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Clinton, Inc. by Daniel Halper is an excellent read for Conservatives.
This book is a warning that Republicans should not underestimate
the Clintons and their machine. Halper, the Weekly Standard’s
on line editor and investigative reporter, uses his vast research
and exclusive interviews to reveal the Clintons as being very
smart, cunning, and complex. Using Hillary and Bill as examples,
the author portrays a very disturbing state of American politics.
Within a few years after leaving the White House under disgrace,
Bill is seen as a global humanitarian and Democratic Party
elder while Hillary is seen as a statesman and the anointed
next President. Both are viewed by Americans as one of the
most popular and respected politicians in America today. American
Thinker had the privilege of interviewing Daniel Halper.
After the book made the New York Times Bestseller
list, Halper personally experienced the Clintons use of their
vast empire to discredit him. There was the unprecedented
leak of the manuscript to dozens of reporters before publication,
and, most recently, demands by Clintonites that he submit
to a lie detector test on live television. His response, “I
will if they will. The Clintons’ tactic may work again.
But I hope it doesn’t. They suggest the book is full
of lies but have not refuted a single piece in the book. A
number of on-the-record sources inside the Clinton’s
world are actively distancing themselves from their cooperation
with my book out of fear of retribution. My book reports on
things nearly all reporters on the Clinton beat in Washington
know but, because they fear losing access to the Clintons
or being otherwise punished, won’t report themselves.
They use intimidation tactics including media blackouts. A
producer with CNN said I’d never be able to get any
airtime on her show because the Clintons punish networks that
give space to their perceived enemies.”
This leads to another reality, the press will never attempt
to truthfully examine the Clinton enterprise and Hillary Clinton’s
resume. The criticism of the book shows that Hillary will
never receive the media scrutiny presidential frontrunners
deserve, but make no mistake what a Republican candidate will
have to endure. Halper is hoping American voters might question,
“Why Bill Clinton has continued the reckless behavior
that during his own administration may have compromised national
security? They might want to know more about Chelsea Clinton’s
role in the 2016 campaign and a putative Clinton White House.
They might wonder what kind of relationship Bill and Hillary
Clinton have now and how his many financial and personal entanglements
would complicate his role as first gentleman.”
If Hillary used her resume to become a CEO she’d probably
never be hired; yet, many are predicting she will become the
next President. There is her failure to achieve a universal
health care plan, which she was in charge of during the Clinton
presidency, a disastrous 2008 Presidential bid, and no accomplishments
as Secretary of State. Both she and Bill Clinton did nothing
to help prevent the terrorists from gaining strength. They
made excuses and never actively pursued the Jihadists from
the Khobar Towers attack, Osama Bin Laden, and the Benghazi
fiasco.
Halper is not surprised that Hillary is claiming to oppose
President Obama’s policies, and distancing herself.
“She has to contend with 2016 and is not so much worried
about the opposition from the Left but wants to be seen as
being on the correct side of the issues. She speaks from both
sides of her mouth. It appears the narrative is changing from
her own book where she emphasizes her influence on foreign
policy as Secretary of State. Now she wants to appear to be
put into a bubble and was not the one to run foreign policy.
Which is it? Did she have a strong say in determining foreign
policy or had nothing to do with it? Either way she looks
inconsequential or cannot effect a good foreign policy.”
The chapter entitled, “Daddy’s Little Girl,”
is an excellent portrayal of what Chelsea Clinton has become
today. It shows how she played herself into a position of
power, while at the same time pushing out Doug Band, a longtime
Clinton advisor. Readers are left to understand that Chelsea
has emerged as a formidable public figure. Halper told American
Thinker, “The important point of this chapter is Chelsea
will play a massive role in any future Clinton endeavor, including
a 2016 run. That is why it is worth trying to understand her
and to figure her out. She’s now made a conscious decision
to join her parents’ enterprise and become a public
figure.”
The book also discusses how Clinton Inc. is attempting to
have Hillary “known as the inspirational crusader for
the rights of women.” Yet, as Monica Lewinsky recently
stated, Hillary described her as a “narcissistic Looney
Toon… but I find her impulse to blame the woman, not
only me, but herself, troubling. And all too familiar: With
every marital indiscretion that finds its way into the public
sphere—many of which involve male politicians—it
always seems like the woman conveniently takes the fall.”
Halper noted he’s featured on his book website, “The
Monica Files.” He commented to American Thinker, “Monica
could have done some serious damage to Bill Clinton, and yet
she showed self-restraint and self-dignity. She was so in
love with him, in a way, but she was also a naïve young
person. It was an unfair matchup. On the one hand you have
the Clintons and their political machine; on the other hand,
you have Monica, this lowly White House intern. Even though
this subject might not weigh on the minds of everyday Americans
it is still weighing on the Clintons. It is interesting how
Hillary wants to appear as the crusader for women’s
rights yet her claim only hinges on one simple fact, that
she is a woman. If we examine her record what law(s) did she
pass as a Senator and as Secretary of State? What policies
did she implement that were specifically tailored to women?”
Clinton, Inc. is a fascinating insight into how they
were able to come back from the scandal ridden last years
of the White House to become the political darlings of America.
It shows the Clintons as they really are: a wealthy, powerful,
and ruthless political family, who will do whatever is necessary
to achieve their goals.
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