The Case Against Hillary Clinton

by Peggy Noonan and Marguerite Gavin

As the long, scandal-ridden trial of the Clinton years comes to an end--and as the first lady mounts her own campaign for independent political office--it is time for a summation. What is the legacy of Clintonism? What is there in Hillary Clinton's background, talents, or record of achievement that qualifies her to represent New York in the U.S. Senate? And, most important, what will happen if Hillary should win this fall? Where will her ambition...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060393408
• ISBN13: 9780060393403
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: Harper
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Smart, concise, cutting--cathartic

This is an oftentimes sad, sometimes beautiful little book--it's amazing that such a dense, on-target portrayal could rest between the covers of such a slim volume. Noonan is a very good writer: measured yet passionate; fair yet surgically precise with her well-informed exploration of the Clinton psyche--and thus our own. I recommend this book highly. As a Democrat, I long ago gave up attempting to figure out the Clintons and their awesome selfishness. Noonan has finally allowed me to let go and accept the past eight years. I'm giving copies of this book to all my New York friends--the embarassing era of Clintonism must end. Buy this book now, read it, highlight it, talk about it.

Driving with your eyes closed? Noonan stomps on the brakes.

The Clinton White House, its acolytes and apologists, and its Hillary-led, Mao-like driving sense of entitled victory at all costs has scraped the national consciousness bloody. Much like a doctor removing bits of glass from a patient furious with discomfort, Noonan will be vilified by segments of the public tired of their collective skinned knee, and she will be demonized by the thought police on the Hillary payroll and best-friends list. Noonan's intellectual and personal courage in writing this burning indictment of a Stepford Stalinist who has more in common with Napoleon the boar in Orwell's "Animal Farm" than with Elizabeth Cady Stanton is to be more than applauded. It is to be gravely surveyed as the first book to coolly, and not a little sadly, mine the psyche of a First Lady who devoted her considerable intellectual firepower and Oscar-worthy charisma to the ignoble end of her own personal advancement on the backs of the disenfranchised and needy, and to the destruction of those who stood--and still try to stand--in her way. Continue to wield your surgical tweezers in the service of the national consciousness, Dr. Noonan: we, the easily charmed public, may snarl at your unpleasant pathological findings, but someday when the Clintons finally have their superegos pried from the national podium, we'll read this book again, and marvel at your insight, wit, and fearless icky surgical exploration of the "Being Hillary Clinton" national psychosis. And if Hillary wins the Senate, and then runs for president, we will all shake our heads and think, Peggy, you tried to warn us.

The case for "The Case Against Hillary Clinton"

To be sure, Noonan's critique of Hillary Clinton is an tough argument, but it is not a personal argument, and it is not lightly made. And it should not be lightly dismissed. Noonan's book is a critique of Clintonism -- as practiced by him for the last decade,and also by her. The essence of Clintonism is not liberalism, it is egoism. It is an utter willingness to say or do anything -- or un-say, and undo anything. And it works more often than not, facilitated by the likes of James Carville, George Stephanopolous, and countless other spinners and trimmers. That's why people should read this book; if Clintonism is rewarded at the polls in 2000 for a third straight time, American politics will be further transformed -- for the worse. It's been a long time since I've read a book that stuck to one simple but profound truth in such a crisp and cogent manner. It is indeed a polemic, but it is a polemic with a purpose - - a polemic in the public service.

Thank God for the Truth

Noonan has done a wonderful job of describing what most of us have come to know over the last seven years. I thank God that someone has put into words what Clintonism and its founders have done to this country. This is a must read for anyone who wants the unvarnished truth about Hillary Clinton, and without the left-leaning filtering that the media usually performs when it comes to the Clintons.

Insightful

The facade is shattered in Noonan's wonderful book as the First Lady is exposed as empty and as hollow as her rhetoric. The author succeeds in laying bare the truth and is unflinching in her analysis. An excellent job and Noonan deserves high praise. With Hillary, there is simply "no there there", and in that sense this book's revelations of hypocrisy and valuelessness are quite disturbing. This deserves wide attention during an election year when Clinton's empty hyperbole has replaced substance, a tactic that is cited as typically self-serving by Noonan.