Hillary Clinton: U.S. presidential election, 2008/political attacks

The following relate to political attacks made against Democratic 2008 presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton.

AttackTimeline

 * "Attack Timeline: Edwards and Obama on attack," AttackTimeine.com (starts with February 2007 to present).
 * eriposte, "The Unloading on Hillary Clinton," The Left Coaster, December 15, 2007.
 * Larry C. Johnson, "Remember Punjab-Gate, Homophobia-Gate, Wasted-Lives-Gate?" Atlantic Free Press, December 16, 2007.

Gender and the B-word

 * "'How Do We Beat the Bitch' Extended Version," YouTube, November 13, 2007: "Unedited extended footage of John McCain answering a profane question from a supporter on the campaign trail."
 * Greg Sargent, "Report: McCain Stands By As His Supporter Calls Hillary A 'Bitch'," TPMElectionCentral, November 13, 2007.
 * Andi Zeisler, Op-Ed: "The B-Word? You Betcha," Washington Post, November 18, 2007.
 * Sherry Argov, Op-Ed: "The B&*%^ is Back. Hillary Should Take It as a Compliment," New York Post, November 18, 2007.
 * goldberry, "The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pantsuit," The Daily Kos, November 18, 2007.

Campaign strategy

 * Hillary is 44.com.
 * Sarah Baxter, "Clinton puts her war room on attack," The Sunday Times (UK), November 4, 2007.

False reports

 * Greg Sargent, "Did Bill Accuse Hillary's Dem Opponents Of 'Swift-Boating' Her?" The Horse's Mouth/Talking Points Memo, November 7, 2007.

On asking the Pentagon about an exit strategy from Iraq
On August 2, 2007, Clinton "'finally got the Pentagon briefing on how the military is planning to withdraw troops from Iraq,' two weeks after Undersecretary for Defense Eric Edelman told her that 'public discussion' of Iraq withdrawal 'reinforces enemy propaganda.' But Clinton said that the briefing didn't 'by any means' answer all the questions about the White House’s exit strategy. Additionally, Clinton and Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) introduced legislation ... requiring the Pentagon to keep Congress informed of such contingency plans."

Since May 2007, Clinton, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, has "requested a briefing from Pentagon officials as to whether they have undertaken any serious planning for a future withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq," Jake Tapper wrote July 19, 2007, for ABC News.

On July 19, 2007, Clinton reported that a "letter from Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman did not mince words."


 * "Premature and public discussion of the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq reinforces enemy propaganda that the United States will abandon its allies in Iraq, much as we are perceived to have done in Vietnam, Lebanon and Somalia."

"'I deeply resent the administration's continuing effort to impugn the patriotism of those of us who are asking hard questions,' Clinton told ABC News." Clinton said that Edelman's letter "gave the impression 'that it's none of my business as to whether or not the Pentagon is doing what needs to be done to secure the safety of our troops.'"

"Clinton was not the only official expressing concern," Tapper wrote. "At a hearing [July 19], Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., the senior Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, urged the Bush administration to prepare for an exit from Iraq, saying that Pentagon officials and others in the government 'are not prepared for these contingencies, they may be executed poorly, especially in an atmosphere in which public demands for troop withdrawals could compel action on a political timetable.'"

On July 13, 2007, Lugar and John Warner (R-Va.) introduced an amendment "that would require the White House to begin planning for a variety of scenarios, including a drawdown of troops, following the receipt of a U.S. report on progress in Iraq." "They were also shut down by the administration. When national security adviser Stephen Hadley was asked whether the White House would do as the Republicans asked, Hadley simply said, 'No'."

Clinton "hit back" at Edelman on July 20, 2007, in a letter to his boss, Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, "asking if he agreed with Edelman's charge." Clinton said "Edelman had ducked her questions and 'instead made spurious arguments to avoid addressing contingency planning. ... Undersecretary Edelman has his priorities backward,' Clinton wrote, calling his claim 'outrageous and dangerous' ... [and] repeated her request for a briefing - classified if necessary - on the issue of end-of-war planning."

