The Truth About Hillary: What She Knew, When She Knew It, and How Far She'll Go to Become President (Paperback)

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Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Reading this book-instead of just the pre-pub discussion around it-makes one thing perfectly clear: it will not, as has been hoped or feared, do for any Clinton presidential campaign what Unfit For Command did for the Kerry one. This clip & paste job by a former editor of the New York Times magazine is unlikely to change a single mind, let alone vote-to paraphrase the political commentator, conservative Tucker Carlson, readers who already hate lightning-rod Clinton know why they hate her. Those who like her won't find their minds changed by any of the ersatz revelations in this ultimately uninteresting book. Klein, also the author of several books about the Kennedys, conducted some live interviews for this one, but he also borrowed liberally (pun intended) from dozens of published books and articles. What "news" he turns up is too minor to make even Entertainment Tonight: the former First Lady drinks decaffeinated coffee, likes to sleep late in the morning (unlike her early-riser husband) and is self conscious about her thick legs. Oh, and as a Wellesley student in the 1970s, she had lesbian friends and didn't shave her legs or underarms. Klein seems intent on rehashing the rehash in this too-boring-to-even-be-execrable title. While glossing over such provocative-and substantive-Clinton issues as Whitewater, Travel-gate and Vince Foster's suicide, he concentrates nearly half of his 250 pages on-you guessed it-Monica Lewinsky. His central point: Hillary wasn't surprised, as she wrote in her memoir Living History, by an early morning confession from Bill about Monica. She had in fact known about the president's chronic womanizing-and Monica specifically-for some time. Her "wronged wife" act was just that: spin to garner sympathy for her own political ends. It's certainly true that Hillary came through the Monica mess as a more sympathetic character to many voters, but I don't remember Clinton so much as cultivating a wronged wife image as having one thrust upon her by the media. And in any case, who cares? There's no doubt that the Lewinsky affair was embarrassing and hurtful to the then-First Lady; she neither created nor enjoyed it. Besides, who hasn't put a different face on painful personal behavior that somehow went public? Another of Klein's points is that Hillary is ambitious-and that in her quest for power, she has put off lots of people including, he says, the revered late New York senator, Daniel Patrick Moynihan and his campaign manager wife, Liz. (Moynihan's daughter has denied any problems in her parents' relationship with the senator.) Again, the word that comes to mind is "Duh." I'd be tempted to pull out that old saw about how if Clinton were a man, "ambitious" would be a compliment, but since she's a woman, it's a synonym for that word that rhymes with "rich." I'd do that, but that would be too Klein-ian of me: superficial, clichéd and gender obsessed. But maybe I'm wrong about one thing: perhaps The Truth will change some votes. After reading it, those who've been tepid about the senator might indeed rally around her. After all, Klein makes it clear that any time someone tries to humiliate her publicly, she somehow manages to come out on top. -Sara Nelson.
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Product Description

The most controversial and hotly debated bestseller of the year — read it, and discover the truth for yourself

The Truth About Hillary was viciously attacked by the liberal media, because it revealed how the most prominent Democrat in America has lied, bullied, cheated, and manipulated people in her quest to become our first woman president.

Who is the real Hillary Rodham Clinton? She’s a feminist, yet she rode to power on her husband’s coattails. She’s strong and assertive, yet she has put up with decades of infidelity. She inspires fierce loyalty, yet she frequently stabs her followers in the back. She’s a liberal, yet she’s pretending to be a moderate.

This edition includes a fascinating new foreword about Edward Klein’s head-on collision with the Clinton machine and its allies.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Sentinel Trade (May 30, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1595230238
• ISBN-13: 978-1595230232
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (464 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #776,744 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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16 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hillary pilloried, rightly so, August 1, 2005

By	Joseph A. Stoll - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The Truth About Hillary: What She Knew, When She Knew It, and How Far She'll Go to Become President (Hardcover)

This is the true story of half of the Clinton crookedness that has been apparent for years, but has been successfully submerged by their machine.
This is an excellent book, written by a well regarded author. Mainstream media attempts to discredit him, and it is apparent they are sadly "in the pocket" or at least on the side of, the Clinton machine.

85 of 116 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Edward Klein: Right Winger?, June 21, 2005

By	P. Hennessy "redheaded_dude" (Austin, TX USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The Truth About Hillary: What She Knew, When She Knew It, and How Far She'll Go to Become President (Hardcover)

Edward Klein is a former reporter for the New York Times Magazine and foreign editor for Newsweek. Neither of these publications could be considered "Right Wing". So perhaps, just maybe, this book actually contains the truth about Hillary! Either that, or Howard Dean has enlisted Klein as part of a vast left wing conspiracy.

88 of 122 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Have you read the book?, June 20, 2005

By	Charles Lawrence (Irvine, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The Truth About Hillary: What She Knew, When She Knew It, and How Far She'll Go to Become President (Hardcover)

Why are there already "reviews" or even low (or high - I had to select one to post this question) stars, if the book has not even come out? Try reading it first, people!