The Truth About Hillary

National Review Online has an interesting Q&A by Kathryn Jean Lopez.

(Excerpt)

NRO: Why should anyone trust or believe your portrait of Hillary Clinton?

Klein: Because it is written by a journalist with impeccable credentials (Newsweek, the New York Times, Vanity Fair, Parade), who has no political agenda.

My previous book, The Kennedy Curse, was also the object of disparagement and vilification — and it has since become clear that everything I wrote was true.

You may not be able to judge a book by its cover, but you sure can judge a book by the author’s track record, and my record is impeccable.

NRO: Why should a fair-minded voter read your book before 2008?

Klein: Because Hillary’s 2006 campaign for reelection to the Senate is a dry run for her 2008 campaign for the White House, and the time has come for her opponents to size her up and devise a strategy to stop her.

NRO: Is there any chance she won't run for president, knowing what you know (or claim to know) about her?

Klein: Barring an act of God, Hillary will seek her party’s nomination in 2008 for the presidency.

NRO: If she runs, will she have a "woman problem" like she did when she ran for Senate?

Klein: She already has a woman problem. Many women don’t like Hillary. They don’t think she has earned her place in the sun.

Hillary will try to counter that problem two ways: First, by showing how hard she has worked as a senator, and second, by portraying herself as a victim of sexism.

She will try to keep Bill Clinton in the background.

But don’t let her fool you. A vote for Hillary will be a vote for Bill Clinton. As far as the Clintons are concerned, it’s still two for the price of one.


NRO: Why should anyone trust or believe your portrait of Hillary Clinton?

Klein: Because it is written by a journalist with impeccable credentials (Newsweek, the New York Times, Vanity Fair, Parade), who has no political agenda.

My previous book, The Kennedy Curse, was also the object of disparagement and vilification — and it has since become clear that everything I wrote was true.

You may not be able to judge a book by its cover, but you sure can judge a book by the author’s track record, and my record is impeccable.

NRO: Why should a fair-minded voter read your book before 2008?

Klein: Because Hillary’s 2006 campaign for reelection to the Senate is a dry run for her 2008 campaign for the White House, and the time has come for her opponents to size her up and devise a strategy to stop her.

NRO: Is there any chance she won't run for president, knowing what you know (or claim to know) about her?

Klein: Barring an act of God, Hillary will seek her party’s nomination in 2008 for the presidency.

NRO: If she runs, will she have a "woman problem" like she did when she ran for Senate?

Klein: She already has a woman problem. Many women don’t like Hillary. They don’t think she has earned her place in the sun.

Hillary will try to counter that problem two ways: First, by showing how hard she has worked as a senator, and second, by portraying herself as a victim of sexism.

She will try to keep Bill Clinton in the background.

But don’t let her fool you. A vote for Hillary will be a vote for Bill Clinton. As far as the Clintons are concerned, it’s still two for the price of one.

Just the thought makes me nauseous.