Salon: Christie Todd Whitman's Memoirs Review

[kskiska]

In her forthcoming memoir, former EPA chief Christine Todd Whitman takes stock of the GOP's "rightward lurch" under Bush.

When U.S. EPA administrator Christine Todd Whitman left the agency in 2003, she said she wanted to "spend more time with her family." If you believed that, Bernard Kerik's got a tax-free nanny he'd like to sell you.

Those skeptical of Whitman's resignation excuse may soon have their suspicions confirmed. It seems she quit because she was hoodwinked and hamstrung by her superiors. Unable to implement her agenda at EPA, she was effectively captaining a ship that was on permanent autopilot.

Such is the implication of Whitman's new political memoir-cum-manifesto "It's My Party Too: The Battle for the Heart of the GOP and the Future of America," due to hit bookstores on Jan. 27.

Enviros may be disappointed to find the EPA dish rather scanty -- only one chapter is devoted to her experiences at the agency. The rest of the book examines the "rightward lurch" of the GOP under the Bush administration, which is causing a rift between moderate and hard-right Republicans along several fault lines, the environment being chief among them. Whitman fears this rift could threaten the long-term viability of the Republican Party.

The thesis is compelling, particularly coming from a woman long dismissed as a Bush loyalist who quit with her tail between her legs rather than stand up for her principles. But don't expect a scathing tell-all.

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[BrklynLiberal]

1. This book is a waste of time, money and paper. If she had anything

worth saying she should have said it right after she resigned, not now. AND, she campaigned for the idiot's re-election, so I sure don't want to hear any whining from her about how she was treated.

[NNadir]

2. The only good thing about Whitman is that she's out of office.

I'm so glad that she's been stripped on any credibility that people imagined she had. She'll never eat lunch in this state again.

She has been a disaster for New Jersey with her hare-brained tax scheme that has bankrupted us in a normally Republican way, and she has been a disaster for New Jersey in selling its air to the coal companies in slavish obedience to Bush.