Related external articles

 * Marcy Wheeler, "Oh, It Was Eric Edelman Lecturing Hillary??" The Next Hurrah Blog, July 19, 2007.
 * Fred Kaplan, "The Pentagon Insults Hillary Clinton. Big mistake," Slate, July 20, 2007.
 * Marcy Wheeler, "Edelman Says: 'Congressional Oversight Emboldens Our Enemies'," The Next Hurrah Blog, July 20, 2007.
 * Chuck Todd, et al., "First Read," MSNBC, July 20, 2007. Scroll down to "War Games".
 * "Gates responds to Clinton letter," Think Progress, July 21, 2007.
 * Juan Cole, "The Last Neocon Attacks Hillary," Informed Comment, July 21, 2007.
 * Amanda Terkel, "Pres. Clinton: Edelman Is An ‘Ideological Holdover’ From Cheney’s Inner Circle," Think Progress, July 22, 2007.

Cheney says Clinton's request is helping the enemy

 * Greg Sargent, "Cheney Says Hillary's Request For Pentagon Info Helping Enemy," Election Central Blog/TPM Cafe, July 31, 2007.
 * Hillary Clinton, Letter to Vice President Dick Cheney, Office of Sen. Hillary Clinton, August 1, 2007.
 * Greg Sargent, "In Letter, Hillary Blasts Cheney For Saying She Helped Enemy," Election Central Blog/TPM Cafe, August 1, 2007.
 * Ryan Sager, "Hillary's Secret Weapon: Dick Cheney," Latest Politics Blog/New York Sun, August 1, 2007.
 * Glenn Thrush, "Cheney backs up Clinton critic," Newsday, August 1, 2007.
 * "Clinton says Cheney wrong on her request," Associated Press (USA TODAY), August 2, 2007.

Fred Thompson
Thompson blames Clinton for his "suitcase bomb" remark.

Rudy Giuliani

 * Libby Quaid, "Giuliani attacks Clinton in campaign ad," Associated Press (Boston Globe), September 14, 2007. re Gen. David Petraeus' September 11, 2007, testimony before Congress.
 * "Reporting on Giuliani ad attacking Clinton, media don't note he blamed troops for missing weapons," Media Matters for America, September 19, 2007.

Mitt Romney

 * "Mitt Catches S**t Over Hillary-Bashing Sign," TMZ.com, July 21, 2007.
 * Eric Kleefeld, "Spokesman: Romney Not 'Equating Or Comparing Anyone' When Holding 'Obama Osama' Sign," Election Central Blog/TPM Cafe, July 21, 2007.
 * Jake Tapper, "Romney Grabs a Sign," Political Punch Blog, July 22, 2007.
 * Phil Bailey, "Romney Denies Ties to Osama Signs," The Stump AOL Elections Blog, July 22, 2007.
 * Dave Wedge, "Mitt blasts Dems in N.H.: Likens Clinton’s views to those of Marx," Boston Herald, July 23, 2007: "blasting Sen. Barack Obama for backing kindergarten sex education and comparing Sen. Hillary Clinton to communist Karl Marx."

