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Politics : Clinton's Scandals: Is this corruption the worst ever? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: ET who wrote (76)	8/1/1998 10:43:00 PM
From: Catfish	Respond to of 13994

ET, There are several books out that give an account of Clinton's past. Here are two: Boy Clinton : The Political Biography by R. Emmett Jr. Tyrrell Reviews Amazon.com R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr. is the editor-in-chief at the American Spectator. Boy Clinton is his full-length diatribe against the current President of the United States of America. According to Tyrrell, Clinton is "so ambitious, so inexhaustible, so political, as to be a freak even by the standards of Arkansas" (take that, Arkansas) and has run "the most corrupt and incompetent presidency in American history" (and that, Richard Nixon). Clinton is not the only target of Tyrrell's wrath. Ross Perot is another "freak," and the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard is a place where "has-been public figures pulled on their chins and sipped sherry." Depending on where you stand, you'll either find Boy Clinton a scream, or it will make you want to scream. Politics and Current Events Editor's Recommended Book Tyrell, the founder and editor of the aggressively conservative monthly, The American Spectator, can scarcely claim that he came to this subject with an unjaundiced eye. But still, as this book shows, President Clinton's weakness for the "I didn't inhale" approach means there is plenty of historical unraveling work left over even after the President's defenders get done with theirs. Tyrell dissects such specimens as Clinton's shifting accounts of his draft status and his stance on the Gulf War, but probably the most significant exploration here is his foray into the Paula Jones/Troopergate case -- it's hard to read his account of it and not think that there's something to it. amazon.com The Secret Life of Bill Clinton : The Unreported Stories by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard Evans-Pritchard's expos‚ of Arkansas's favorite son is indeed scathing: he documents the then-governor's drug use and consort with prostitutes (primarily in the company of ne'er-do-well brother Roger); innumerable lies to friends, staff members, and the people who empowered him; numerous infidelities; blackmail--the list goes on and on. Evans-Pritchard claims that, because he is not an American citizen, he is not "beholden to any political or financial interest in the United States," and he does not "hang on lips of official sources," nor does he "fear the loss of access in Washington, or the blackball of [his] profession"; in other words, he ain't afraid to call 'em like he sees 'em. And although many of his seemingly wild claims and accusations are substantiated by thorough notes and appendixes following the text (including copies of original FBI documents), you're never quite convinced of the author's theories. Whether or not you come to believe, as Evans-Pritchard does, that "Arkansas was a mini-Colombia within the United States, infested by narco-corruption"; that--because of William Jefferson Clinton--"you can sniff the pungent odors of decay in the American body politic"; that the president's "actions and character ... have engendered the most deadly terrorist movement in the industrialized world," you will most certainly be entertained and enlightened by the dirt this British muckraker has uncovered. You may not be an F.O.B., but after reading this book, you may not mind so much. amazon.com