Absolute Power: The Legacy of Corruption in the Clinton-Reno Justice Department [Paperback]

David Limbaugh (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 18, 2002

Now in paperback for the first time, "Absolute Power" is the bestselling account of corruption and abuse in the Clinton administration. Attorney and political commentator Limbaugh chronicles the sordid history, of abuse within the Justice Department, from Waco to Elian-including Travelgate, Chinagate, and Monicagate.

Product Details

• Paperback: 385 pages
• Publisher: Regnery Publishing (September 18, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0895261472
• ISBN-13: 978-0895261472
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.1 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (41 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,402,400 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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172 of 188 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A scathing indictment of the Clinton-Reno Justice Department, April 14, 2001

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Joseph H Pierre "Joe Pierre" (Salem, OR USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Absolute Power: The Legacy of Corruption in the Clinton-Reno Justice Department (Hardcover)

After reading "The Secret Life of Bill Clinton," by British newsman Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, and "Unlimited Access: An FBI Agent Inside the Whitehouse," by Gary Aldrich--both of which I have reviewed here--I thought nothing further need be said to demonstrate the depths of depravity to which Bill Clinton's administration could sink. I was wrong!

This book, "Absolute Power," by David Limbaugh carries the saga of corruption, degeneracy and wantonness even further.

Beginning with the debacle of rogue federal agencies' slaughter of nearly 100 men, women and children at Waco, Texas, in February of 1993 under the direction of the federal Department of Justice, the book next details the federal attack on the tobacco industry, supposedly to retrieve taxpayer's money, spent on tobacco's victims by Medicare, Medicaid and the armed forces--ignoring the fact that smokers as a group, because of their early deaths, SAVE the government huge amounts of money they would have cost Social Security--an amount estimated at $29 billion a year by the Congressional Research Service. The Clinton Administration also ignored the fact that those very socialist programs--Medicare and Medicaid, costly as they are, were put in place by a previous Democrat administration: that of Lyndon Johnson, and that it is not a constitutional function of the United States government to provide for, or insure, American citizens' health needs, and that those very programs have increased the costs of medical care to the public in this country exponentially. Also ignored is the fact that government, through its taxation, derives more profit from the sale of cigarettes than do the tobacco companies themselves.

I'm not personally a smoker, but I am a shooter, and it was under the Clinton-Gore Administration that the same deplorable attacks by the government were begun on another completely legal industry--which makes a product protected, in fact, in the Constitution itself--the firearms manufacturers. So far, thankfully, those attacks are being rebuffed by the courts, but not without cost to the industry.

Then Limbaugh details the sorry spectacle of the White House Travel Office firings, in Bill and Hillary Clinton's effort to replace it with some of their Arkansas and Hollywood cronies. A debacle that encouraged William Safire to refer to Hillary Clinton as a "congenital liar."

In a chapter titled, "The Mother of All Scandals," the infamous campaign finance scandal is dealt with, with its sorry tale of illegal foreign campaign contributions, money laundering, and lax security of military secrets.

"With Janet Reno providing legal cover, the Clinton-Gore administration was able to do all this, and more, with impunity," says Limbaugh. This is a comprehensive, case-by-case critique of the Clinton Justice Department, and by extension the Clinton Administration, beginning with the firing of all 93 United States attorneys, simultaneously, when Reno took office--thereby signaling the total politicization of perhaps the most important agency of the executive branch of our government.

With any luck, this will be the last of the books that detail one of the sorriest episodes in U.S. history. We can hope that the amoral Bill Clinton is past history now, and that Hillary will turn out to be a flash-in-the-pan and fail to be re-elected, even in New York, and that we can move on.

I, for one, would like simply to be able to forget them, for they have shamed us.

But, this is an important book. It demonstrates that James Madison, who wrote the Constitution, was right when he said, "In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty is this: You must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself."

The great weakness of our system is that it depends upon the wisdom of the people to select leaders who are moral, honest, and who put the good of the nation first. In Bill Clinton, we failed to do that.

Joseph H. Pierre, USN (Ret.)

56 of 63 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Must Read for Anyone Studying the Clinton Presidency, May 24, 2001

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Jared M. Nordblom (Bloomington, IN United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Absolute Power: The Legacy of Corruption in the Clinton-Reno Justice Department (Hardcover)

David Limbaugh's "Absolute Power" is a must have for anyone interested in obtaining the complete picture of Clinton's manipulation, with the help of Janet Reno,of the Justice Department.

Contrary to what I thought when I bought this book, it is not simply an op-ed piece on the Clinton-Reno Justice Department. Instead, it is a thoroughly researched, dispassionate exposition on corruption at the highest level. While Mr. Limbaugh is a known conservative, he nevertheless went to great lengths to be unbiased, and was successful. Thus, those who disagree with his ideology cannot, in good conscience, dismiss him as simply another "right wing radical."

From Waco to Elian Gonzalez, Mr. Limbaugh presents irrefutable evidence that:

-Janet Reno grossly mishandled the Waco incident

-The Justice Department manipulated the law in order to declare war on the tobacco industry, even though there was no basis to do so

-Clinton and Reno did anything and everything within their power to unlawfully discredit Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr, who was later vindicated after impeachment

-Campaign finance laws were repeatedly broken by Clinton and Gore, while the Justice Department successfuly quashed any attempts to bring Clinton and Gore to justice

-Clinton and Reno usurped the power of the courts and did not follow protocol in order to return Elian Gonzalez to his father

Mr. Limbaugh takes great care in presenting accuracy, liberally using citations to back up his arguments. Be that as it may, this is a book that cannot be ignored if a complete education on the Clinton presidency is to be obtained, regardless of political leanings.

101 of 118 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Reno's JUST-US Department, March 9, 2001

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S. Johnson - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Absolute Power: The Legacy of Corruption in the Clinton-Reno Justice Department (Hardcover)

I received and read David Limbaugh's book today. Those familiar with his column will appreciate David's ability to synthesize and analyze events that have faded from our memory as time passes. Absolute Power is a disturbing tour of the trashing of the dignity of the White House and the complicity of the DOJ. The departing theft of White House property and bartering of pardons should surprise no one after reading David's book. Absolute Power is also a personal motivation to get on my knees and thank God for George W. Bush and John Ashcroft. Character at the top, after all, does matter greatly. Democrats reading this book, especially those in leadership, would do well to drop their defenses and soberly examine their own complicity of silence (or worse).