By the media

 * Matt Corley, "NBC’s David Gregory: The Angry Left Is Not ‘Very Serious And Tough’ On Iraq," Think Progress, July 22, 2007.
 * "MSNBC cleaves to Clinton neckline coverage controversy," Media Matters for America, July 31, 2007.
 * Amanda Terkel, "The Hill Irresponsibly Reports False Claim That Clinton ‘Skipped’ Senate Environmental Hearing," Think Progress, November 1, 2007. See The Hill: Alexander Bolton, article (screen shot), November 1, 2007 ("Bolton’s story has been taken off The Hill’s website, but still appears in the print version of today’s paper."), and Erica Werner, "Clinton, others weigh in against proposed Nevada nuclear dump," Associated Press (Las Vegas Sun), October 31, 2007, and News Release: "Senator Clinton Addresses the Licensing Process for the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository," Office of Sen. Hillary Clinton, October 31, 2007. Both the Clinton news release and Think Progress have a video of Clinton at the hearing.
 * See 236.com.
 * Josh Gerstein, "Hillary Clinton's Radical Summer. A Season of Love and Leftists," New York Sun, November 26, 2007.
 * "'Special Report' Panel on State of Hillary Clinton's Campaign," Special Report with Brit Hume/Fox News, December 14, 2007.
 * B Merry, "Chris Matthews (and MSNBC) has a pattern of defamatory talk," TaylorMarsh.com, December 18, 2007.
 * Howard Kurtz, "For Clinton, A Matter of Fair Media. Senator's Camp Insists That the Press Holds Her To a Tougher Standard," Washington Post, December 18, 2007.
 * Jason Linkins, "Media Upbraids Itself For Its Own Unfair Treatment Of Clinton," The Huffington Post, December 20, 2007.
 * Mark Finkelstein, "Matthews Rubbishes Hillary Ad: I'm The Great Evita -- Worship Me!" NewsBusters, December 20, 2007.

By bloggers

 * eriposte, "How Hillary Clinton, unlike FDR, Single-Handedly Destroyed America," The Left Coaster, November 28, 2007.
 * For a neverending string of anti-Clinton blog postings, see The Daily Kos.

"The New Right-Wing Smear Machine" (e-mail chains)

 * Christopher Hayes, "The New Right-Wing Smear Machine," The Nation, October 25, 2007 (November 12, 2007 issue).

Background
 * Dave Johnson, "How the 'Pelosi 757' Lie Was Spread," The Huffington Post, February 13, 2007.
 * Perry Dorrell, "How conservatives use e-mail to advance smears and lies," Brains and Eggs Blogspot, October 28, 2007.

Bush bloggers
On October 31, 2007, Mark Noonan and Matthew Margolis of Blogs for Bush filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission against the "Hillary Clinton for President Committee" alleging that it "violated 2 USC 441f, the provision of law that prohibits campaign contributions in the name of another, and that some donors may have violated 2 USC 441e which prohibits donations by foreign nationals without permanent resident status."

The complaint was filed based on an October 19, 2007, newspaper story published by the Los Angeles Times and a second story published October 20, 2007, by the New York Post alleging that the Clinton campaign had received illegal funds "from impoverished Chinese neighborhoods in New York City."

"This is not the first time Margolis and Noonan have pointed an accusatory finger at leading Democrats.

"They co-authored a book published this year alleging rampant corruption in the Democratic Party, Caucus of Corruption: The Truth about the New Democratic Majority."

RNC: 1992 eavesdropping allegation
Attacks orchestrated by the Republican National Committee&mdash;in "a coordinated effort to paint Hillary Clinton as hypocritical on the issue of government surveillance"&mdash;seized upon an "allegation" in the June 2007 book Her Way: The Hopes and Ambitions of Hillary Rodham Clinton by Jeff Gerth and Don Van Natta Jr. "that Clinton secretly listened to phone conversations of political opponents in 1992." The attacks are "part of an evolving GOP strategy to attack Senator Clinton with dual goals: tarnishing her image and rallying the GOP base," CNN correspondent Dana Bash wrote October 16, 2007.

"In terms of the Republican attack, Clinton Campaign spokesman Howard Wolfson told CNN, 'As Hillary Clinton continues to beat all Republicans in poll after poll this is just politics as usual from Republicans who can't defend this president's failed policies. The story is categorically untrue'," Bash wrote.

