Hillary must be loving this right now. Ed Klein's book, The Truth About Hillary: What She Knew, When She Knew It, and How Far She'll go to Become President, is here and it smears her all over the map. This is actually quite advantageous for Hillary, regardless if most of the allegations are true (which I doubt) or wild eyed fibs (which I suspect).
Here's why the smears will ultimately work to Hillary's advantage. In true Clinton style, she and her publicists are going to automatically claim that this is just another example of the "right Wing Attack Machine" out in full force, smearing her with more lies, even though Klein is not really your typical Right Winger. If so much as one of Klein's claims are untrue, doubt is cast on the validity of the rest of them. If there is anything legitimate in that book, it is off limits for good.
If multiple portions of the book are untrue, then it creates something of a protective force field around Hillary into which any future, legitimate claims against her absorbed in a veil of doubt. All she needs to do is hold up her Right Wing Hit Machine card, using the claims from this book as an example.
Now, in the off chance that the claims in this were true, Hillary has plenty of time to get out in front of them and perhaps even work them to her advantage, creating a general sympathy amongst the populace.
Personally, I think this book is a boatload of bunk. Hillary (more so Chelsea) can legitimately be pitied. But make no mistake, you are watching the creation of Hillary's Teflon coat. It is cut from the same fabric of false and true allegations that her husband's coat was cut from.
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