'The Truth About Hillary'
hits No. 1

A new hard-hitting book about Hillary and Bill Clinton has soared to No. 1 on at least one national best-sellers list.

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"The Truth About Hillary," by Edward Klein, takes a scathing look at the New York senator's lifelong ambitions, claiming she was making plans to succeed her husband in the Oval Office at the beginning of their marriage.

States promotional material for the book: "As Hillary gears up to run for president in 2008, distinguished journalist Edward Klein has produced an expos? of her darkest secrets that just might do to her presidential ambitions what the Swift Boat Veterans' "Unfit for Command" did to John Kerry's."

Drawing on rare access to sources close to Hillary, Klein – former editor in chief of The New York Times Magazine – claims Clinton will stop at nothing to become the first female president of the United States.

Klein "produces secret documents and stunning evidence to show just how much she has been willing to lie, bully, cheat and manipulate people in her quest for power" – including information about what Hillary knew during Bill's impeachment proceedings and when she knew it.

The author says Hillary accepted Bill's philandering, which reportedly dates back to their days at Yale, so she could benefit from the political power she enjoyed as his wife. He even claims Hillary knowingly allowed women to be hired by Bill that were regarded as "safe" for him to have affairs with.

"Hillary never wanted to be a wife. She wanted to be president," Klein quotes one Clinton insider as saying.

Klein has been roundly criticized by some in the media for exposing Clinton secrets and using unnamed sources, including his reporting of Bill's alleged torrid affair with a divorcee who lived near the Clintons in Chappaqua, N.Y.

In an interview with National Review, Klein defended his book:

"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."

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