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Gene LaBarge

Liberal Media Peddles Hillary’s “Lying History”
June 19, 2002

Hillary Clinton’s new book of lies is a record breaker. I’m not talking about book sales. I’m talking about free advertising. The liberal media has set records for hype. A new kind of welfare has been born courtesy of the media. Liberal writer’s welfare.

 

Hillary has received billions of dollars worth of advertising from her liberal perpetrators. Just think how much someone would have to spend for all that free time she has received. Anyone reading this article could have sold a ton of books with that kind of exposure. Remember when Rush Limbaugh set all the records for his books way back when? He didn’t get any help from the media. I wouldn’t have even known there was a Rush Limbaugh back then if it weren’t for stumbling across his show while channel surfing. There was a time when a book or movie was considered a success if it made more than it cost to produce and promote.

 

This book could only fill about two pages with the dirt people are interested in. Worst part is, most people, including those with firsthand knowledge, dismiss her recounts as fiction. She gives the pat answers that people can relate to. Ah, she must be a real person after all. A pop psychologist probably wrote the book.

 

First the excerpts flooded the airwaves. Then the exaggerated reports of sales. Hype fueled by more hype. I cannot think of anybody who has gotten more mileage out of a dead horse. All thanks to the liberal media.

 

Then came the hyped up Hillary interviews. Softballs served up from Barbara Walters and Larry King. Hillary knew nothing about Bill’s lies. It was all his fault, yet everyone was out to get poor Bill. I want to know where the apology is for the “right wing conspiracy” accusations. It would have been nice to hear an apology. It would have also been nice if she had apologized to all the girls Bill’s loved before. The girls she supposedly thought had lied about everything. She wants it both ways and the liberal media serves it up on a silver platter. Despite all the publicity surrounding the interviews, Juanita Broderick beat Hillary in their head to head showdown. Broderick was on Hannity and Colmes and easily bested the Larry King interview.

 

We’ll have to see how long “Lying History” will be number one. I doubt it will be very long. After the hype subsides and the left-wing nuts have made their donations, the book will have to stand on its own merit. Remember Al Gore’s latest book? Not many do. He didn’t get the free billion-dollar hype. I guess they couldn’t even get an interesting excerpt out of that snoozer. Harry Potter will likely be number one longer than “Lying History”. Hillary is just lucky she was able to get her book into the non-fiction aisle.



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Gene LaBarge is an aspiring political commentator and publisher of several websites including abfnews.com. Email Gene: abfnews@abfnews.com

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