"So -- what will the Republicans seize, who's doing the seizing, and why telegtraph your plans in a newspaper article?", Marc Ambinder asked October 16, 2007, in The Atlantic. Ambinder adds:


 * 1) "This is a trial balloon floated by the RNC to see whether anyone bites."
 * 2) "The RNC is willing to associate itself with the Clinton sex stuff. Also: the Clinton's tenure in Arkansas is fair game."
 * 3) "The RNC wants state parties to start challenging Clinton."
 * 4) "The RNC doesn't mind the world knowing that they're going to throw everything, including the kitchen plumbing, at Hillary Clinton."
 * 5) "From a reader:
 * "My guess on that RNC thing was that they did it that way because they knew it would get them a story on Drudge -- classic ploy, 'we plan to use this in an attack' sources say...whereas if they'd actually used it in an attack, it would have been widely ignored, because it's so thin.'"

Related external articles

 * Steve Gilbert, "Hillary Eavesdropped On Phone Calls Of Critics," Sweetness & Light Blog, October 3, 2007.
 * Alexander Bolton, "GOP targeting Clinton on phone-call snooping," The Hill, October 16, 2007.
 * Nick Juliano, "Right wing on the march against Hillary eavesdropping allegations," The Raw Story, October 16, 2007.
 * "Tucker panel runs with anonymously sourced allegation of Clinton eavesdropping," Media Matters for America, October 16, 2007.
 * Max Brantley, "Jeff Gerth rides again -- UPDATE," Arkansas Blog/Arkansas Times, October 16, 2007. Article includes excellent examination of the particulars.
 * S.A. Miller, "State GOP Hits Hillary's 'Hypocrisy' On Spying," Washington Times (KXNet.com), October 17, 2007.

Hunting Hillary
"For years, Republican Party operatives and their surrogates have been predicting, dreading, and in some cases reveling in a Democratic Party presidential ticket headed by Hillary Clinton. In attempts to destroy her reputation and derail her political career Hillary hunters have thrown just about everything but the kitchen sink at her. While they haven't succeeded in stopping her, they have managed to drive up her negatives and turn a significant portion of the electorate against her.

"For more than two decades, Hunting Hillary has been a major right wing preoccupation. Anti-Hillary books were written and strategy papers devised. Over the years the hunters became more sophisticated, better funded and more determined; direct mail campaigns morphed into e-mail alerts which now coexist with rants in the right-wing blogosphere. For the 2008 campaign, Hillary bashers are using humor, planning more books, and even a movie to get their message across," Bill Berkowitz wrote August 15, 2007, in Media Transparency.

On January 27, 2007, Robert Novak wrote in his syndicated column that "Jerome Corsi, co-author of the 2004 campaign book Unfit for Command attacking Sen. John Kerry's war record, [had] joined up ... with the organization intended to similarly undermine Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in the 2008 campaign.

"TheVanguard.org is intended to be a right-wing version of the leftist MoveOn.Org. It was founded by Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, including Gil Amelio, former CEO of Apple and National Semiconductor.

"Coming on board Feb. 16 [2007] as TheVanguard’s full-time editorial and creative director will be Richard Poe, who has served as editor-in-chief of FrontPage Magazine. He has been described as the conservative movement's leading expert on MoveOn.Org's strategy in bringing together disparate elements with a common viewpoint."

