Carl Bernstein says his new book “A Woman In Charge” shows Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton as someone who “camouflages” her real self for political gain. But the ultimate pettiness of the excerpts released so far only proves Mr. Bernstein is the latest writer to go to the Clinton well for a bucket of cash and that Senator Clinton may be more like average people than Bernstein wants to admit.
The following are “revelations” from an interview Bernstein did with TODAY host Matt Lauer on Friday, as written in an MSNBC article.
To tell the story of Hillary Rodham Clinton’s journey from a humble childhood marked by abuse at home to the White House, and later the U.S. Senate, Bernstein talked to about 200 close friends and advisers to the Clintons. Bernstein said he learned a lot about Hillary Clinton, including steps she took to try to silence the various women linked to her husband throughout his political career.
Translation: Hillary Clinton, like many women throughout history, attempted to protect her philandering husband’s career by pressuring various women to not kiss and tell. GASP!!!
“There’s not a sex act mentioned in this book,” he added. “What is important is Hillary savaging the women he was with, forgiving Bill repeatedly throughout their married life, but not forgiving the women he was with.”
Translation: Hillary Clinton is a terrible person for doing what many people do in cases of adultery – forgiving the spouse and blaming the extramarital partner – sometimes repeatedly. If you’ve never been in such a situation, you really can’t judge. Again, GASP!!
The author goes on to disclose, among other things, that Bill Clinton fell in love with another woman while becoming a rising political star in Arkansas, and quotes insiders who say Hillary Clinton wouldn’t give him a divorce.
Translation: Oh… my… God! You mean Hillary actually didn’t want a divorce??? GASP!!
Bernstein said “A Woman in Charge” offers readers numerous revelations, including the fact that Hillary Rodham shocked her friends when she failed the Washington, D.C., bar exam.
TRANSLATION: Hillary Clinton joins a long list of people, including JFK, Jr. and Kathleen Sullivan, Stanford Law School’s former dean and a renowned attorney, who have failed the bar exam. It’s been estimated that almost half of the country’s bar examinees fail their state’s bar exam each year.
Further, the fact Clinton failed her bar exam the first time is not a revelation.
Philippe Reines, Hillary Clinton’s spokesman, dismissed the relevance of Bernstein’s work, saying the book is intended to make the Clintons look bad for profit, yet again. Lauer said Reines told TODAY: “Is it possible to be quoted yawning? This is an author’s agenda to take an old story and rehash for cash.”
Translation: Same old shit.
There are many legitimate beefs people can have with Senator Hillary Clinton on matters of politics and policy. But a respectable writer’s
90s style rightwing slash and burn smear tactics, and the left’s embrace of them, really do nothing to further his reputation or cause. In fact, this book may just tarnish them.