Did you see Hillary's mash up video?

Morra Aarons Mele — Sat, 26 May 2007 12:56:33 -0500

It's quite disarming...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LClOHUFUC5g

"The Extreme Makeover of Hillary Clinton" is another one...

Catherine Morgan — Fri, 25 May 2007 13:50:11 -0500

I saw an interview yesterday with the author (Bay Buchanan) of "The Extreme Makeover of Hillary (Rodham) Clinton". I was really disgusted. Would anyone dream of writing a book like this about a man running for president? I'm not sold on Hillary for president...But it is appalling to me that women are attacking her for simply having the same personality traits that are acceptable in every male candidate.

Catherine Morgan
Women 4 Hope and Be The Change You Want To See In Yourself

Hillary Clinton: "Her Way" and "A Woman in Charge"

Morra Aarons Mele — Fri, 25 May 2007 13:25:57 -0500

So, there are TWO books about Hillary Clinton coming out, "Her Way," and "A Woman in Charge." Those titles reek of subtle misogyny. Actually, the first one sounds like how one might refer to a bossy cheerleader, and the second sounds like a Barbara Taylor Bradford novel. I searched the Internet, to see what feminist bloggers had written about the books, which just seem like blatantly mean, Kitty Kelley-esque tactics to drum up summer book salesâ€¦Happily, I didnâ€™t find much. I did find lots of right-wing blogs' attempts to rile up the Clinton-haters.

Apparently, the books reveal that Hillary is ambitious and Bill was unfaithful. The Hotline blog sums it up well: â€œthereâ€™s no there there.â€ The Hotline continues with these "revelations":

Ooh -- HRC is ambitious. And ruthless. Ambitious people can be ruthless.

Ooh -- HRC fought to keep her family's private life private.

Ooh -- Bill Clinton had extramarital affairs.

Ooh -- the Clintons were worried about Whitewater.

Yawn. Iâ€™d rather read the new Barbara Taylor Bradford this weekend.

On a more serious note, Media Matters for America, has highlighted â€œHer Wayâ€ reporter Jeff Gerthâ€™s supposed untruths and flawed reporting, primarily around an alleged Clinton plan for Bill and Hillary to attain office.

Gerth [is] the co-author of a soon-to-be-released book about Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) titled Her Way: The Hopes and Ambitions of Hillary Rodham Clinton (Little, Brown). On May 25, The Washington Post published the first news report based on the text of the book, which Gerth wrote with New York Times reporter Don Van Natta Jr. According to the Post, historian Taylor Branch, a key figure in the book's description of the Clintons' purported "secret pact of ambition," described the story as "preposterous."

Well, I have to quote the Wonkette, which had the funniest coverage of the whole stupid book thing yet, tongue firmly in cheek. Jeez, I canâ€™t wait â€˜til the mean Rudy Giuliani books come out.

Carl Bernsteinâ€™s A Woman in Charge: The Bitchy Life of Hillary Clinton and Her Way: Hillary Clinton is Very Mean and Also a Bitch, by Jeff Gerth and Don Van Netta Jr., are two long-awaited peeks into the secret life of Hillary Clinton, our next president. The Post obtained advance copies of both books, and today presents shocking stories from each of them. DID YOU KNOW:

* The Clintons had a SECRET PLAN to be presidents for 16 years!!
* Hillary hired a private investigator to undermine Gennifer Flowers until she was DESTROYED!!
* Sheâ€™s CONTEMPLATED DIVORCE!!
* The health care initiative failed because Hillary is TOO MEAN!!
* Sometimes she likes to put on MENâ€™S CLOTHING and recite David Mamet monologues!!
* Unlike respectable, feminine women, she is a VERY GOOD DRIVER!!
* She still LOVES TO SHOP though!!
* Her favorite Beach Boy: MIKE LOVE!!
* Interviews with former colleagues suggest that Hillary is QUITE AMBITIOUS!!
* One time she TRAPPED Dennis Kucinich in a locker for two hours!!
* Chelsea Clinton is actually the product of a SECRET CLONING EXPERIMENT involving Hillary and Lenin!!

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Did you see Hillary's mash up video?

"The Extreme Makeover of Hillary Clinton" is another one...

Hillary Clinton: "Her Way" and "A Woman in Charge"