Correspondence / Trooper Eruptions
CORRESPONDENCE Trooper Eruptions David Brock's article ("Living With the Clintons," TAS, January 1994) did not live up to its hype: it proved to be just a bunch of shopworn second-hand allegations...
...Not really...
...The publication of "His Cheatin' Heart," by David Brock, is an example of responsible media coverage of an irresponsible and amoral Bill Clinton...
...If we consider the gusto with which the youthful Mr...
...The story was told with the graphic details and sensationalism of a tabloid publication...
...After all the facts are substantiated, I would hope that your magazine would lead the way in demanding Clinton's resignation...
...Robert S. Shirey Las Cruces, New Mexico P.S...
...I am neither a prude, nor am I a fanatic...
...This is obviously not the case with this man nor his wife...
...She waited ten years (not just one) to make her vengeful accusations...
...A public man who dishonors his wife by infidelity, who then lies about his conduct, is not only wrong, but he also cannot be trusted...
...If this were a Republican administration, at least five special prosecutors would have been appointed by now to investigate the various scandals...
...The commentary on the Clintons could have been written in its completeness without all the suggested expletives, and the detailed immoral acts...
...Someday, when you and that writer are older, you will rue the day that you came out with such hatred and mean-spiritedness—on the week in which we usually are kind to one another...
...I am on the side of conservativebeliefs...
...But, I also believe they may have embellished a bit...
...TAS could have printed an earnest article researching the troopers' charges and Whitewatergate...
...The yokels love it, cheering loudly as he works the crowds, and figuring it's all in a good cause as he empties their pockets...
...After being persuaded by Brock's book that Hill was lying, why should I believe the troopers are not...
...Ken Bashford Springfield, Virginia That you have such a morally misguided, self-seeking enfant terrible on your staff revolts me—not only because what he wrote is crass and banal, but also because obviously you do not perceive the disgusting element in this puerile effort at journalism...
...David Brock is rapidly becoming a national treasure...
...Timothy Horrigan Hanover, New Hampshire Your journalistic courage is commendable...
...Or perhaps the media's complicity was voluntary, inasmuch as its owners, editors, writers, and reporters share Mr...
...Clinton's values...
...You might send it to your favorite whore house, where I'm sure they will appreciate it better than I. Frankly I'm not interested in who blows who...
...I will have to seek real authentic, intelligent conservative views elsewhere...
...Well, Sir, it is just this, and I will make it short and sweet...
...Clinton, as described by Mr...
...It is regrettable that many view your actions with disdain and accuse you of prejudicial partisanship...
...Ah, those choir girls...
...David Brock is the most courageous investigative journalist in the country today...
...He managed to get elected with the complicity of a duplicitous media...
...Earl Parchia Florida State Council Pentecostal Assemblies of the World Killarney, Florida No husband can hold himself up as a leader to his children, whatever his failings in business or public life, if he cannot honor his oath to his wife...
...Then this monumental story on the first couple blanketed the news and I attacked my mailbox every day awaiting my new Spectator...
...Moses Sabbagh New York, New York I don't believe I have ever in my entire life written or commented on any article of public writ...
...Brock and the rest of his ilk, in their never-ending efforts to bring down this president, are also bringing down this nation and for this they have gone beyond contemptible...
...Bruce Moomaw Cameron Park, California If only a modicum of Mr...
...Consider this your official eligibility notice for the ranks of tabloid journalism hell...
...I'm talking about those who might be clever enough to use David Brock's Anita Hill book to discredit the Arkansas troopers...
...In any case, even if only ten percent of the acts allegedly committed by Mr...
...At the time of her accusations, she said she was not out for personal gain...
...That the reaction of some of the media establishment has been to launch into desperate, specious, pathetic apologias for Slick Willie and his brat pack thugs illustrates why the mainstream media has lost credibility with millions of Americans...
...I had enthusiastically renewed my TAS subscription several weeks before and had received the Spectator anthology, Orthodoxy, in conjunction...
