# Have there been any insider tell-alls about the Clinton Administration? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [May 29, 2008, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-there-been-any-insider-tell-alls-about-the-clinton-administration/451065 "2008-05-29T20:00:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-there-been-any-insider-tell-alls-about-the-clinton-administration/451065/1 "2008-05-29T20:00:42Z")
There’s any number of “Bill’s Evil” and “Hillary’s Evil” and “Bill & Hillary are evil” books on the market, but are there any _ **insider** _ tell-alls about the administration ala Scott McLellan’s (allegedly) tell-all memoir of the Bush Administration (or for that matter books critical of various 20th century administrations from people who held appointed positions in them)? This [list of books about the Clinton Administration](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Books_about_the_Clinton_administration) consists of Bill/Hillary’s books and mostly books written by journalists, political hacks of both parties, or freelance writers. None seem to come from Clinton Admin officials though. Considering how many scandals there were and how much financial incentive there is to kiss and tell whether it’s true or not, the absence of the ultimate Clinton tell-all seems surprising. His people must be very loyal. ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-there-been-any-insider-tell-alls-about-the-clinton-administration/451065/2 "2008-05-29T20:21:37Z")
[QUOTE=Sampiro] There’s any number of “Bill’s Evil” and “Hillary’s Evil” and “Bill & Hillary are evil” books on the market, but are there any _ **insider** _ tell-alls about the administration ala Scott McLellan’s (allegedly) tell-all memoir of the Bush Administration (or for that matter books critical of various 20th century administrations from people who held appointed positions in them)? This [list of books about the Clinton Administration](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Books_about_the_Clinton_administration) consists of Bill/Hillary’s books and mostly books written by journalists, political hacks of both parties, or freelance writers. None seem to come from Clinton Admin officials though. Considering how many scandals there were and how much financial incentive there is to kiss and tell whether it’s true or not, the absence of the ultimate Clinton tell-all seems surprising. His people must be very loyal. [/QUOTE] George Stephanopolus’s ‘All Too Human’ comes to mind ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-there-been-any-insider-tell-alls-about-the-clinton-administration/451065/3 "2008-05-29T21:18:51Z")
Not so loyal actually. it’s just that most of the expose’ material begins something like, "I never thought this would happen to me, but … " ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-there-been-any-insider-tell-alls-about-the-clinton-administration/451065/4 "2008-05-29T21:21:03Z")
Dick Morris was an insider. His book is on your list (look under Hillary). ---
**Author:** ![rbroome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/838e76/32.png) [@rbroome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rbroome)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-there-been-any-insider-tell-alls-about-the-clinton-administration/451065/5 "2008-05-29T22:02:28Z")
[QUOTE=Sampiro] There’s any number of “Bill’s Evil” and “Hillary’s Evil” and “Bill & Hillary are evil” books on the market, but are there any _ **insider** _ tell-alls about the administration ala Scott McLellan’s (allegedly) tell-all memoir of the Bush Administration (or for that matter books critical of various 20th century administrations from people who held appointed positions in them)? This [list of books about the Clinton Administration](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Books_about_the_Clinton_administration) consists of Bill/Hillary’s books and mostly books written by journalists, political hacks of both parties, or freelance writers. None seem to come from Clinton Admin officials though. Considering how many scandals there were and how much financial incentive there is to kiss and tell whether it’s true or not, the absence of the ultimate Clinton tell-all seems surprising. His people must be very loyal. [/QUOTE] Besides, by the time Bill’s term ended, all the really good stuff had been exposed. Not much more to say. ---
**Author:** ![greatshakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/58956e/32.png) [@greatshakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/greatshakes)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-there-been-any-insider-tell-alls-about-the-clinton-administration/451065/6 "2008-05-30T01:25:41Z")
I think that the memory of Vince Foster is too fresh for many of them. Thank you, thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-there-been-any-insider-tell-alls-about-the-clinton-administration/451065/7 "2008-05-30T01:54:51Z")
