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High Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Case Against Bill Clinton
by: Ann Coulter |
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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 351 EAN: 9780895261137 ISBN: 0895261138 Label: Regnery Publishing, Inc. Manufacturer: Regnery Publishing, Inc. Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 358 Publication Date: 2002-10 Publisher: Regnery Publishing, Inc. Studio: Regnery Publishing, Inc.
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  - Ann's First Book Digs Deep Into the ClintonsBottom Line: A Harsh and Detailed Indictment of President Clinton's Behavior What You Will Learn: Too much about the President's personal behavior and a lot about the early mistakes made by the Clinton's. To me the interesting question, when reading the details of Whitewater, Filegate and the Lewinsky Affairs, is what Mrs. Clinton learned from these painful experiences. My bet is a lot - and that these rookie mistakes and lapses won't be repeated if there is a second Clinton Presidency. Parting Shot: Have to give Anne her due, she is a relentless researcher and a skilled writer - this is one side of the story, bluntly told. Rating:  - A criminal gets a pass (and elected president....twice!!!)In "High Crimes and Misdemeanors" Ann Coulter details the Crimes and Peccadilloes that illustrate Bill Clinton's disregard for the law and apparent contempt for the fairer sex. I have followed Mr. Clinton's crimes quite closely over the years but this book left me wondering if the country's left wingers and liberal mainstream media spent the '90s in a parallel universe. If you have enjoyed any of Ms. Coulter's other books this one will not disappoint. Ms. Coulter has few peers in the world of political punditry. Rating: - Makes Watergate look like Childs PlayAnn Coulter examines the term "high crimes and misdemeanors" in the context of English common law and the intentions of the framers of the United States Constitution. She discusses the Monica Lewinsky affair, the White House Travel Office, Whitewater, Vince Foster, and fundraising issues that she contends call for impeachment of President Bill Clinton. And when you look at what is considered an impeachable event, President Clinton has a long line of them. It is amazing he was able to keep the office when he actually committed purgery under oath numerous times and all Nixon did was lie once, while not under oath, and the Watergate break-in was not performed by anyone on his White House staff. No one has ever dragged the Presidency to such a disgustingly low level in our history. As if lying about inhaling pot and dodging the draft didn't tell us what kind of person we were dealing with, he tops it all off by betraying his wife and disgracing his Office by having a young page perform sexual acts on him in the Oval Office. The shameful lack of condemnation from various Liberal factions speaks volumes about their collective integrity, but I have come to expect this from liberals. Coulter lays out all the facts that shows that our ex-President on this issue, which was a double moral outrage, but also on major concerns such as Whitewater. Our forefathers expected the President to be a shinning example of integrity for the country. They would all have called for Clintons impeachment on a long list of "high crimes and misdemeanors." Rating: - You will be glad you read it, even if you disagree.I will begin with criticisms of High Crimes & Misdemeanors. These are nagging little criticisms I make because the points I'll allude to are the sorts of things that would make me roll my eyes a little, or excuse myself for a couple of minutes for a breather if this were a conversation rather than a book. Ms. Coulter has suffered the fate of all those who seek to insert comic relief or sarcasm into serious material. Witticisms, sarcasm, barbed ironies, sage observations, facts, foregone conclusions, and research don't always blend perfectly to suit all the people all the time. Some of the (perhaps a little mean-spirited) humor at the expense of liberals, I found sophomoric and/or repetitive and/or a little snide. There, I've gone on record with that, and let me say that for me, these irritations accounted for about 12 sentences in the book. Usually they were the kickers to a "call & response", or a wrap-up rhetorical statement or question. I tried to bear in mind that I really didn't buy this book for the comedy. As for the rest of the book, I cannot give more stellar praise. Without apology, I can say this was, at the time, the only book of its kind I had ever read. In the past month or so, I've since read other Coulter books. To distinguish myself from several reviewers, I have read the entire book. The bibliography, references and annotations are impressive. I didn't have or take the time to trace down every one of them. Owing largely to and in addition, I seem to remember someone else taking issue with Ann Coulter's fact-checking and accuracy, and coming away with a figuratively bloodied nose for his trouble. If (as a liberal) you'll allow that the quotes and documentation check out, I'll allow (as a conservative) that there is *always* the opportunity for contextual disagreement or for more thorough research into any given blurb or quote. To qualify this review, I am mostly conservative, I believe in the United States, I believe in my fellow Americans, and I believe that morals, right vs. wrong and a high standard of ethics can and should be applied to, indeed expected of our political leaders (as well as business leaders, religious leaders, teachers, law