Related external articles

 * Robert Novak, "Dick Morris's Appeal," Townhall.com, January 20, 2007. (Scroll down article.)
 * "Dick Morris reportedly planning to 'Swift Boat' Sen. Clinton," Media Matters for America, January 21, 2007.
 * Michael Markman Kirkland, "Wingnutters Gearing Up to Swiftboat Hillary; Backed by Gil Amelio and an All-Star Cast," Mickeleh's Soapbox Blogspot; "Gil Amelio: from Turnaround King to Rightwing Swiftboatter," Mikeleh's Take Blogspot, January 27, 2007.
 * Kevin Drum, "Swift Boating," The Washington Monthly, February 18, 2007.
 * Bob Somerby, "AND THE GLASS HALF EMPTY! K-Drum saw the glass half full in Stephen Braun’s right-on report," The Daily Howler, February 19, 2007.
 * David D. Kirkpatrick, "As Clinton Runs, Some Old Foes Stay on Sideline," New York Times, February 19, 2007.
 * Jon Ponder, "Please, GOP, Don’t Swift-Boat Hillary! (You Might Rally the Wrong Base)," Pensito Review, February 23, 2007.
 * Patrick J. Buchanan, "Will Bloomberg Swift-Boat Hillary?" Townhall.com; Human Events Online; RealClearPolitics, June 26, 2007.
 * Jon Ponder, "Swiftboating Hillary: Clinton Calls Bush Out Over Cheney’s Lies About Her Pentagon Letter," Pensito Review, August 3, 2007.
 * Howard Kurtz, "Morals of a Muckraker. Dan Moldea Tracks Down Peccadilloes of the Powerful Like the News Hound He Is. He Says It's on Principle," Washington Post, August 8, 2007.
 * Kevin Drum, "Smear Watch," ''The Washington Monthly, August 8, 2007.
 * Owen Frager, "Client to Headhunter: 'Recruit me the most evil, corrupt, dirty, lying, vicious, condescending and morally bankrupt manager you can find'," The Frager Factor, August 13, 2007.
 * Bill Berkowitz, "Swift-Boating Hillary Clinton," Media Transparency, August 15, 2007.
 * Bill Berkowitz, "Hillary Clinton in the Right's Crosshairs," Inter Press News Service, August 17, 2007.
 * Gerald Eisman, "Quagmire continued: What does the prospect of a female as president do to, or for you?" American Chronicle, August 30, 2007.
 * "Chertoff promised right-wing group charges against Clinton," Think Progress, September 4, 2007.

About Norman Hsu
In June 2007, Irvine, California, businessman Jack Cassidy "warned authorities and the Clinton campaign" that Norman Hsu "was engaged in shady business enterprises." On September 11, 2007, the Clinton campaign announced that Sen. Clinton was "returning $850,000 to donors tapped by felonious financier Norman Hsu - a stunning admission that a longtime fugitive managed to buy his way into Clinton's inner circle of fundraisers," Glenn Thrush wrote in Newsday, owned by the Tribune Company. "We're seeing an excellent example of what the general election campaign has in store for us if Sen. Hillary Clinton wins the Democratic presidential nomination," Frank James wrote August 30, 2007, in the Chicago Tribune's The Swamp Blog.

What started out as a report in the August 28, 2007, Wall Street Journal about wealthy Chinese-American businessman and mega-Democratic Party fundraiser Norman Hsu, alleged to be a fugitive from a 15-year-old grant theft charge, quickly evolved into another right-wing opportunity to swiftboat Hillary Clinton.

The research department of the Republican National Committee "sent out a document" on August 29, 2007, "detailing the Hsu controversy and then flashing back to Clinton fundraising 'history'," Ben Smith of The Politico wrote. Additionally, Smith wrote on August 30, "This morning, their research department just e-mailed out, without comment, transcript of an interview between the Wall Street Journal's John Fund and Alan Colmes" in which Fund and Colmes speculated about a connection between Hsu and Asian-related Clinton fundraising questions from the 1990s. "Nothing conclusive came out of those 1990s investigations," Smith wrote.

James also received the RNC's missive: "The Republican National Committee's opposition-research staff has put out a piece that cleverly misappropriates the title of her autobiography Living History, headlining its document Re-Living History then lists a number of newspaper citiations about shady campaign contributions not just to the senator but to her husband President Bill Clinton and Democrats generally during the 1990s," James wrote.

On August 30, 2007, Joseph Farah headlined with "Arrest Hillary" at WorldNetDaily. "Why isn't someone from the FBI reading Hillary her Miranda rights?" Farah asked.

For her part, on August 30, 2007, Clinton "said she was 'surprised by the news' that Clinton fund-raiser Norman Hsu has an outstanding arrest warrant out for him, and added that after verifying the information, her campaign 'returned his money.'"

"Hillary gave all the Hsu money to some charities or something but she might still be raising money from other Asian people, so it is Wonkette's recommendation that we round them all up and send them to internment freedom camps," Wonkette!! wrote August 30, 2007.

