Blood Feud

Author Joe Klein’s methodology is to take a premise, then construct a third person fictional narrative around this premise and pass it off as the God’s truth. This he did in his roman a clef novel, “Primary Colors,” purporting to tell the inside skinny on Bill Clinton’s first campaign for president. Such is also the case in his newest book, “Blood Feud, Yada, Yada, Yada,” the supposed inside scoop on the boiling hatred that exists between the Clintons and the Obamas. It is actually fascinating reading until you realize that there is no way he could have been a fly on the wall to as many meetings, private conversations, and even inner thoughts as it appears in this book. And, if he got this information second- or third-hand, it clearly would be fraught with the hidden agendas of the relating parties … and, Allah knows, such parties are nothing but hidden agendas.

But before we go on, you should first read an excerpt from this book … see: New York Post Story. So what do you think? Is this what actually happened … or is this narrative constructed to a purpose? I personally believe that Klein is a groupie for the Clintons and this book is an attempt to put daylight between Hillary and Barack … seeing that Obama’s presidency is effectively the last sullied eddy of a flushed toilet. Perhaps he has gotten some semaphores from the Clinton posse, but I somehow doubt that he has the equivalent sources inside the White House. If one views the portrait he paints of the President and the First Lady, I sincerely question that he would somehow have been privy to their private utterances.

But I am also thinking that Hillary would have done better to have used Joe Klein as her ghost writer for “Hard Choices” since he writes better and seems to enjoy anonymity … see: His Wikipedia Entry.

Afterward: Joe Klein may not be a shill for Hillary's 2016 campaign after all ... see: Flashtek Story. I guess, in the end, its all about book sales ...