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| Hillary has "village" to write her autobiography |
| 2003-05-27 |
| From Drudge so the link will move after a while, and he can't stand Hillary anyway so the truth in this is a little iffy. But it's funny. In her new book, LIVING HISTORY, Hillary Rodham Clinton acknowledges -- in opening pages -- three women for their assistance and contribution to the project, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned. As Drudge says, "it takes a village". Clinton, who is scheduled to receive an $8 million advance for the book, thanks author Maryanne Vollers, former Clinton speechwriter Lissa Muscatine and writer Ruby Shamir, sources reveal. I rather wonder whether these three cloistered themselves in a room and told Hillary, "shuddup and wait for us to finish!" Clinton raised eyebrows in 1996 when she failed to acknowledge a single person in her bestseller, IT TAKES A VILLAGE. Not even ghostwriter Barbara Feinman [ who was paid $120,000] was mentioned. Clinton claimed she wrote the book entirely on her own. The omission created bad publicity, and according to press reports, it also prompted Feinman to strike back by telling Bob Woodward about Clinton's "seances" with Eleanor Roosevelt. Couldn't have happened to a nicer lady. Reminds me of the Charles Barkley autobiography. Some people got angry at the things Charles said about them. His response? "I was mis-quoted." |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #4 It'll be tough to figure out when she's lying in this thing since we won't actually be able to see her mouth moving. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2003-05-27 22:29:21 |
| #3 Here's a Hillary story I had never heard: "In New Zealand, Mrs. Clinton revealed, concerning the distinctive spelling of her first name, that she had been named after Sir Edmund Hillary, conqueror of Everest. The locals lapped it up, at least until the great man pointed out that he hadn't conquered Everest until 1953: Hillary Rodham was born in 1947, when Sir Edmund was an obscure New Zealand beekeeper and an unlikely inspiration for young parents in a Chicago suburb." - Mark Steyn in National Review, June 28th 1999 |
| Posted by: Tibor 2003-05-27 22:25:34 |
| #2 She has the credentials to write for the NYT. |
| Posted by: john 2003-05-27 19:53:46 |
| #1 I wonder what the late Eleanor Roosevelt had to say about Hillary, waking her up from her big sleep and all. I'm sure Hillary's latest book required 3 people to crank it out to not have breach of contract by missing the drop dead date. It will be interesting to see what happens in book sales for this Opus Magnum. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-05-27 19:32:59 |