The Clinton Crack-Up: The Boy President's Life After the White House

by R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.

Book Overview

With his characteristic investigative eye and Menckenesque prose, R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr. sheds new light on Bill Clinton's post-presidential emotional depression, globe trotting and international... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1595550941
• ISBN13: 9781595550941
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson Publishers
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.9"

Customer Reviews

There's no news like "old news"!

Inasmuch as it seems that the Clintons, like the poor, shall always be with us, it's some consolation to know that R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., is still with us too. He has had the Clintons' number from the beginning, and remains unsurpassed in his ability to shine the spotlight on their lies, failings, pomposity, and turpitude. "The Clinton Crack-Up," the latest addition to his five-foot shelf of books, is perhaps his best, if not his most important ("Madame Hillary: The Dark Road to the White House" gets that honor) yet. Three things stand out about Bob Tyrrell's writing, and "The Clinton Crack-Up" is evidence of all three. First is the thorough research he does. The distinctiveness of his prose hangs on a solid structure of documentation and cataloging. The second is precisely that prose. It's idiosyncratic ... flamboyant, even ... and can take some getting used to. But personally, I think it's wonderful to read something that was written for educated adults. The obvious, even clichéd, comparison is to Mencken, but it's clichéd because it's appropriate. If Mencken were alive today, I don't think he would mind. And the third thing that stands out about Tyrrell's writing is that he is funny. He recognizes that fundamentally, the Clintons "have always been amusing" (p. 19). While so many "Clinton-haters" seethe in anger or call down the curses of the Lord upon Pudge and Ruffles, "insensate to the full comic dimensions of the Clintons' burlesque" (p. 43), Tyrrell laughs. It's one thing to be hated or feared. It's something very different to be thought ridiculous -- which is why Tyrrell seems to occupy a place of unique vilification among the Clintonistas. One of the important things Tyrrell did in "Madame Hillary" was reveal the Clinton's standard four-point plan for responding to criticism: (1) Vigorously deny it; (2) Launch ad hominem attacks on the critic; (3) Act personally victimized by the criticism ("Why do they hate me?"); and (4) Say the critic is obsessing over "old news." Reaction to "The Clinton Crack-Up" proves yet again the accuracy of his assessment -- particularly the inevitable "old news" charge. But not only is the news Tyrrell is reporting particularly current, much of it has also been largely unreported. With the other half of this tag-team match now making her own bid for power, the information in this book is not only an important reminder of the facts about Mr. President Clinton, they are also an important harbinger of what we'll get should we burden ourselves with a Mrs. President Clinton. We won't be able to say we haven't been warned.

Entertaining and Disturbing

R. Emmett Tyrrell provides us with another witty look into Bill Clinton's sordid life. It's utterly astounding that there are still supporters of the Clintons out there. The book is extremely well researched. Tyrrell's chronicles of extramarital affairs, illicit dealings with the Chinese and 11th hour pardoning of drug dealers, tax evaders, and general thugs is the most complete compilation of the Clintons' many crimes I have come across. This is an important text that I hope gets the visibility it deserves. Tyrrell's work is particularly relevant as the possibility grows that these mafiosi could be moving back into the White House with the next elections. The book is both entertaining and disturbing. You can't help but laugh out loud at Clinton's absurdities. Tyrrell does a great job of creating a vivid picture of the man. All the while you can't help but worry about the hazards that Bill and "his lovely wife Bruno" have potentially subjected Americans to. It is highly disturbing that someone with such a lack of character could achieve the highest office in the nation, and in doing so tie up our most vital resources and ultimately put our national security at risk.

The Clinton Crack-Up: The Boy President's Life After the White Housr

Emmett Tyrrell did an excellent job of describing the psychological state of President Clinton since leaving the White House. As a therapist, I was interested in learning how he is handling being an ex-President and not being in the spotlight. I thought the book documented well the difficulty this narcissist is having coping with his second class staff and finding people who will listen to him talk.By the time I finished the book, my frustration was how this worm got elected President two times. I also felt like I needed to take a bath after reading about all the women he abused and his tendency to sell out America to advance his own political career. Worth buying.

More truth about the worst prez we ever had & Bruno, his wife.

This is a valuable book for people to read, without, if they can't stand the heat, reading about more seamy antics by billy jeff. The appendices are worth the price of the book alone. The money grubbing, globe trotting, lying and cheating are all indexed. Ditto the endless pardons that the boy prez continued to write feverishly right up to being dragged out of the White House. The WH was no longer so white when the clintonistas got through trashing it.Somewhere, there are pictures, and hope to see them brandished about while Bruno runs for the presidency. Back to the pardons, endless list of them, no doubt paid for by the recipents to fund the next clintoon antics. Fab book, great author and great read!!

A Well Supported Chronicle of the Post-Presidential Clintons

I'll preface this by stating I voted for Bill Clinton but was bored to death by both "My Life" and "It takes a village". I was astonished to learn the breadth of Bill Clinton's involvement in the Genocide of almost a million black Rwandans, and have become convinced after reading this book that this and this alone will be his legacy. Clinton spearheaded the US decision to refuse to even to commit soldiers or money to UN efforts to control the civil war in Rwanda where a million blacks died in 100 days. Clinton went so far as refusing to even use the term 'Genocide' to refer to the massacre. The book had some tantalizing tidbits included numerous allegations of his affairs with and preference for Asian women, along with icy and excruciating details on the Clinton marriage with some not-so-border-line spousal abuse issues. I have more empathy for the guy after reading how his wife treated him. While I found it endearing that close friends referred to them as Hill-Billy, I was suprised that John Kerry refused to consider her as a vice presidential candidate. And surprisingly... almost nothing about Monica Lewinsky!