President Clinton has helped save the lives of 1,300,000 people in his post-presidency,...”
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Let’s see a picture of the finger.
This is a great article.
Would that they had the courage to publish it in 1997; they’re despicable cowards.
Will they now at least admit that we were right about him?
Read the article.
Printing it out as we speak because it sums up willie to a T.
Ahhhh, they can’t stand it when the tables are turned on them can they? Saving this article for posterity.
People in the Mid South have known these facts to be true for over 30 years, just the names and places differ.
THIS JUST IN: WATER IS WET. Details at 11.
I cannot but think that this is a backdoor attack to ding Hillary as the press has declared the messiah Obama the winner.
Sure he did....
Saved the lives of 1,300,000 people?? What is he, the world’s busiest lifeguard?
“President Clinton has helped save the lives of 1,300,000 people in his post-presidency,...”This is the spin from Bill's office, which just goes to illustrate the accuracy of the article.
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“President Clinton has helped save the lives of 1,300,000 people in his post-presidency,”
President Bush has not done much in his second term but any lives saved should go into his credit column.
Are they nuts?
Sw, don’t miss this article either.
“Mid-South” ;-) And that is where I grew up.
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