Joe Conason - Hunting of the President

Anthony Lewis on Hunting

Sun, 11 Sep 2005 01:21:02 -0400

“The Hunting of the President is a necessary text for anyone interested in how the inter-woven interests of the Clinton-haters, politicians, and the press led to impeachment. It tells us why we should not forget.”

— Anthony Lewis, The New York Review of Books, April 13, 2000

Joshua Micah Marshall on Hunting

Sun, 11 Sep 2005 01:14:25 -0400

“The book does a masterful job of mixing investigative revelations and political analysis with unflinching attacks on those who deserve them.”

— Joshua Micah Marshall, The American Prospect, July 17, 2000

J. Kingston Pierce on Hunting

Sun, 11 Sep 2005 01:09:56 -0400

“Conason and Lyons have composed a superb retrospective analysis of the malignant campaign to unseat an optimistic and activist president. Their twisting tale reads like a thriller, its pace quickening as it reaches the final showdown.”

— J. Kingston Pierce, January Magazine, May 2000

Robert Sherrill on Hunting

Sun, 11 Sep 2005 01:00:35 -0400

“The most disgustingly fascinating political book I’ve ever read.”

— Robert Sherrill, The Texas Observer, July 21, 2000

The Hunting of the President : The Ten-Year Campaign to Destroy Bill and Hillary Clinton

Thu, 28 Jul 2005 01:55:51 -0400

Book Description:

When Hillary Clinton spoke of a “vast right-wing conspiracy” determined to bring down the president, many people laughed. In fact, though there has never been a single tightly organized group of conspirators, the authors show that beginning in 1989, Lee Atwater set into motion a chain of attacks and slanders that inevitably led to the near destruction of the Clintons. In the tradition of All the President’s Men, two veteran journalists show where the money came from, how the attacks were organized and how the supposedly neutral or “liberal” journalists were seduced in their desire for a “scoop,” even when the charges were ludicrous.
A New York Times bestseller, The Hunting of the President broke new ground in investigative journalism. It is a timeless book with critical lessons about the extremes the right-wing will go to in order to stay in power and destroy any Democrat willing to challenge them.

Praise for Hunting

Frontpage Teaser:

Unhappy reading for Republicans or political naïfs, The Hunting of the President is the story of a sustained and well-funded effort to discredit and defeat Bill Clinton, dating from his gubernatorial days in Arkansas and eventually leading to his impeachment trial. Award-winning journalists Joe Conason and Gene Lyons have crafted a tale as compulsively readable as a political thriller--paced, and at times worded, like a summer bestseller