...Meanwhile, behind the tent our man of appetites can't keep his hands off the infatuated females who flock in his wake, drawn like moths to the flame of celebrity...
...The Clintons are obviously not of the people, nor for the people, nor by the people, and they must be forced to resign for the good of the country...
...It is only too obvious Mr...
...She's now a feminist hero, earns five-figure speaking fees, and has a book in the works...
...Now, it's the troopers' word against the Clintons...
...After all, what is more important than that we reject the evil worldly temptations of supply-side and be made whole by spiritually pure socialized health care...
...It is pornographic, whether it shows up in National Geographic, or the Sunday funnies...
...Could it have been otherwise...
...She believed she had been slighted—personally and professionally— by Clarence Thomas...
...So, what am I writing about that would pry me from my lifestyle of not getting involved...
...I am having a very difficult time believing the plethora of nauseating anecdotes recorded in Mr...
...I had glumly anticipated their gloating interviews and Katie Couric's adorable tour of our White House led by the first cuckold herself...
...The troopers have at least hinted they would like to get a book deal out of this...
...Barbara S. Goodwin Brooklyn, New York Mr...
...Change the name of your publication to "The American Voyeur...
...We don't have to like Mr...
...Clinton when he neither recognizes nor admits his wrong to his family—even if his family redeems him...
...Brock's piece...
...Brock is willing to prostitute himself for a brief moment of recognition and probable personal gain...
...Librarian, Trinity High School Euless, Texas As I consider The American Spectator the most hate-filled, poisonous, vile/vicious, scurrilous, irrational publication I have ever read, I do not want it in my house and I am accordingly asking you to please remove my name from your mailing list and cancel my subscription...
...Brock is presumably hoping that his story will start a chain of events which culminates in Bill Clinton's resignation from the presidency...
...Bernie Muscutt Bellingham, Washington Now that you and a few of your contributors have ensured the financial security of a couple of quick-buck Arkansas state troopers, may I make a suggestion...
...At this time in history, the citizenry of this country need a leader whose integrity and actions demand trust and inspire confidence...
...John Kirk Pikeville, Kentucky In this age of Enlightenment, I believe that it would be in the best interest of the Republic if you would send a complimentary copy of the January 1994 edition of The American Spectator to each and every member of Congress and the Senate, both Republican and Democrat...
...Freda Burks, Ph.D...
...The American public owes him and TAS a debt of gratitude for pursuing and publishing such a controversial story...
...Brock's article demonstrates the abysmal level of moral turpitude of our president and his wife...
...The ever-loyal Sister Sharon fronts for the Messenger of the Lord and brings a tone of rectitude to the cause they share...
...Matthew Horan Fort Smith, Arkansas 'Twas the night before Christmas and all thru my house, the liberals were giggling while I could just pout...
...one cannot help but part company with mean, angry, small-minded people...
...The American Spectator is now as important for the story as was the Washington Post for exposing Watergate...
...Even if every word reported about then-Governor Clinton were totally true (and I am not at all sure of that), for you to exploit, as you have, this sensational story at a time when our country needs our president to accomplish herculean tasks against mammoth forces in health-care reform, crime control, and rapidly unfolding international affairs is nothing short of treasonous...
...Why would an otherwise reputable, respected magazine pick through the White House trash...
...Witness the sexual morals being legislated by this administration...
...Yes, I do believe Clinton is severely lacking in the morals department and I believe Perry and Patterson's accusations...
...Marvin B. Hoffman Newington, Connecticut 14 The American Spectator February 1994...
...Hill got her legal counsel from Thomas's political enemies...
...Harry and Verda Burns Mitchell, South Dakota I must congratulate your magazine for having the integrity and the courage to allow David Brock to pursue and publish the story about the Clintons...
...Clinton—but he's the president...
...Enclosed is my subscription, renewal...
...George Schiele Greenwich, Connecticut I refuse to use the word American with your name, for I really feel you are antiAmerican, and anti-Christian, to put out such a story at Christmas time about the President of our United States...
...Brown to the home of his neighbor TAS publisher Ronald E. Burr...
