National Review Online interviews Ed Klein on his new Book.

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NRO: Do you think more is being made out of some of the "dirt" the more salacious gossipy stuff in your book than should be?

Klein: The Truth About Hillary is a comprehensive biography, encompassing both her personal and political life. Vanity Fair chose to excerpt a part of the book about political life, while other news sources have chosen to focus on the personal. My book is much broader than any representation that has appeared in the media so far.

NRO: How many times do you use the word "lesbian" in your book? Why point out she had friends who were lesbians? Do we need to go there?

Klein: Hillary⿔s politics were shaped by the culture of radical feminism and lesbianism at Wellesley College in the 1960s. This is paramount in exploring the political life of Hillary Clinton.

How could someone write a comprehensive biography of Hillary Clinton without investigating the rumors that have long circulated about her? I've gone further than any other journalist in exploring the question of her sexuality, which is often the first thing people wonder about her: Is she misrepresenting herself as a doting wife to Bill Clinton? How can she stand his chronic infidelity?

As for the number of times the word appears in the book, I don't know. But I'm sure there are some in the Clinton campaign counting right now.

NRO: One more sex thing. You write: "Hillary Clinton only had herself to blame for the talk about her sex life." Can there ever really be a good reason for this, never mind in her case?

Klein: The Clintons themselves made sex an integral part of our national political discourse at the turn of the century. There⿔s no way of getting around sex when it comes to the Clintons.

NRO: Are you nervous putting out a product that seems to be based on a lot of anonymous sources?

Klein: Were Woodward and Bernstein?

Look, no reporter likes to use anonymous sources. But most people are afraid of invoking the wrath of Hillary Clinton, and so they will talk about her only on condition of anonymity.

I interviewed nearly 100 people who know Hillary, including classmates from high school, college, and law school; Democratic activists and party officials; White House support staff, speechwriters, and military aides; Cabinet officers, senators and congressmen; and other intimates of the Clintons.

I have had more than 40 years of experience as a serious journalist dealing with sources, both Left and Right, on and off the record. And while writing The Truth About Hillary, I scrupulously checked all my sources for fairness and accuracy.

NRO: You've got good liberal credentials. Is this book the end of that?

Klein: I have never had an ideological ax to grind. I⿔m a registered independent ⿦quot; a reporter who goes where the truth leads me. And I intend to stay that way and let the chips fall where they may.

NRO: Do you believe, as Hillary expressed around impeachment time, that there was a "vast-right-wing conspiracy" out to do her husband in?

Klein: The only conspiracy that existed during impeachment time was Bill and Hillary⿔s attempt to hide the truth.

NRO: Are you now part of some "Republican scream machine"? What was your intention in writing the book?

Klein: I⿔m a journalist who writes about fascinating people. I spent many years writing about the Kennedys. But the Clintons have eclipsed them in national interest. Right now, Hillary is the most fascinating woman in America.

I don⿔t know if all Republicans will like this book, but I call them as I see them.

NRO: Did you vote for Bill Clinton?

Klein: No.

NRO: You're a New Yorker. Did you vote for Hillary for senator? Would you vote for Hillary for president?

Klein: No and no.

I think Elizabeth Moynihan, Senator Moynihan⿔s wife, had it right when she told me that Hillary is ⿯duplicitous.⿝ Hillary acts as though she is chosen by God, and that gives her the right to use any means to justify her ends.

If she becomes president, it⿔s going to be deja Clinton all over again. And as far as I⿔m concerned, we⿔ve already had the Clinton presidency for its full constitutional eight years.

I think what Klein just said above is very true and I think voters in 2008 are going to have to consider that. I believe that a good bloc of voters does not want to have "deja Clinton" all over again.

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Note: Sean Hannity will be interviewing Klein tommorow on his nationally syndicated radio show. Klein will be there to launch the first day of his book's availability. Don't miss it!

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