NYT Book Review: "Whacking Hillary" (funniest book review EVER!)

[BlueEyedSon]

("Whacking Hillary" is the title of the piece in the print version)

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/31/books/review/31QUEENAN.html?8hpib



Even Klein's harshest critics must concede that the book does occasionally break new ground. The lesbian rumors, the suspicion that the Clintons have not used the Ozzie-and-Harriet template in customizing their marriage, the belief that Hillary Clinton will do anything to advance her career are all twice-told tales. But to my knowledge, Klein is the only journalist who has shed meaningful light on the extent to which her career has been shaped by friends, roommates, short-haired colleagues or rivals with weight problems.

Monica Lewinsky is fat. Bill Clinton has long been a member of the clean-plate society. Evelyn Lieberman, the former White House deputy chief of staff, is reputed to be ''a little overweight.'' Mrs. Clinton herself has long battled a tendency to beef up, but in perhaps the most astonishing revelation in the book, ''several of her Wellesley College classmates, who played sports with Hillary, described how she looked in a T-shirt and shorts,'' and according to them, ''she had a tiny waist, slim legs and ankles, and small buttocks.'' When coupled with the fact that the young Hillary Clinton was referred to by classmates as ''Sister Frigidaire,'' and by White House staff as ''the Big Girl,'' and that Hillary's tubby husband Bill gave a high-level position to Janet Reno, the implication is clear. Hillary Clinton does not merely view the world through the asexual, unmaternal, left-leaning eyes of a poorly groomed woman who was surrounded in her youth by manipulative pinkos who were playing for the other team. At some level, Hillary Clinton feels most comfortable in the company of fat people.

The obvious conclusion is that Hillary Clinton, in a ploy of Machiavellian subtlety, deliberately overcame her small buttocks and thin ankles and put on a few pounds in a cunning attempt to curry favor with fat voters. And in a nation that is looking increasingly chunky, this alone could insure her victory in the 2008 presidential elections.

(a couple other good jokes in the review too)

[wallwriter]

1. Funny

[BlueEyedSon]

2. sunday kick

[musette_sf]

3. Joe Queenan is a pisser

I loved his book "Red Lobster, White Trash and the Blue Lagoon".

Good article, thanks for the link!

[KT2000]

4. Too funny

Someone needs to write a book about the fat asses belonging to Laura Bush and Lynn Cheney.