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The Hunting of Hillary
The Hunting of Hillary recounts the true history of the “vast right-wing conspiracy” — as Hillary Clinton herself once famously described it — that sought to bring her down along with her husband when he was president. Drawn from the pages of The Hunting of the The Ten-Year Campaign to Destroy Bill and Hillary Clinton, a national bestseller, this new e-book is focused on her ordeal and ultimate vindication.
The story begins, like so many American political narratives, on the front page of the New York Times, which publishes the very first article about the Whitewater real estate development during the heat of the 1992 presidential primaries. Lacking basic facts, let alone substance or proof, it soon fades away.
But that single example of skewed reporting eventually explodes into sustained national hysteria – and unscrupulous figures swiftly emerge from the swamps of Arkansas, the halls of Congress, the federal courts, and the nation’s most respected newsrooms to exploit the burgeoning “scandal." A pioneering woman attorney in a male-dominated profession, Hillary Clinton suddenly sees her hard-won achievements turned into a partisan weapon against her and her family.
While the Office of Independent Counsel sought the means to prosecute her, and Republicans in Congress convened hearings to condemn her, a network of operatives known as the Arkansas Project secretly plotted to influence the courts and the media against her, using millions of dollars – “dark money” – provided by a right-wing billionaire. Withering attacks on her character proliferated across every platform, from talk radio behemoth Rush Limbaugh’s insinuations blaming Hillary for the “murder” of her former law partner Vince Foster, to New York Times columnist William Safire’s repeated predictions that she was soon destined for conviction and imprisonment.
The names and details may be different, but the same machinery that defamed Hillary Clinton two decades ago is still grinding away. The parallels to the present are stunning – and the stakes are at least as high as in 1996.
The Hunting of Hillary includes a new introduction by authors Joe Conason and Gene Lyons, and a “Where Are They Now?” appendix about the story’s main characters. It is available free of charge to subscribers to The National Memo (www.nationalmemo.com).
The story begins, like so many American political narratives, on the front page of the New York Times, which publishes the very first article about the Whitewater real estate development during the heat of the 1992 presidential primaries. Lacking basic facts, let alone substance or proof, it soon fades away.
But that single example of skewed reporting eventually explodes into sustained national hysteria – and unscrupulous figures swiftly emerge from the swamps of Arkansas, the halls of Congress, the federal courts, and the nation’s most respected newsrooms to exploit the burgeoning “scandal." A pioneering woman attorney in a male-dominated profession, Hillary Clinton suddenly sees her hard-won achievements turned into a partisan weapon against her and her family.
While the Office of Independent Counsel sought the means to prosecute her, and Republicans in Congress convened hearings to condemn her, a network of operatives known as the Arkansas Project secretly plotted to influence the courts and the media against her, using millions of dollars – “dark money” – provided by a right-wing billionaire. Withering attacks on her character proliferated across every platform, from talk radio behemoth Rush Limbaugh’s insinuations blaming Hillary for the “murder” of her former law partner Vince Foster, to New York Times columnist William Safire’s repeated predictions that she was soon destined for conviction and imprisonment.
The names and details may be different, but the same machinery that defamed Hillary Clinton two decades ago is still grinding away. The parallels to the present are stunning – and the stakes are at least as high as in 1996.
The Hunting of Hillary includes a new introduction by authors Joe Conason and Gene Lyons, and a “Where Are They Now?” appendix about the story’s main characters. It is available free of charge to subscribers to The National Memo (www.nationalmemo.com).
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148 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2015
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Joe Conason
16 books55 followersJoe Conason is an award winning political journalist and author. His best-selling titles illuminate the mendacity and malice in American Politics.
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July 5, 2016Wow....my feelings about Hillary have changed after reading this and seeing that the accusers are either liars or felons...None of the earlier stuff they were accused of could be proven...even by right wing, conservative lawyers or prosecutors!!!! So I feel better about voting for Hillary come November.
April 19, 2016
Conservatives despised this strong woman in the 90s, and they despise her now.
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