...Arnold P Josevie Larchmont, New York Congratulations...
...In 1991 Anita Hill was a disgruntled ex-employee of the man she accused of sexually harassing her...
...How's the view from the sewer...
...Richard Swan Oxnard, California I always believed a conservative publication would know better than to report servants' gossip...
...That kind of journalism is not necessary to get a point across...
...Brock, pass basic evidentiary standards, this country is in deep trouble...
...The timing of her accusations was exquisitely designed to torpedo a Supreme Court nomination (not just a First Family's Christmas...
...I for one was ashamed to have this magazine in my house...
...Ruth St...
...but we try not to purchase anything that viciously (and with blinders on) attempts to drive public opinion down a narrow path...
...It is the best collection of conservative writings I've read...
...First, we cannot trust Mr...
...Brock's article on Bill Clinton's sexcapades is true, we have two veritable sociopaths living in the White House...
...The troopers have Cliff Jackson...
...there may be an ambulance in the neighborhood worthy of your chasing...
...Your attempt to pass off the long Bill Clinton article as an inquiry into the abuses of government services during the Little Rock years is quite admirable, though inreality, quite laughable...
...Further, as long as David Brock is so important to you, we will not subscribe...
...CORRESPONDENCE Trooper Eruptions David Brock's article ("Living With the Clintons," TAS, January 1994) did not live up to its hype: it proved to be just a bunch of shopworn second-hand allegations embellished by some rather unconvincing complaints from some resentful ex-bodyguards...
...They are both so obsessed with achieving political power that they will pursue any course or endure any personal hardships to achieve it...
...With the election of Bill Clinton, our nation has been humiliated as never before...
...they do not want to see anything positive about his presidency...
...Surely you must realize that to demean and berate a sitting president is an attack upon the American people and weakens his credibility in dealing with foreign challenges, both military and economically...
...Then, it The American Spectator February 1994 13 was her word against his...
...The Arkansas troopers apparently have no corroborating witnesses...
...I am an American, white male, 64 years old...
...By the end of page two, it's looking more like "how can we smear this guy...
...I'm sure I'm not the only one who's noticed, and I'm one of Brock's biggest fans...
...Also sharing in culpability are the two-fifths of the electorate who voted for him, along with his operatives (who may have also engaged in illegal activities), as well as the compliant media, which permitted itself to be cowed into a deafening silence regarding Mr...
...Who Bill Clinton sleeps with is Bill Clinton's business...
...Clinton's moral character...
...Could your motives be any more transparent...
...I would urge you to continue to pursue additional abuses of power and the lack of integrity possessed by these people and members of their administration...
...Raymond Brown Vienna, Virginia (Editor's note: the above letter was hand-delivered by Mr...
...As no one in the Clinton administration has denied the story, it is almost certain that the facts are absolutely true...
...Republican rule...
...The Clintons' lives may be fair game during a campaign for office, but once a man is elected by the American people as President...
...In any case, the question of whether or not Clinton did the things Brock said he did is ultimately irrelevant...
...That lawyer in Little Rock may not have achieved much distinction in legal circles, but he seems to have built a career out of simply hating Bill Clinton...
...We believe this president has a chance for greatness if he would be but given the opportunity...
...Today's Los Angeles Times includes an edited version of the truth (still protecting Hillary...
...Here is Preacher Bill, stumpin' the countryside for the new faith: Government as man's social salvation...
...The story is an old one, unfounded—and all in the name of greed—not something associated with the Christmas spirit...
...Most importantly, I am shocked that TAS decided to print Mr...
...Could it be that your circulation is dropping as quickly as this country recuperates from 12 years of (gasp...
...As you sow, so shall you reap...
...If I was, I'm sure that I could find a dirtier rag than The American Spectator...
...that reflect a wide array of viewpoints...
...This would be a tragedy, but ultimately it would change nothing: it would, for better or worse, merely replace Bill Clinton with someone politically very much like Bill Clinton, with similar ideas, similar priorities, and similar programs...
