High Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Case Against Bill Clinton (Thorndike Large Print Americana Series)

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Summary: A Concise Indictment
Review: This was a concise, well thought out, well written indictment of the sitting President, as well as a thoughtful review of the concept of impeachment itself. The only ones who will hate it are the ones who would defend this President no matter what is proved against him--the ones that the people of Texas used to refer to as "Yellow dog Democrats"--those who would vote for a yellow dog if he was on the ballot as a Democrat. Anyone who has a truly open mind will at LEAST consider the arguments presented!

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Summary: Just the facts.......
Review: Finally, someone writes the truth about the President in a easily readable, well organized way. Common sense prevails.

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Summary: The President may be in trouble
Review: A thoughtful analysis of what the founding fathers said. Despite Coulter's unimpressive appearance on television, the book is surprisingly insightful.

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Summary: This book is superb!!!!
Review: Ann outlines and explains the intricate details of fraud, lies and abuse of position and power...

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Summary: Clinton's Character Brilliantly Illuminated
Review: One might think that after the millions of words written and spoken in the media that there would be nothing more to say. One would be wrong. This work is at once scholarly and hilarious, serious and sobering. Ann Coulter makes impeachment, until recently all but unthinkable, now seem essential and inevitable. A review of the historical basis if impeachment clears the mind of cobwebs so carefully spun by the evening talking heads. The case is well made. And the picture of the author on the cover is worth the price of the book.

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Summary: An Essential Addition to Every Political Buff's Library
Review: Ann Coulter's detailed coverage of the impeachment process places it in an important historical context. For those who dislike Clinton, they can relish the prospect of seeing their least favorite President squirm under the relentless pressure of a House impeachment hearing while learning more about this seldom used process. For those who support and admire President Bill Clinton, here is a chance to learn what could be in store for their cherished leader and how best to defend him against his enemies. For those who are neutral on politics (I doubt there are many), this is an opportunity to learn how their government works and to get involved themselves. Coulter explains this process in a balanced and scholarly fashion.

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Summary: Elitist Bunk
Review: A book that only an conservative elitist like Coulter could write. And a book that only those who think that Fox News tells the truth could buy.

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Summary: Warmed over Coulter
Review: This was Coulter's first book and it shows. Yet to fully develop the great bombastic style of Treason, this is more labored. Great early stuff from Coulter the prosecutor on Paula Jones, but later chapters on Indian Gaming dodges and the like weaken rather than complement her case.

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Summary: Clinton - Guilty as charged
Review: Ann Coulter has put together a masterpiece. This book was very difficult to put down as it was filled with reason after reason as to why Clinton should have been removed from office. Very good documentation by Ann Coulter makes this book a very useful research tool for understanding and following up on the issues at hand. The people offended by this book are those who can't deal with the fact that their fearless lying leader was nothing more than a criminal who should be taking residence in the nearest maximum security facility sometime soon.

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Summary: Almost Unbelievable
Review: This book is essentially what it holds itself out as - a somewhat condensed version of the case of corruption leveled against former President Bill Clinton and (to a lesser extent) the current Senator from New York. The case is vast, wide-reaching, and far, far, far more egregious than anything former President Richard Nixon ever presided over. Personally, I (along with many Americans I believe) didn't have that huge of a problem with Clinton's philandering. But Clinton's case is about so much more than "just sex." On a basic level, Clinton's case is about perjuring oneself over and over again. It is about outright lying the American people, be it under oath or otherwise. It is about blackmail, bribary, and degrading the institutions of the American Presidency and the Arkansas Governorship. It's about profiting through deceit and fraud at the expense of the American taxpayer. And it's about sexual harassment and abusing one's power for sex. Just ask yourself: Why are so many of Clinton's associates either indicted, convicted, or suspected felons? Why is it that so many either have, currently, or will do prison time because of their dealings with the Clintons?

On a more complicated level, though, Clinton's case is about the state of the American polity at the time the Clinton Presidency. How did he pull it off? Clinton's impeachment in the House did not reach the point of conviction in the Senate for one reason and one reason only: There wasn't sufficient popular (and therefore political) outrage at the time. Clinton committed his crimes and outrages, and the American people shrugged. Of course, it is arguable that the media was not being hard enough on Clinton, but where the rubber meets the road it is the people that had - and continue to have - the power (I suddenly sound like Howard Dean). Bottom line is that either insufficient numbers of people cared or most simply wanted to believe that their President wouldn't do the things he did (I myself was a member of the latter category at the outset of the Lewinsky affair). In the end, sadly, it turns out that Judge Robert Bork's "Slouching Towards Gomorrah" was published a wee bit early.

Ann Coulter lays it all out for you with a bit of wit and humor in "High Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Case Against Bill Clinton." Lest anyone think this review is just another endorsement of a particular political perspective, let it be known yet again that I have a deep respect for Bill Clinton and his abilities, and am even sympathetic to his moral failings. Although I don't have much respect for him as a human being, as a politician his skill is and has been utterly without equal amongst the democrat party since JFK (arguably a much different party back then). In any event, I enjoyed this book and would argue that many unfortunate and sad lessons can be learned about American politics (and a glimpse into the state of the American polity) by reading it.