Related external articles

 * Brody Mullins, "Big Source of Clinton's Cash Is an Unlikely Address. Family's Donations Closely Track Those Of Top Fund-Raiser," Wall Street Journal Online, August 28, 2007.
 * "WSJ omitted key information in article about Clinton donations from 'unlikely address'," Media Matters for America, August 28, 2007.
 * Dave Johnson and James Boyce, "Chinese-Americans Give Money To Clinton: The Horror. The Horror," The Huffington Post, August 28, 2007.
 * Allahpundit, "Poor SF family coincidentally donates $45K to Hillary on same days as rich businessman; Update: More coincidences?" Hot Air Blog, August 28, 2007.
 * Jeralyn Merritt, "Hsu's Lawyer Responds to WSJ's Smear Attempt on Hillary and Her Contributors," Talk Left Blog, August 28, 2007.
 * Neubauer and Robin Fields, "Democratic fundraiser is a fugitive in plain sight," Los Angeles Times, August 29, 2007.
 * Ianthe Jeanne Dugan and Brody Mullins, "Leading Clinton Donor Stays Below the Radar," The Wall Street Journal Online, August 29, 2007.
 * Jim Kuhnhenn, "Clinton to Give Away Fundraiser's Cash," Associated Press (BreitBart.com), August 29, 2007.
 * Chuck Neubauer and Dan Morain, "Fugitive donor bows out of fundraising. Norman Hsu says he'll stop until his arrest warrant is resolved. Democratic recipients of his donations distance themselves," Los Angeles Times, August 30, 2007.
 * Brody Mullins and Ianthe Jeanne Dugan, "Democrats Race To Return Cash From Big Donor," The Wall Street Journal Online (Free Republic), August 30, 2007.
 * Mike McIntire and Leslie Eaton, "Clinton Donor Under a Cloud in Fraud Case," New York Times, August 30, 2007.
 * Marcella Bombardieri, "Clinton says she'll be more vigilant about donors," Boston Globe, August 30, 2007.
 * Michael Falcone, "2008: Return to Sender," The Caucus Blog/New York Times, August 30, 2007.
 * Dan Balz, "When a Hillraiser Brings More Than Just Money," The Trail Blog/Washington Post, August 30, 2007.
 * John Solomon and Anne E. Kornblut, "Clinton's Campaign To Return $850,000. Her Team Cuts Ties To a Top Fundraiser Jailed in Fraud Case," Washington Post, September 11, 2007.
 * Kristin Jensen, "Clinton to Return $850,000 in Donations Tied to Hsu (Update3)," Bloomberg News, September 11, 2007.
 * JoAnne Allen, "Clinton campaign returning $850,000 in donations," Reuters, September 11, 2007.
 * Jim Kuhnhenn, "Clinton Returns Money, Sets Precedent," Associated Press, September 11, 2007.
 * Editorial: "Ms. Clinton's $850,000 Bundle. The candidate is returning the money, but the system still needs fixing," Washington Post, September 12, 2007.

By right-wing think tanks

 * "On Hardball, Patterson repeated dubious smear of Clinton, despite his changing story," Media Matters for America, August 10, 2007. re Robert B. "Buzz" Patterson
 * News Release: "FreedomWorks Launches Online Campaign to Stop HillaryCare," FreedomWorks via Business Wire, November 5, 2007.

New books about Hillary Clinton

 * Carl Bernstein, "A Woman in Charge: The Life of Hillary Rodham Clinton", Random House/Knopf, June 2007, ISBN 9780375407666 (0-375-40766-9).
 * Brent Bozell with Tim Graham, "Whitewash: How the News Media Are Paving Hillary Clinton's Path to the Presidency," Crown Forum, 2007, ISBN 0307340201.
 * Bay Buchanan, "The Extreme Makeover of Hillary (Rodham) Clinton," Regnery Publishing, May 2007, ISBN 1596985070. Book website.
 * Jeff Gerth and Don Van Natta Jr., "Her Way: The Hopes and Ambitions of Hillary Rodham Clinton", Little, Brown, and Co., June 2007, ISBN 0316017426978/0316017428.
 * Jonah Goldberg, "Liberal Fascism: The Totalitarian Temptation from Mussolini to Hillary Clinton," Doubleday, 2007, ISBN 0385511841.
 * Sally Bedell Smith, For Love of Politics: Bill and Hillary Clinton: The White House Years, Random House, October 23, 2007, ISBN-10: 1400063248 / ISBN-13: 978-1400063246.

