Posted on 06/24/2003 4:16:57 PM PDT by doug from upland
This item, written by Bob Parks, first appeared in The Washington Dispatch.
The book is out and the media hype is in full swing. But only a Clinton would try to sell us something other than that which we already know. ''Living History'' is fiction.
People are expected to pay $28 plus tax to hear her feelings. There are some that think she has none, and those who think this is fabric softener for a presidential run but I think the grand dame believes her ''History'' will rewrite it. For those of us who don’t like or trust her and are subsequently dubbed ''Hillary Haters,'' she’s just reminding us about the many chapters we hoped to leave behind. Clintons just love to get in our face.
Personally I don’t think she wrote the book. We know of at least three ghost writers involved, and Hillary supposedly stumbled when Barbara Walters asked about certain parts of her own memoirs. I admit my partisanship and believe this is just another Clinton hustle. Stay tuned for Bill’s book, coming soon….
I was asked why do so many people hate her? Although I think the word ''hate'' is a little strong, let me be specific and I’ll avoid the salacious. I could care less if she was doing Vince Foster. I could care less if she’s bisexual. I just look at her conduct while being a public official, and since she announced herself co-president after 48% of the nation voted only for Bill, the scrutiny is appropriate.
Like her husband, Hillary thinks she’s just too damn important for us to go too long without her. Anything involving a Clinton comes with a price, or in this case a price tag. After all, she is the ''smartest woman in the world.''
And for starters, didn’t Hillary and her friends have a cow about Newt Gingrich receiving a much smaller book advance while he was a Speaker of the House?
Anyway…
Back To The Futures
Hillary has not--and won’t--ever explain her stock prowess. To this day, many economists questioned how Mrs. Clinton beat 250 million to one odds when one day she invested $1000 in the cattle futures market. Within a few days that $1000 became $5000. She cashed in later when she earned close to $100,000.
I doubt she’ll give any free tips away in her book.
The R Files
To this day, ''nobody'' knows how the 900 FBI files of Republicans wound up in the Clinton White House. And funny, even when all knew they were in there, the Clintons never gave them back. It was never an option. It was if they were entitled to them. (The word “entitlement” never seems to be too far from a Clinton.)
The way politics is played in Washington, no one will ever know if the files were put to good use, but maybe the fact they were there was a reminder that the Clintons weren’t your average First Couple. You are dealing with Arkansas banana republic wannabes who will do anything for power, including screw with their enemies because they can.
The Travel Office
Hillary was directly involved with this fiasco.
In any business, when people moves into a top management position, they sometimes opt to bring in their own people. It's a common practice, to be sure. It just ends with some people being transferred to other departments with very few negative results.
But what good is having power if you can’t let everyone know just how much you have? The Clintons wanted to bring in their own people, in this case Hollywood producer Harry Thomason and friends for the Travel Office. That’s the office that coordinates flights for the press corps and entourage of the President. A choice gig.
But instead of transferring the present staff of the Travel Office to different places in the federal government, White House memos say Hillary had them all fired. Then to justify the firing, the FBI was ''called in'' to investigate the office staff and hit some with serious criminal charges.
One of those charged was Billy Dale. A jury cleared him in two hours: the time it takes to have a box of donuts and coffees all around for everyone while ''deliberating.''
When the Congress investigated the FBI files and Travel Office matters, Hillary testified saying ''I don’t recall'' or something like that over 3,700 times.
Yet, she can get $8 million for writing memoirs. Sick.
Run for the Money, Two for the Show
When Hillary decided she would run for the United States Senate, she entered the race when an opening occurred in New York. (Senator Daniel Patrick Moynahan announced his retirement.) Although she was born in Illinois, and spent most of her recent life in Arkansas, she opted for the cash-soaked media mecca of The Big Apple.
Nita Lowey stated her intention to run for that seat, as she was one of the senior New York congresspersons. After a few talks with some of Hillary’s people, Nita changes her mind. Hillary will run unopposed for the Democrat nomination. A pattern emerges where people are expected to get out the way for Hillary.
Remember during the New York Senate debate against Republican Rick Lazio, when he walked over to her podium and asked her to sign a pledge not to use illegal soft money during the campaign?
The feminists and morning show anchorettes lost their minds. The paper Lazio asked Mrs. Clinton to sign was called a ''weapon'' thrust at a defenseless woman. Lazio ''invaded her space.'' All this about the woman we are constantly reminded is tough as nails, cool as the other side of the pillow, and the smartest in the world.
One minute she’s an amazon warrior, now she’s as soft as her PhotoShop-retouched book cover. She now wants our understanding and tears, and we should have to pay her for them.
If you love Hillary, you’ll love her book. If you don’t love Hillary, the eight million bucks will seem like another huge Clinton payday. I’m just hoping I see the day when crime officially doesn’t pay, lies are rewarded with revulsion and not admiration, and the Clintons are seen for who they are.
Then I will be happy to be “Living History”.
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Bob Parks is a former Republican congressional candidate (California 24th District), Navy veteran, dad, graphic designer, producer/composer, and New England Patriots fan. You can e-mail him at feedback@washingtondispatch.com.
If Mrs. Bill (the rapist) Clinton actually had superior intellect,
she would have printed her book on rolls of toilet paper.
She would have sold millions of copies at three rolls for a dollar,
and it would have wound up where all socialist best sellers belong,
floating in the sewer with similar waste material.
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