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The Great Whitewater Fiasco

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It's too bad this book is out of print. You should try to order it used or see if your library has it. Gross writes with a very no nonsense style. He didn't try to win a writing prize with this book like James Stewart did with his Whitewater book. And, of course, Gross isn't a hard core Clinton apologist/worshipper like Gene Lyons and Joe Conason. This book explains the relationship between the Clintons and the McDougals, goes through the task of explaining the transactions, and by the end of the book leading the reader to conclude that Whitewater, contrary to Clinton supporters, was a scandal that should have dethroned their king.

Well written and a must read for the Clinton scholar. Makes even more sense today with the Clintons making millions of dollars speaking and writing. In their Arkansas days they used every legal and nonlegal loophole to make money hand over foot and win every election except one. That loss convinced President Clinton that money buys elections, and this book explains their investments and federal guaranteed loans. The author gives solutions to the money problem in politics but of course none of them have been implemented so nothing has changed since Whitewater. Money buys votes.