Related external articles

 * List of books about Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Wikipedia.
 * "Conservative publisher announces plans to 'Swift Boat' Sen. Clinton," Media Matters for America, April 14, 2005.
 * George Rush and Joanna Rush Molloy,"Hot on Hil's campaign trail: An 'explosive' bio," New York Daily News, March 27, 2007.
 * Michelle Malkin, "Bay Buchanan Skewers Hillary -- ‘Dedicated, Unapologetic Liberal’," Human Events Online, May 14, 2007.
 * Motoko Rich, "Rival Books on Hillary Clinton Play Leapfrog on Debut Dates," New York Times (Books), May 22, 2007.
 * Beth Lane, "The Extreme Makeover of Hillary. Bay Buchanan Implies Hillary Clinton Suffers From Mental Illness," suite 101, May 23, 2007.
 * "Peers have criticized Clinton bio co-author Jeff Gerth for flawed reporting," Media Matters for America, May 24, 2007.
 * Peter Baker and John Solomon, "Books Paint Critical Portraits of Clinton. 2 Biographies Detail Marital Strife and Driving Ambition," Washington Post, May 25, 2007.
 * Jamison Foser, "Jeff Gerth can't handle the truth," Media Matters for America, May 25, 2007.
 * "Wash Post's Baker and Solomon highlighted old disclosures in Clinton books as new," Media Matters for America, May 25, 2007.
 * "Wash. Post wrongly cast familiar portraits in new Clinton bios as 'fresh'," Media Matters for America, May 25, 2007.
 * "First news report about new Clinton book undermines 'preposterous' story about 'secret pact of ambition'," Media Matters for America, May 25, 2007.
 * digby, "Oh, When I Look Back Now...," Hullabaloo Blogspot, May 25, 2007.
 * Matthew Yglesias, "Also: Ken Starr Hates Her," The Atlantic Online, May 25, 2007.
 * "Far Out Crops," Whiskey Fire Blog, May 25, 2007.
 * Greg Sargent, "Bernstein Book Directly Contradicts A Key Charge In Gerth And Van Natta's Book," Election Central Blog/TPM Cafe, May 29, 2007.
 * "WHY THE PROSPECT SLEPT! Friday morning, the Post savaged Clinton. And four liberal journals slept," The Daily Howler, May 29, 2007.
 * "Bay Buchanan provided an 'extreme makeover' of Hillary and Chelsea Clinton's 9-11 accounts," Media Matters for America, May 29, 2007.
 * Greg Sargent, "Will Leon Panetta Confirm Or Deny Charges About Hillary In Gerth Book?" Election Central Blog/TPM Cafe, May 30, 2007.
 * Nico Pitney, "New Bernstein Book On Hillary Provides Platform For Sexist Remarks," Think Progress, May 30, 2007.
 * Glenn Thrush, "Clinton book raises new questions about Starr," Newsday, May 31, 2007.
 * Dave Eberhart, "New Books Open Fire on Hillary," Newsmax, June 6, 2007.
 * Andrew Sullivan, "Clinton in a vacuum: Buchanan's bio is all talking points," The Politico, June 11, 2007.
 * "Hillary's Will to Power," The American Spectator, June 13, 2007.
 * Julia Keller, "Hillary Clinton, by the book," Trib Books/Chicago Tribune, June 13, 2007.
 * Paul Harris, "Anti-Hillary dirty tricks war hots up. Republicans use the internet, books and a film to try to derail Clinton's White House campaign," The Observer (UK), June 17, 2007.
 * Ronald Kessler, "Bay Buchanan: Hillary Clinton is Dangerous to Civil Liberties," Newsmax, June 18, 2007.

