Tuesday, June 14, 2005

Bill, Hillary & rape

In what will surely be one of the most controversial books of the year, Ed Klein has alleged in his forthcoming book, The Truth about Hillary: What She Knew, when She Knew It, and how Far She'll Go to Become President, that Bill Clinton raped his wife Hillary the night that daughter Chelsea was conceived. Klein uses unnamed sources to make this claim.

Come on! Unnamed sources? To write something this shocking/outrageous/explosive and use unnamed sources?? I can't say that I am a fan of the Clintons, but I am a fan of fairness. They have taken the heat (both deserved and undeserved) for many years now, but this is a disgusting bit of "news." If someone wants to tell Ed Klein about how he heard Bill talk of "raping the wife," that person needs to proclaim loud and clear who they are, not slink in the shadows. There is no way to "prove" unnamed sources are lying if they don't identify themselves or give proof of their claims (does anyone have the former president on audiotape saying this? I seriously doubt it), except to say that it didn't happen.

If #42 did indeed say this to someone, I am sure he has a different definition of "rape" than most of us do. After all, he told us there were several definitions of "is."

Althouse writes about it here. Bulldogpundit also has something to write. Ezra Klein gives his thoughts.

Carol Memmott sizes up the impending books on the New York senator.

UPDATE: Dick Morris has something to say.

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