enforcement, lawyers, judges, etc., etc.). The things I don't believe in are persecution of human beings based on sexuality, race, religion, creed, or politics. I also don't believe liberals are stupid. I believe select people are stupid independent of political affiliation, but that is a different and longer story... All this to say, if you feel you should discount OR hearken to my review based on who I am, you now know some of the basics about the person with whom you are already mentally primed to agree or disagree. (Yes, I know I should've just ended that sentence with a preposition...it bothered me) If, in your mind, I'm still a NeoCon fanatic, hopped up on Reagan Kool-Aid, fine. I will still do my best to honestly evaluate this book. The facts and citations Ms. Coulter used to build her case seem airtight. The logic she used, witticisms and criticisms aside, made sense to me. I am astounded at what I've learned. The spin machine she described is leaps and bounds beyond anything I imagined after having seen the movie "Wag the Dog". As a person who tries to whittle things down to the essentials, and then move on, I really can understand how inundation with conflicting stories, viewpoints and assertions basically paralyzes the American voter/citizen. It's no wonder President Clinton wasn't removed from office. By the time the matter was put to a vote, the issues truly at hand had been obfuscated and misrepresented so fully, (most of the nation -in my remembrance- was convinced that the whole thing was about Monica) that no one person seemed to have a credible grasp on the truth. To clarify, it wasn't about Monica. It *was* about sex, but not that wholesome, middle-America sex, so hale and beautiful. Notably, not the kind of sex that is correctly omitted from polite conversation because it is a personal and virtuous expression between partners (rather than acquaintances). Quite likely, though most don't know why, we all feel a little dirty, perhaps a little ashamed for having endured the whole messy affair. Sex scandals (plural) in the White House were definitely something this country could have done without. Though I wish it hadn't happened, I'm glad I've found out more details about this episode in U.S. history. The book is nothing if not annotated details, quotations, recorded testimony, and in truth, a highly cogent and damning lambasting of our former President. You will be indignant, you will be enlightened, and you will puzzle at how these quotes and tidbits escaped your attention during the media frenzy. If you're willing to admit that there is a surpassingly effective spin machine somewhere between Maryland and Virginia, you will feel justified in your suspicions that more went on than we were told. Moreover, this book is interesting in that the sex scandals were like a Part Two of Four in the book. I found the pre-Presidency and late-second-term material more interesting, more telling, and foremost more genuinely horrifying. Truth be known, President Clinton could have adultered, and thus shamed his wife and child, and ultimately the office of President and all who salute it until the cows came home, and he would only have met with mild disapproval from me. JFK was notorious for just that and more. FDR had a mistress. Poor Gary Hart ... I digress. Public figures have been imperfect, (if not deeply flawed) corrupt, philandering, disingenuous, cloying and base since politics began. I did read between the lines of the book that, as time passed, the Clintons were getting better at and bolder with their many and sundry misbehaviors. The stakes went up, their skill increased. I was further surprised to find out much evidence indicates Mrs. Clinton was a lynchpin in the whole criminal enterprise (several of them, in fact). Note that Mrs. Clinton is not just a lawyer, but has been hailed as a brilliant lawyer. The erstwhile Senator from New York may well be a fairly accomplished criminal as well. Though I can't call these arguments against the Clintons surprising, I am profoundly dismayed at the apparent snow-job (couldn't resist) perpetrated against the American public. Before you vote for Hillary in '08, you should read this book. If you vote for her afterwards, fine. We can agree to disagree ... BUT, if you got your news from CNN during this tumultuous time, do please read High Crimes and Misdemeanors first. I am pliable to suggestions for books or articles that offer a plausible defense against the accusations in this book (that is to say, I am not inviting rabid, Bush-hating emails, etc ... I could be more pleased with Bush too). If the work cites facts and verifiable evidence, not opinion and invective, I will read it thankfully. Meanwhile, you should read this, see if you agree, try to debunk that which you doubt, and prove to yourself that you're a reasonable, thoughtful and truly impartial seeker of truth. I surmise you will be stunned, as I was. Rating:  - Throwing up has liquified her neo-con brainAtheists have a lower divorce rate than born again christians but I guess thats just a fluke hu, Ann. They must be bad people somehow. People like Ann can't be christians because they shame one person for having an affair and then forgive another that is an alcoholic because he's a republican. She speaks to people who want to believe so bad they don't care that she doesn't have a christian bone in her body. True christians don't defame, judge or claime superiority. She doesn't have any idea of what being Jesus-like is. Oh and intelligent design is not science. Science is how Religion is why- They are too different questions. |
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