[QUOTE=greatshakes] I think that the memory of Vince Foster is too fresh for many of them. [/QUOTE] That is what I was thinking. Vince Foster was writing a tell-all book that was cut short when Hillary gave him a killer blow-job in a DC area park and then blew his head off. Hillary is widely known to give unparalled head that is greater than every intern in the world but most consider it too risky. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-there-been-any-insider-tell-alls-about-the-clinton-administration/451065/8 "2008-05-30T01:58:51Z")
No surprises ,he was investigated every second of his admin . The “Independent Council” hounded him endlessly. ---
**Author:** ![R.P.McMurphy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7993a0/32.png) [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-there-been-any-insider-tell-alls-about-the-clinton-administration/451065/9 "2008-05-30T03:14:50Z")
Read Ken Starr’s report (but only if you are into pornographic literature). $70 million of taxpayers money to produce a report that documents trysts between two consenting adults. I’ve read the report and it can only be the product of a frustrated, sick mind. It reveals little other than than the obsessions of the investigators. Was Clinton a saint? Absolutely not. He did however start to sell out after he got the investigators off his tail. By that time the investigators and political enemies had probably converted him to their tactics and given him a sense of entitlement (that Hillary still holds). The Mark Rich situation may be the most corrupt act in his administration and that was in the very last phase, after all was said and done. There are books out there that disparage the “Liberals” which is the label that they like to attach to the Clintons. However, those same authors never acknowledge how world events have proven their suppositions, theory’s and beliefs to be wrong. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-there-been-any-insider-tell-alls-about-the-clinton-administration/451065/10 "2008-05-30T03:34:03Z")
There’s [Louis Freeh’s](http://www.amazon.com/My-FBI-Bringing-Investigating-Fighting/dp/0312321899) book ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-there-been-any-insider-tell-alls-about-the-clinton-administration/451065/11 "2008-05-30T12:50:43Z")
gonzomax: > [@](#): > > The “Independent Council” hounded him endlessly. He WAS independent (and that’s Counsel, not Council). He was independent of the Department of Justice, which is part of the executive branch and therefore unsuitable to investigate presidential (or related personnel) wrongdoing. (see: Nixon, R. M.; Cox, A.). Sorry, but the use of quotes around the word Independent because Starr had ties to right-wing groups has always bugged me. ---
**Author:** ![jimmmy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/73ab20/32.png) [@jimmmy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimmmy)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-there-been-any-insider-tell-alls-about-the-clinton-administration/451065/12 "2008-05-30T21:24:25Z")
Clinton’s handpicked CIA Director wrote an a$$coving, self-serving book called [At the Center of the Storm: My Years at the CIA](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0061147788/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top) in which he paints an unflattering picture of the Clinton Administration. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2008, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-there-been-any-insider-tell-alls-about-the-clinton-administration/451065/13 "2008-05-31T01:21:58Z")
I think because of its subject this thread invites political commentary, so it’s going to be better off in GD than GQ. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2008, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-there-been-any-insider-tell-alls-about-the-clinton-administration/451065/14 "2008-05-31T02:36:35Z")
[QUOTE=cmkeller] He WAS independent (and that’s Counsel, not Council). He was independent of the Department of Justice, which is part of the executive branch and therefore unsuitable to investigate presidential (or related personnel) wrongdoing. (see: Nixon, R. M.; Cox, A.). Sorry, but the use of quotes around the word Independent because Starr had ties to right-wing groups has always bugged me. [/QUOTE] Being a political tool of the Republicans doesn’t qualify you as being independent any more than working for Clinton would. ---
**Author:** ![jshore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5e925/32.png) [@jshore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jshore)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2008, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-there-been-any-insider-tell-alls-about-the-clinton-administration/451065/15 "2008-05-31T03:01:58Z")
Robert Reich wrote [“Locked in the Cabinet”](http://www.amazon.com/Locked-Cabinet-Robert-B-Reich/dp/0375700617/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1212202775&sr=8-1). ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2008, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-there-been-any-insider-tell-alls-about-the-clinton-administration/451065/16 "2008-05-31T03:41:54Z")
On the very tawdry side, there is [Dereliction of Duty](http://www.amazon.com/Dereliction-Duty-Eyewitness-Compromised-Americas/dp/0895260603), written by a former military assistant to the President. Personally, I think it’s crap, but I cannot not mention it.