...Send it to their homes so that their wives can read what a wonderful family man Bill Clinton is and 12 The American Spectator February 1994 the beautiful relationship he and Hillary had in Arkansas and now in Washington...
...Many thanks to Bob Tyrrell, David Brock, and the many superb people at The American Spectator...
...I don't think your writers have any desire to be objective about him...
...He cannot secure the trust of the people because he dishonors the basic governing unit of civilization, the family...
...There would be investigations in Congress and calls for impeachment by the media because of abuses of power and possible criminal actions by the president in the cover-up attempts...
...If a man fails to keep his word to his family, he is wrong...
...I believe and know to be true all that has been said about the Clintons...
...It should be apparent to anyone that Mr...
...It is now time that we start the process of cleansing our soul from this stain on our national honor...
...Yet, it is not only he who is culpable of moral turpitude...
...Timothy P. O'Neill Marco Island, Florida Kindly cancel the balance of my subscription...
...Most of those who voted for Clinton (myself amongst them) did so after factoring in the possibility that the wild stories that surfaced early in the 1992 primary season might actually prove to be true...
...We try to have a balanced collection in our library...
...It occurs to me that your fine magazine has endowed our nation with a special holiday gift, the disappearance of Bill and Hillary...
...Her only corroborating witness has been discredited, no small thanks to Brock...
...That you publish and promote the trashy tales he wrote about our president indicates to me both the depths of degradation to which some of the media has plummeted...
...If he uses the agents of government to abet his wrongful acts he seals the mistrust of the people...
...I did not and will not ever vote for Bill Clinton...
...Carmelo G. Chirico Brooklyn, New York "The Bill Clinton Story" is obviously a Hollywood remake of "Elmer Gantry," updated to encompass contemporary religious styles...
...To me an American that really loves his country, this is TREASON, not good journalism...
...May I remind you that the sins of the flesh are nothing when compared to the sins of the spirit...
...Try to be in your office on January 29 when we announce the winner...
...Paul D. Schurgot, Jr...
...Clinton deeply imbibed (but not inhaled) the pagan, bacchanalian culture of the late sixties, we should not be at all surprised that he now elevates it to moral principle, to which he is deeply committed...
...Clinton is doubly wrong, for breaking his word to his family and for breaking his trust with the people...
...David Brock's unconfirmed-rumor "exposé" of the Clintons is an absolutely brilliant spoof of Kitty Kelley...
...Or is it merely a case of your good buddy Rush Limbaugh and his entourage ingesting too large a serving of sour grapes...
...John of Virginia Our library will not even consider purchasing a subscription to your publication while President Clinton is in office...
...There isn't a dry pair of drawers in the house...
...We have books, periodicals, etc...
...Well, it arrived the Monday after Christmas after my liberal house guests had left and it is the best yet...
...Ah, those Sermons...
...Even Time magazine's Woman of the Year cover loomed ominously...
...Daniel F. Ryan Whitestone, New York I hope you're prepared to be hoisted on your own petard...
...It is a spoof, isn't it...
...Bob Ernst Monterey, California Congratulations...
...Linda Warren Arlington, Virginia May I add my congratulations to you and your staff for having the courage and integrity to seek out the truth and print it...
...However, after reading the January issue of your publication, and the article titled "Living With The Clintons," I cannot sit still any longer...
...Maggie O'Connor Portland, Oregon There are no adequate words to express our abhorrence to your recent article attempting to debase our president...
...First things first...
...The parallels between Hill's and Clinton's accusers are too delicious to ignore...
...I honestly had to look at the cover to see if I was reading the Spectator or one of the Hollywood "rags...
...And to all a good night...
...Second, we cannot trust him because he has abused his privilege as a public leader of the people...
...The article should have been entitled "The Attempted Assassination of a Presidency...
...Dallas, Texas As an American I am deeply disturbed by your reckless disregard for our country in continuing to attack The President of the United States...
...Question: If the Arkansas police officers who guarded the governor and president-elect were persons of unsavory character, why in the world did Bill Clinton utilize them as his personal guard...
Vol. 27 • February 1994 • No. 2