New movies about Hillary Clinton
See Hillary: The Movie at HillaryMovie.com and SourceWatch related articles on David N. Bossie, Dick Morris, Citizens United, and The Presidential Coalition for details.

Related external articles

 * "Dick Morris reportedly planning to 'Swift Boat' Sen. Clinton," Media Matters for America, January 21, 2007.
 * Fred Lucas, "Critical Documentary on Hillary Clinton Set for Fall Release," Cybercast News Service, February 9, 2007.
 * "Dick Morris is back," Prospect Magazine (UK), March 2007. Subscription required.
 * Ron Mwangaguhunga, "Dick Morris Still Obsessive-Compulsive Re: Hillary," The Corsair Blogspot, March 24, 2007.
 * Fred Lucas, "New Tape Raises Questions About What Senator Clinton Knew of Campaign Violation," Cybercast News Service, April 20, 2007.
 * "Newsweek noted Bossie's upcoming 'tough documentary' about Clintons, but not his past 'slimy tactics'," Media Matters for America, June 11, 2007.
 * Blue Blog, "Bashing Clintons: Hold On Tight. Hillary Gains Which Means Hate Attacks Gearing Up," The KC Blue Blog, June 12, 2007.
 * Paul Harris, "Anti-Hillary dirty tricks war hots up. Republicans use the internet, books and a film to try to derail Clinton's White House campaign," The Observer (UK), June 17, 2007.
 * "Conservatives Prepare Clinton Attack," Political Radar/ABC News, July 3, 2007.
 * Sean Cockerham, "A Man with a Mission," The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.) (LexisNexis), July 7, 2007.
 * HillTruth, "Political Ad Creator Targets Hillary Clinton," HillaryProject.com, July 15, 2007.
 * Gene Lyons, "Why Hillary won't take the bait," The Daily News Tribune (Waltham, Mass.), July 22, 2007.
 * "On Hannity & Colmes, Morris touted Clinton film without bringing up his reported ties to it," Media Matters for America, November 20, 2007.
 * Thomas B. Edsall, "Obama Footage Appears In Conservative Anti-Hillary Video: Clinton Rival Calls It 'Misleading... Trash'," The Huffington Post, December 18, 2007. Includes link to video trailer.

Anti-Hillary website redux
"In February 2005, longtime GOP public relations maven and campaign consultant Arthur Finkelstein, the head of Arthur J. Finkelstein & Associates, launched what he hoped would be the death blow to the political aspirations of Hillary Clinton. His 'Stop Her Now' website aimed to raise $10 million to help defeat her in the 2006 New York senatorial race. For Finkelstein, 'Stop Her Now' would be the mother of all gathering places for Hillary-bashers," Bill Berkowitz wrote August 15, 2007, in Media Transparency.

"However, 'Stop Her Now' failed to live up to expectations as Hillary handily won election.

"The Washington, D.C.-based 'Stop Her Now' ... 'Rescuing America from the radical ideas of Hillary Clinton' -- however, is not yet history. It continues on under the management of Dallas, Texas businessman Richard H. Collins..., a major contributor to the campaign of former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani," Berkowitz wrote.

"In a recent column posted at a blog called 'Against Hillary' ('Keep Corrupt and Dishonest Hillary Clinton Out Of The WhiteHouse'), Collins resuscitates a number of so-called Clinton-era scandals, warns voters not to be taken in by Hillary's claim of having 'experience,' and caps his assessment by writing that 'Even a cursory review of her time in the White House reinforces the truth that not only is Hillary a big government liberal, but an arrogant and vicious one'," Berkowitz wrote.

External articles

 * eriposte, "Will Sen. Edwards Create a Website Against Sen. Obama's 'Politics of Planting'?" The Left Coaster, December 17, 2007.

External resources

 * The Hillary Project archived links for 2007 to anti-Hillary articles.